The Divertimento Symphony Orchestra was conducted at the Olympics closing ceremony by its founder Zahia Ziouani.
She’s French-Algerian, born in Paris in 1978, twin sister of the cellist Fettouma Ziouani.
Benjamin Bernheim sang Fauré’s Hymn to Apollo with a flying piano accompanist.
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The crowd in Seoul are singing: ‘If (president) Yoon Suk Yeol gets lost, it’s a Merry Christmas!’ Quite catchy. The post Koreans sing ‘Impeach him!’ to the tune of Merry Christmas appeared first on Slippedisc.
Bucharest National Opera is premiering Gil Shohat’s The Eichmann Trial at the end of the month. The opera, based in an Israeli stage play by Motti Lerner, aims to ‘keep the memory of the past […]
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I run a summer concert series in a mid-sized city. We do pretty well, and have managed to be financially stable. The problem is that a person who grew […]
