The much-loved instrument maker George Stoppani died over Christmas. Aside from making instruments he created a brand of ‘Real Guts Strings’ and was an international authority on instrumental acoustics.
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The exiled Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov paid a call yesterday on his contemporary Arvo Pärt in his Estonian retreat. The Estonia Hall in Talinn is putting on a Silvestrov concert tonight. The post Two composers […]
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