Robin Ticciati’s farewell season with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Robin Ticciati/Scottish Chamber Orchestra Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Mitsuko Uchida, Piano 12 October, 2017 Usher Hall, Edinburgh If this is...
DEDICATION LEO BROUWER: Afterword
I still do not know exactly, what most of the other participants in the concert on 6 October actually thought...
In Tune with Taiwan
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,...
Clocks, Clouds and Textures
On December 10, 1956, in a remarkable struggle for survival and artistic freedom, György Ligeti (1923-2006), one of the most...
From Strength to Strength
The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra has been active in the music festival circuit in Europe and beyond for over seven...
Arvo Pärt
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...
DEDICATION LEO BROUWER: 6 October 2017
The Pune Guitar Society has, since its inception, attempted to bring important constituents of the classical guitar repertoire to mainstream...
THREE NIGHTS AT THE VIENNA STATE OPERA
I journeyed back to Austria for the last three nights of summer bliss in Europe. The night of September 5th...