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At just 17, pianist Jacky Zhang becomes the youngest ever winner of the Sheepdrove Piano Competition at Newbury Spring Festival Richness & imagination: the all-male ensemble De Profundis continues its exploration of Morales with two masses based on L’homme armé Curated By… Ben Nobuto: an intimate programme exploring the music, composers and sonic ideas that have influenced his artistic development. From Beethoven & Britten to Caroline Shaw & Gavin Higgins: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s 2026/27 season will be chief conductor Domingo Hindoyan’s sixth Unashamedly romantic with an expressive use of dissonance & sophisticated atmosphere: the music of the remarkably youthful Christopher Churcher on Resonus Classics

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Slipped Disc November 30, 2024

Concertmaster, 91

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The Zagreb Soloists have announced the death of their long serving concertmaster, Tonko Ninić.

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