Known as the man who ‘gave saxophone a voice in China’, Liu Yuan died of cancer yesterday aged 64.
Among other achievements, he founded China’s first rock band and mentored dozens of young talents.
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It seems amazing to me that I have not yet featured any music by the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho (born 1949). These three quartets date from 1967, 1970 and 1971; Aho’s First Symphony was born […]
In April 1983, the classical music establishment was shaken to its suspender socks when Time magazine – still a power in the land – conducted a survey of US orchestras and came up with the […]
The latest musicians to win public auditions for management are: Amiri Harewood (piano, pictured) Fibonacci Quartet (string quartet) James Morley (cello) The post Concert Artists/YCAT take on 3 more appeared first on Slippedisc.
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Only love can bear the burden of truth: Ben Parry & Garth Bardsley on their new opera that premieres at Snape this Saturday")
