Many happy returns to Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa’s wizard of Cape jazz improvisation.
A refugee from apartheid, he has lived most of his adult life in New York, performing under the stage name Dollar Brand. He took an Islamic name in 1968 and made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
One of the hidden greats.
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AskonasHolt have signed the Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Molinari, who has a qualification in surgery and medicine from the University of Padua. Originally from Riva del Garda, she started out playing flute before taking her Hippocratic […]
The ten finalists were made known last night: Eliza Boom, soprano, New Zealand Le Bu, bass-baritone, China Vladislav Chizhov, baritone, Russia Elmina Hasan, mezzo-soprano, Azerbaijan Liam James Karai, bass-baritone, UK/India Jack Lee, baritone, UK Kathleen […]
The Easter edition of our Alastair Macaulay Review: Charpentier and Louis XIV; Bach and Frederick the Great by Alastair Macaulay The overlaps between history and music are infinite, even though many of us listen (or […]
