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Opera is opera is opera, right? Lots of singing, some love affairs and some deaths? Well, of course. But within the broad term of “opera”, there are subgenres which all offer something a bit different. Whether you’re looking for some clarity on the operatic styles, or you’re hoping
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The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is one of the world’s top 3 performing arts education institutions (QS World Rankings, 2017) and is the only conservatoire in Europe to offer degrees in dance, drama, music, production and film. Located in Glasgow, in central Scotland, the Royal Conservatoire is a world-leading
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Robin Ticciati/Scottish Chamber Orchestra Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Mitsuko Uchida, Piano 12 October, 2017 Usher Hall, Edinburgh If this is Robin Ticciati’s farewell season with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, then their opening concert was a fine display of everything that Ticciati and the orchestra have achieved together during
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I still do not know exactly, what most of the other participants in the concert on 6 October actually thought of it, as we haven’t really met each other since the combined onstage photo-op at its end. Perhaps, we would now hate the very sight of each other, so
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Although the indigenous inhabitants of Taiwan are less than two percent of the population today, each ethnic group has retained its ancestors’ unique language, dialect, and musical culture. Moreover, the island’s previous colonisers, including the Dutch, the Spanish, the Chinese, and the Japanese, also brought their own music. The
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On December 10, 1956, in a remarkable struggle for survival and artistic freedom, György Ligeti (1923-2006), one of the most important composers of the twentieth century, boarded a train under the cover of night and escaped from the politically turmoiled Hungary. Hiding from the Soviet army, patrolling in the border,
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The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra has been active in the music festival circuit in Europe and beyond for over seven decades. Ahead of its performances at the NCPA, we take a look at how the orchestra has carried forward its rich heritage. By Beverly Pereira Since 1940, the Lithuanian National
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1+1=1 Estonian-born composer Arvo Pärt (1935-) has managed to strike a sound of devotional archaism into a world of chaotic modernity. Highly experimental during his early musical career, Pärt’s study of early music inspired a new, and completely unique musical language and vocabulary. Influenced by Orthodox Russian
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The Pune Guitar Society has, since its inception, attempted to bring important constituents of the classical guitar repertoire to mainstream audiences in the city. It is particularly challenging to do this with modern guitar-centered composers, who are less well-known to begin with and are not always easy for listeners to
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I journeyed back to Austria for the last three nights of summer bliss in Europe. The night of September 5th I was to see Mozart’s opera buffa, Le Nozze di Figaro. This masterpiece the fruit of the legendary Lorenzo da Ponte and Mozart collaboration was a rib-tickling roller-coaster ride
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Music should inspire change, make us question and think in a context of diversity that transforms and overwhelms. Inspired by this credo, Akadêmia meets with potential partners all over the world to work together in ways that go beyond concert tours. Our proposals focus on the idea of sharing a
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I journeyed to Torre del Lago for the Puccini festival 2017 to hear La Bohème on 30th August, the last night of the festival. The 63rd Festival Pucciniano featured the Tuscan verismo maestro’s popular works Bohème, Tosca and Butterfly as well as Turandot and La Rondine on the fabled