Life As a Black Classical Pianist From an early age, as I was first enrolled in piano lessons, I was quick to realize that there…
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In France, they dance naked ballet in a hotel
Covid has been tough on dancers. They need to touch and get close. Finding a distancing solution is not easy. The choreographer Christophe Garcia has…
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The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (138): More Schnittke, please
Would you ever have identified this as being by a late 20th century Russian composer? I love you, Alfred Schnittke.
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1984 archival performance of violinist Gidon Kremer and violist Kim Kashkashian performing Mozart’s ‘Sinfonia Concertante‘ – with conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Wiener Philharmoniker. VC…
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If you have read the Da Vinci Code, Digital Fortress and Dan Brown’s other novels, you know that he is a master of plot twists…
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From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: In the latter years of the Soviet Union, a composer could be cast out by the system and…
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From ORF Salzburg: The start of the imprisonment of former Mozarteum Rector Siegfried Mauser has been delayed. The 65-year-old’s lawyer has asked for a stay…
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