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One of the world’s longest running festivals for contemporary classical music, established in 1888 by the NKR (Council of Nordic Composers), Nordic Music Days takes place outwith the Nordic countries for only the third time in 136 years.
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.png?w=670&resize=670,446&ssl=1 "Compelling performances: Stephen Hough, YL Male Voice Choir, Santtu-Matias Rouvali and the Philharmonia launch Nordic Soundscapes")
Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Kullervo Sets Off for War(Mural, 1901, in the Old Student House, Helsinki University) Sigfúsdóttir: Oceans, Grieg: Piano Concerto; Sibelius: Kullervo; Stephen Hough, Johanna Rusanen, Tommi Hakala, Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat (YL) Male Voice Choir, Philharmonia, […]
press release: Washington National Opera (WNO) presents the highly-anticipated The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, created by Kennedy Center’s first Composer-in-Residence Mason Bates and librettist Mark Campbell. The Grammy Award®-winning opera, which follows the life of […]
It takes more than Mozart balls for a foreigner to conduct the Czech Philharmonic in Slavonic Dances. Hats off to Simon Rattle who brings off every micro-shift in these indigenous dances with aplomb. Enjoy. […]
%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Modernising Gluck: English Touring Opera's new production of Orpheus and Eurydice puts a distinctly contemporary spin on the work")
