We have learned of the death of John Perry, professor at the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.
A ypoung prizewinner at the Busoni and Viotti competitions in Italy, he recorded extensively and taught internationally.
An appreciation follows later.
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From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Pierre Boulez/Alfred Schnittke: Piano works (Naxos/BIS) ***/** It’s a mark of how far Naxos have come under new ownership that a label which once churned out the complete […]
Stagings of Bach Passions are, if not the norm, certainly not unknown; and Insula showed how effective known music with projection can be in Mat Collishaw’s Sky Burial, a film response to Fauré’s Requiem. Insula’s Brahms […]
Not just the Walton concerto, but a John Dowland moan as an encore. Enjoy. The post A good night for English violas appeared first on Slippedisc.
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