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Menahem Pressler, the pianist and founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio, passed away on May 6. He was 99. Born in Magdeburg, Germany, the 14-year-old Pressler hid from Nazi thugs who vandalized the shop owned by his Jewish parents during the Kristallnacht. In 1939, the family fled and emigrated,
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The iconic BBC Proms is back, and it’s set to be an eight-week celebration of classical music featuring an impressive 72 events here at the Hall. The 2023 season, running from Friday 14 July to Saturday 9 September, offers an extensive range of programming, including large-scale symphonic and choral
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What does it take for a gifted student to make it to the international concert stage? Is their raw talent enough or must it be first recognised and nurtured? In the field of the classical guitar in India, there is certainly no shortage of such young talents. How then can
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Mezzo, the international reference for Classical music, dance and Jazz on Television celebrates its 25th anniversary with a wonderful programming. Every day, until May 1, Mezzo Live will broadcast: 25 emblematic concerts that have marked our first 25 years Highlights include (Indian Standard Time): * April 12 at 4:30PM – A
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The 2022-23 Season of the Metropolitan Opera is a great mix of contemporary works and classics. We bring an overview of the productions that will be screened at the NCPA this year. The ongoing screenings season of the Metropolitan Opera in New York is being hailed by critics as “one
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All of nine years, Ayaan Deshpande from the SOI Music Academy has performed with the SOI Chamber Orchestra, given solo piano recitals and is all set to give his next in the land of Mozart as the winner of the Golden Key of Vienna Music Festival. The prodigy is being
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Apple has announced Apple Music Classical, a brand new standalone app designed specifically for classical music. Apple Music Classical makes it quick and easy to find any recording in the world’s largest classical music catalogue with fully optimised search, and listeners can enjoy the highest audio quality available, and
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A new CD of recent chamber and solo works by prominent Portuguese composers, (flut)uações, will have its formal launch concert Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7:30pm GMT, and will be live-streamed from the venue in Lisbon, Portugal. Featuring Katharine Rawdon on flutes of varying sizes, Catherine Strynckx on cello,
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February and early March is set to be a treat for music lovers throughout the city, as we at The Bangalore School of Music once again have the pleasure in welcoming Ms. Maria Forsström, mezzo-soprano and vocal coach from Sweden, back to Bangalore. This time, she is joined by one
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A cornerstone of concert repertoire, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini continues to resonate with audiences across the world. Ahead of their concert with the Symphony Orchestra of India, renowned conductor John Axelrod and the young virtuoso pianist Alim Beisembayev take us through the intricacies of this popular
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As the ‘Humming Chorus’ was played during a performance of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly at the Minack Theatre, Butterfly gazed longingly out to the sea, looking for Pinkerton to return. Fate played director when a three-masted yacht sailed into the bay, lit by the moon. A fine example of the
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Hailed as “the greatest guitarist of all time” and “a guitarist’s guitarist”, English rock legend Jeff (Geoffrey Arnold) Beck passed away on 10 January 2023 aged 78, of bacterial meningitis. A flurry of tribute articles followed in the wake of his death. I was pleasantly surprised to learn from