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Antonio Pappano and Elgar
2016-08-31 05:48:00 UTCAntonio Pappano, who studied piano and conducting, first attracted the attention of Daniel Barenboim, becoming his assistant at the Bayreuth Festival. After working in Barcelona and Frankfurt, he made his debut at Den Norske Opera in Oslo in 1987, becoming music director there in 1990. From 1992 to 2002 Pappano…
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Ravel by Svetlanov
2016-08-01 08:19:00 UTCThe legendary conductor Evgeny Svetlanov was fond of French music. We ought to note his deep interest for the French repertoire of different periods that he regulary introduced in his concert programmes (The Suite N°2 from Daphnis et Chloé was part of Svetlanov’s graduate examination at the Moscow Conservatory’s Department…
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LSO Live : Scriabin : Symphonies Nos 1 & 2
2016-05-07 15:24:00 UTCValery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra bring to a close their revelatory Scriabin cycle with the release of Symphonies 1 & 2. Epic in scope, Scriabin’s highly original First Symphony was composed at the turn of the twentieth century. The ambitious work consists of six movements, the last of…
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Helsinki Phil Orchestra and Susanna Mälkki to record with Bis Records
2016-03-17 07:19:00 UTCThe Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, orchestra’s new chief conductor Susanna Mälkki and BIS Records have signed a recording contract which will result in an initial four discs to be recorded over the next few years. The first album to be released will contain music by Bartók and will be recorded in…
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Ginastera Orchestral Works with Juanjo Mena
2016-03-15 09:55:00 UTCWith Heitor Villa-Lobos and Carlos Chávez, Alberto Ginastera is one of the three greatest figures of Latin American music of the twentieth century. In 2016 we celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. Except the Danzas Argentinas for piano and the Danzas from the ballet Estancia, Ginestera remains unknown…
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Leonard Slatkin conducts Ravel
2016-03-07 15:52:00 UTCAmerican conductor Leonard Slatkin and the Orchestre National de Lyon are recording the complete orchestral work of Maurice Ravel. Unfulfilled to record only the famous scores like Boléro and La Valse, Leonard Slatkin explores the smallest nooks of Maurice Ravel work : rare compositions, the orchestrations….and his two operas L’Enfant…
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Juliette Hurel about “Love Songs” by Bruno Mantovani
2016-02-10 14:53:00 UTCOn top of being one of the best representatives of the French flute school, Juliette Hurel is also the principal flutist of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. She will be on tour in Belgium and Germany with this elite ensemble, conducted by the charismatic Yannick Nézet-Seguin, to perform a World premiere…
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Bilkent Symphony Orchestra : 3 ladies for one orchestra
2016-01-06 14:10:00 UTCOn December 12, in Bilkent Konser Salonu, the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra-Ankara performs with 3 women artists of the rising generation: Conductor, Soloist and Concertmaster! Stamatia Karampini, replacing John Axelrod, makes her debut on Bilkent SO’s podium, the violinist Sayaka Shoji performs Sibelius…