The Chinese pianist was nominated on Bastille Day in Paris as a chevalier of the Légion d’honneur in the category reserved for foreign nationals. Also elevated was the director of the Opéra national de Paris, Alexander Neef, who is a German citizen.
The French conductor Bertrand de Billy was named an officer of the the Légion d’honneur.
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No first prize has been awarded at the 2024 Barbash J.S. Bach Competition for string players in Long Island, NY. A joint second prize and no first prize was awarded at the Alberto Lysy Competition […]
Our recent guest on the BBC Lebrecht Interview has been strutting her stuff with the Czech Philharmonic: The post Keeping up with Alisa appeared first on Slippedisc.
Rossini’s thrilling epic, his final masterpiece with the world’s most famous overture, is his most ambitious, forward-looking and vocally challenging opera. Having become the rallying cry of the 1830 revolution in France, Rossini’s final opera […]
