They’ve just been named: Violinist Shlomi Shahaf (17), born in Israel and raised in Ukraine, currently studying at the Purcell School Pianist Ryan Wang (17) from Vancouver, Canada, currently on a music scholarship at Eton […]
Music of the homeland featured at this Czech Philharmonic Prom: Dvořák and Suk, two core Czech composers themselves bound by a familial link: Suk married Dvořák’s daughter Otilie, in 1898. The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra is […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: I love artists who attempt the impossible. Within reason, that is. I’d draw the line at someone playing the 32 Beethoven sonatas one-handed, or the 15 Shostakovich quartets […]