Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, b. Brescia, January 5, 1920 (d. Lugano, 1995)
Alfred Brendel, b Wizemberk, Cz, 5 January 1931
Maurizio Pollini, b Milano, 5 January 1942
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From my latest monthly essay in The Critic, out now: One morning in 2007 I knocked at the door of a Berlin villa and was admitted by staff. I was shown into a music room whose […]
L to R: Charlie Coulson (Shepherd Brass Band), Audrey Brown, (Shepherd Brass Band)Cherry Fricker, (Executive Director, National Centre for Early Music) I Can Play with Brass Roots gained the National Award for Band Project of […]
We hear that two string players in the BBC Philharmonic have been persuaded to take voluntary redundancy after complaining of noise related hearing damage. Both stepped down with reluctance. And neither job is to be […]
