The composer Michio Mamiya, winner of a grand prix at the 1974 Salzburg Festival with his opera Narukami, has died at the age of 95. He was most widely known for composing anime cartoon films.
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From Sara Schoenbeck, a teacher at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music: Someone stole my constant companion from me in Brooklyn today (ed. Sunday). They took my soulful, beautiful and irreplaceable Heckel Bassoon, serial #9703. Please […]
The Malaysian pianist Magdalene Ho, who lives in London, has come top of the German contest. Ho, 21, last year won the Clara Haskil. She’s a student at the Royal College of Music. The post […]
It must surely be the most daunting piano concerto in the repertoire. Ferruccio Busoni’s Piano Concerto in C-Major, BV 247 spreads over 72 minutes in this performance (there are longer: Postnikova takes an eternity); it […]
