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SSO CONCERT: BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO WITH LEONIDAS KAVAKOS / Review
BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTOWITH LEONIDAS KAVAKOSSingapore Symphony OrchestraVictoria Concert HallSaturday (26 September 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 28 September 2015Soloists...
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SETTS #1 / Southeastern Ensemble of Today's & Tomorrow's Sounds / Review
SETTS #1Southeastern Ensemblefor Today's and Tomorrow's SoundsEsplanade Recital StudioSunday (27 September 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 29 September 2015SETTS is the acronym...
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THE ALPHABET SERIES: R IS FOR ROSES / Sing Song Club / Review
R IS FOR ROSESSing Song ClubLiving Room at The Arts HouseSunday (27 September 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 29 September 2015 One of the best kept secrets in Singapore's...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, September 2015)
FANTASY TRIOSDimension Piano TrioChamps Hill 060 / *****In 1907, a philanthropist and amateur musician named Walter Cobbett held a competition for new compositions in the piano trio genre based on the...
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ESSENCE OF NANYANG / Singapore Chinese Orchestra / Review
ESSENCE OF NANYANGSingapore Chinese OrchestraSingapore Conference HallFriday (2 October 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 5 October 2015The Singapore Chinese Orchestra travels to...
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SSO CONCERT: DAUSGAARD CONDUCTS MAHLER'S TENTH / Review
DAUSGAARD CONDUCTS MAHLER'S TENTHSingapore Symphony OrchestraEsplanade Concert HallSaturday (3 October 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 5 October 2015 with the title "Getting the...
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BRENDAN GOH Cello Recital / Review
BRENDAN GOH Cello Recitalwith KSENIIA VOKHMIANINA, PianoGallery, The Arts HouseSunday (4 October 2015) This review was published in The Straits Times on 6 October 2015 with the title "Young cellist...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, October 2015)
NORDIC TRUMPET CONCERTSOLE EDVARD ANTONSEN, TrumpetNordic Chamber Orchestra Christian Lindberg (Conductor)BIS 1548 / ****1/2Do not let the title of Nordic Trumpet Concertos deter you the listener, as...
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SINGAPURA / Singapore International Festival of Music / Review
SINGAPURASingapore International Festival of MusicGallery, The Arts HouseWednesday (7 October 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 9 October 2015At first acquaintance, Singapura, the...
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HOLOCAUST / Singapore International Festival of Music / Review
HOLOCAUSTSingapore International Festival of MusicPlay Den, The Arts HouseSaturday (10 October 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 12 October 2015The final evening of the Singapore...
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SINGAPORE-BORN PIANIST REACHES THIRD ROUND OF 2015 CHOPIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO...
The results of the Second Round of the Chopin International Piano Competition 2015 in Warsaw have been announced. One of the 20 pianists selected for the Third Round is the Singapore-born American...
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WHAT DO THESE MUSICAL LUMINARIES HAVE IN COMMON?
RUBINSTEIN. ARRAU. HEIFETZ. SZIGETI. PIATIGORSKY. SERKIN. FRIEDMAN. ELMAN. THIBAUD. FEUERMANN.A veritable Who's Who's of classical music.Besides all being dead white men, what else do they have in...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, October 2015)
RARITIES OF PIANO MUSICAT SCHLOSS VOR HUSUM 2014Danacord 749 / *****The week-long annual piano festival held every August in the northern German town of Husum has to be the world's most unique. It...
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MUSICAL LANDSCAPES: THE SOUND OF THE NORDIC / Ole Edvard Antonsen & Band /...
MUSICAL LANDSCAPES:THE SOUND OF THE NORDICOle Edvard Antonsen & BandVictoria Concert HallTuesday (13 October 2015) This review was published in The Straits Times on 15 October 2015 While...
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THE ANSWER TO THE "DEAD WHITE MEN" QUESTION
Here was the original question we posed:Q: RUBINSTEIN. ARRAU. HEIFETZ. SZIGETI. PIATIGORSKY. SERKIN. FRIEDMAN. ELMAN. THIBAUD. FEUERMANN. What did these men have in common?A: They all performed in...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, October 2015)
OSWALD & NAPOLEAO Piano ConcertosARTUR PIZARRO, PianoBBC National Orchestra of Wales Martyn BrabbinsHyperion 67984 / ****1/2The Brazilian Henrique Oswald (1852-1931) and Portuguese Alfredo Napoleao...
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ANDREAS HENKEL Piano Recital / Review
ANDREAS HENKEL Piano RecitalYong Siew Toh ConservatoryWednesday (21 October 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 23 October 2015 with the title "Virtuoso who kept calm and carried...
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JINSANG LEE Piano Recital / The Joy of Music Festival / Review
JINSANG LEE Piano RecitalThe Joy of Music FestivalHong Kong City Hall Concert HallFriday (16 October 2015)Korean pianist Jinsang Lee, 1st Prize Winner of the 2008 Hong Kong International Piano...
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ILYA RASHKOVSKIY Piano Recital / The Joy of Music Festival 2015 / Review
ILYA RASHKOVSKIY Piano RecitalThe Joy of Music FestivalHong Kong City Hall Concert HallWednesday (14 October 2015)It is hard to believe that ten years ago, in 2005, 20-year-old Russian pianist Ilya...
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SINGAPORE COMPOSE! SG50 / The Philharmonic Winds / Review
SINGAPORE COMPOSE! SG50The Philharmonic WindsEsplanade Concert HallSaturday (24 October 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 26 October 2015 with the title "Remembering legacy of...
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