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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The death has been made known of Günther Beetz, founder member of German Brass and trumpet professor at Musikhochschule Mannheim. His influence on trumpet playing was far greater than his fame. The post Top trumpet […]
The Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili has walked out on HarrisonParrott after 27 years. She has joined up instead with second-gen management at Impresariat Simmenauer in Berlin. Her transition may be linked to the recent retirement […]
Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914), a favourite student of Liszt, was admired by Wagner: that’s quite a CV. Here we have two works: the large-scale Piano Concerto in G minoring the Sinfonia festiva. Sgambati is probably best […]
-14.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "10th anniversary: Fantasia Orchestra celebrates with a busy summer featuring a return to the BBC Proms")
