Eight semi-finalists have been named in Hannover:
Alexander Won-Ho Kim (31, South Korea)
Eunjoong Park (23, South Korea)
Alexandra Weissbecker (22, Germany)
Louisa Staples (24, Great Britain, pictured)
Kyumin Park (27, South Korea)
Angela Chan (27, Hong Kong/China)
Jacques Forestier (19, Canada)
Xunyue Zhang (20, China)
The post Koreans dominate Joachim violin contest appeared first on Slippedisc.
The Staatskapelle Dresden has lost its former maestro to illness for a European tour, starting next Sunday. Jumping in at Dresden, Vienna and Hamburg is Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (pictured. Taking over in Paris, Essen, Cologne and […]
Jiří Pánek, who died on December 19 aged 77, was an outstanding Czech violinist, happy to be leading great orchestras. But when the opera house in Pilsen ran into difficulties, someone had to grab hold […]
That can’t be a German dog, surely. It looks too heimisch. photo: Instagram The post Musicians who look like their pets: (2) Bernstein and his Dachshund appeared first on Slippedisc.
