Reviews
Virtuoso – An Eloquence review
The year 2021 has drawn to a close. Many artists, even those at the pinnacle of their respective...
Winners of ‘The Sydney’
For those who have missed my preliminary and semi-final reviews of the Sydney International Piano Competition 2021, here...
‘The Sydney’ Semi-Final Highlights
For their semi-final rounds each participant was expected to present a 50-minute programme of their own choice. The...
Days 1-8 of The Sydney International Piano Competition
This July, The Sydney International Piano Competition 2021 kicked off with a gala concert from Moscow’s Great Hall...
Navona Records – Polarities, Vol. 2
Classical music is perhaps the last bastion of the album as an art form: a collection of works...
POET OF THE PIANO – MARIA JOÃO PIRES PLAYS BEETHOVEN
By her own admission, Maria João Pires dislikes playing solo recitals as they can be a touch isolating....
PUCCINI AT THE OPERA BASTILLE
The reigning opera house of France since the last thirty years is the modern theatre (sometimes referred to...
A GOETHE LEGACY IN VIENNA
On this my third annual visit to Vienna in October 2019 I had occasion to visit two off-the-beaten...
