Strenuous efforts to produce a gender-balanced outcome at the Leeds Piano Competition have apparently paid off.
The five finalists, announced last night, are:
Kai-Min Chang (Taiwan)
Junyan Chen (China)
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (Canada)
Khanh Nhi Luong (Vietnam)
Julian Trevelyan (United Kingdom)
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Beethoven’s Fifth: Rameau, Saint-Saêns, Capperauld, Beethoven Alexandre Kantorow (piano); Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor/drum). Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.07.2025 Rameau Les Indes galantes (1735), Suite Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. […]
In the thick of Covid, Russian-trained singers who had taken up cantor positions in the US put together this historic polyglot document. The post A Hebrew prayer, in Russian and English appeared first on Slippedisc.
City Opera believers have shown more fiather in the resurrection than most Christians, always to be disappointed. Here is the latest PR spin: New York City Opera has an 80-year legacy of bringing affordable, innovative […]
