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Korean teen wins big in France

Korean teen wins big in France

The Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition, among the most prestigious in France, has been won by the Korean pianist Kim Sae-hyun. The 17 year-old played Rachmaninoff’s third concerto in the final with the Orchestra of the Republican Guard, […]

Korean teen wins big in France

Korean teen wins big in France

The Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition, among the most prestigious in France, has been won by the Korean pianist Kim Sae-hyun. The 17 year-old played Rachmaninoff’s third concerto in the final with the Orchestra of the Republican Guard, […]

Death of a formative conductor, 82

Death of a formative conductor, 82

The leading Mexican conductor Enrique Batiz died yesterday in his home country, aged 82. He founded the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra in 1971 and directed it over four decades, except during the 1980s when […]

Brazilian maestro, 67

Brazilian maestro, 67

The death has been notified of Isaac Chueke, an international  conductor formerly associated with the Teatre San Carlo in Naples. He was long resident in Paris where he founded the Groupe de Recherche Musiques Brésiliennes […]

Death of Bolshoi tenor, 86

Death of Bolshoi tenor, 86

The passing has been recorded of Vladimir Shcherbakov, tenor  soloist at the Bolshoi from 1977 to 1991. He was 86. His greatest fame came with a recording of the Soviet remake of Glinka’s A Life […]