The Nazareth-born violinist Yamen Saadi, concertmaster of the Vienna State Opera, is organising a concert for peace in the opera house on May 26 at 11 am.
The programme consists of works by Fauré, Brahms, Schumann, Webern, Alan Ridout and Johann Strauss senior.
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The Chinese violinist Luo Chaowen, 23, won first prize at South Korea’s Isangyun Competition last night, performing Brahms’ Violin Concerto. He’s studying at the Beijing central conservatory. Saxophonist Jason Xu, 19, a Chinese-Canadian student at the […]
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