The composer Gennadi Banshchikov has died in St Petersburg, aged 82.
He leaves 4 symphonies, 5 cello concertos and a cahmber opera, chamber opera The Great Quarrel between Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich.
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The German recorder player and ensemble leader Dorothee Oberlinger has been awarded 30,000 Euros for … being a recorder player. The award is the ‘Grand Cultural Prize’ of the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland. The jury in its […]
We reported earlier that Franz Welser-Möst had withdrawn from Cleveland’s cycle of Beethoven piano concertos because he is still recovering from the effects of successful cancer treatment. It has just been confirmed that his chosen […]
