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GARY HOFFMAN Chamber Recital / Review
GARY HOFFMAN Chamber RecitalYong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert HallSunday (17 January 2016)This review was published by The Straits Times on 19 January 2016 A fairly sizeable audience turned up on a...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, January 2016)
RACHMANINOV VariationsDANIIL TRIFONOV, Piano The Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nezet-SeguinDeutsche Grammophon 479 4970 / *****This 80-minute-long album brings together the three great sets of...
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IS IT POSSIBLE TO ATTEND THREE CONCERTS IN A DAY?
IS IT POSSIBLE TO ATTEND THREE CONCERTS IN A DAY?In a word, YES. Way back in October 1989, on a fine London Sunday, I first went to Steven Isserlis's late morning cello recital at Wigmore Hall, then...
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SETTS #2 / South-Eastern Ensemble for Today's and Tomorrow's Sounds / Review
SETTS #2South-Eastern Ensemble forToday's & Tomorrow's SoundsEsplanade Recital StudioSunday (24 January 2016)This review was published in The Straits Times on 26 January 2016 with the title...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, January 2016)
ZHOU LONG & CHEN YI Symphony “Humen 1839”New Zealand Symphony / DARRELL ANGNaxos 8.570611 / *****The Chinese husband-and-wife composing pair of Zhou Long and Chen Yi have highly successful...
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SOUL MUSIC / KAM NING Violin Recital / Review
SOUL MUSICKAM NING, ViolinNICHOLAS ONG, PianoLee Foundation TheatreThursday (28 January 2016)This review was published in The Straits Times on 30 January 2016 with the title "Violinist Kam Ning wins...
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RHAPSODIES OF SPRING 2016 / Singapore Chinese Orchestra / Review
RHAPSODIES OF SPRING 2016Singapore Chinese OrchestraThe Star TheatreSaturday (30 January 2016)This review was published in The Straits Times on 1 February 2016Rhapsodies Of Springis the Singapore...
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MUSICIENS SANS FRONTIERES / LOUIS PAGE (Piano) & Friends / Review
MUSICIENS SANS FRONTIERESLouis Page (Piano) et alSchool of the Arts Concert HallSunday (31 January 2016)This review was published in The Straits Times on 2 February 2016 Four concerts took place last...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, February 2016)
THE TIME TRAVELLER AND HIS MUSEJAMES BRAWN, PianoMSR Classics 1502 (2 CDs) / ****1/2The British pianist James Brawn takes a break from his Beethoven sonata odyssey to bring this recital, a...
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NOCTURNES & DANCES / ALEXANDER TROSTIANSKY Violin Recital / Review
NOCTURNES & DANCESAlexander Trostiansky (Violin)with Ge Xiaozhe (Piano)Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert HallTuesday (2 February 2016)This review was published in The Straits Times on 4 February...
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KONSTANTIN SCHERBAKOV Piano Recital / Review
KONSTANTIN SCHERBAKOV Piano RecitalYong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert HallWednesday (3 February 2016)This review was published in The Straits Times on 5 February 2016 with the title "Gripping display...
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SPRING BLOSSOMS / NAFA Chinese Chamber Ensemble / Review
SPRING BLOSSOMSNAFA Chinese Chamber EnsembleLee Foundation TheatreThursday (4 February 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 6 February 2016 with the title "Ushering in Chinese New...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, February 2016)
RAVEL Piano ConcertosYUJA WANG, PianoTonhalle-Orchester Zurich Lionel BringuierDeutsche Grammophon 479 4954 / ****1/2Both of Maurice Ravel's piano concertos were composed around the same period,...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, February 2016)
RAVEL Piano ConcertosFAURÉ BalladeYUJA WANG, PianoTonhalle-Orchester Zurich Lionel Bringuier, ConductorDeutsche Grammophon 479 4954 / ****1/2Both of Maurice Ravel's piano concertos were composed around...
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SOUNDBITES: THE ART OF ENCORE / PHILIP FOWKE Piano Recital / Review
SOUNDBITES: THE ART OF ENCOREPHILIP FOWKE Piano RecitalYong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestral HallWednesday (17 February 2016)This review was published in The Straits Times on 19 February 2016 with the...
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NAFA ORCHESTRA / Review
NAFA ORCHESTRALee Foundation TheatreThursday (18 February 2016)This review was published in The Straits Times on 20 February 2016 with the title "Young violinist's sizzling show of prowess".If a...
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SSO CONCERT: THE BUTTERFLY LOVERS / Review
THE BUTTERFLY LOVERSSingapore Symphony OrchestraVictoria Concert HallFriday (19 February 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 22 February 2016 with the title "Butterfly Lovers takes...
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THE FOUR GREAT CLASSICAL NOVELS IN CONCERT / Singapore Chinese Orchestra /...
THE FOUR GREAT CLASSICAL NOVELS IN CONCERTSingapore Chinese OrchestraEsplanade Concert HallSaturday (20 February 2016)This review was published in The Straits Times on 22 February 2016 with the title...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, February 2016)
MAHLER Symphony No.2 “Resurrection”Arrangement for 4 hands by Bruno Walter Nakazawa & Athavale (Piano) Naxos 8.573350 / ****Arrangement for 8 hands by Heinrich von Bocklet Cutting, Turner,...
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THE MOZARTIAN EXPERIENCE / ADDO Chamber Orchestra / Review
THE MOZARTIAN EXPERIENCEADDO Chamber OrchestraEsplanade Recital StudioThursday (25 February 2016)This review was published in The Straits Times on 27 February 2016If one wondered why this concert was...
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