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News: 18 June 2009
New York
Pianists
Tie for Gold in Cliburn Competition
Musicians from Japan, China and
South Korea sweep top prizes in the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition.
Seen
Amsterdam
Varèse 360° Takes
Center Stage at Holland Festival
Known as the "Father of Electronic
Music", Edgard Varese's many fans and admirers included Frank Zappa and
jazz legend Charlie Parker. Performances of his complete works are part of
this year's Holland Festival in Amsterdam.
Concert Calendar: June 2009
Klassiknet
picks for Europe and North America
News
Los Angeles
Esa-Pekka Salonen Leads Los
Angeles Philharmonic in Final Concerts
The Finnish maestro is handing the baton to the 27
year-old Venezuelan wunderkind
Gustavo
Dudamel.
Seen
Brussels
Judas Iscariot: Archetype of
a Traitor
Christian Holy Week in Europe offers to
believers and agnostics alike a unique occasion to hear some of the
greatest masterworks of Western sacred music.
News
New
York
Gabriela Montero: From Grammy
Nominations to Presidential Inauguration
The Venezuelan-American
pianist joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman, and clarinetist
Anthony McGill for the performance of a new work composed by John
Williams.
CD Review:
Paris
Measha
Brueggergosman: Surprise!
In addition to her own
show, 'Toronto Sings', on Canadian national-TV, the charismatic young
Canadian soprano and barefoot entertainer Measha
Brueggergosman, makes her solo CD debut on Deutsche
Grammophon.
Book Review
Paris
The Rest is
Noise
Joel Kasow on music critic Alex Ross' survey of music,
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See the Culturekiosque Calendar
for our latest picks in classical music worldwide.
Interview:
Rome
Lady Susana
Walton
The wife of Sir William Walton talks to Paolo Petrocelli
about her life with the British composer, and their passion for their
island estate, La Mortella, off the coast of Naples, one of Europe's most
beautiful private gardens.
Interview
Paris
Christoph Eschenbach
What could have
possibly possessed the German-born conductor to take on the Orchestre de
Paris, an ensemble known for its individualistic players and
capricious performance standards ? Plus, a look at the new Salle
Pleyel.
Interview
Paris
Lang Lang
Chinese piano virtuoso Lang Lang talks about
growing up in China and the western classical musicians who most
influenced his career.
Interview:
St. Moritz
Corey
Cerovsek
From the alpine ski resort of St. Mortiz,
Canadian fiddler and mathematician Corey Cerovsek talks to CK about
playing the "Milanollo" Stradivarius of 1728.
Concert Review Archive
Berlin
Virtual Bruckner: Symphony
No. 8
Ciarán McAuley reviews Bernard Haitink and the
Berlin Philharmonic's performance of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8.
Festival Review Archive
Calenzana, Corsica
Music From the Mists of
Time
The birthplace of Napoléon Bonaparte breaks its law
of silence for the Festival of Calenzana.
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Classical Music Interviews: Archives
Culturekiosque's critics have insider
access, for interviews with leading composers, performers and conductors.
Visit our archives for interviews with such figures as Riccardo Chailly
, Thomas
Hampson,
Eduardo Lopez Banzo, Nikolaus Harnoncourt,
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Viktoria Mullova, Fazil Say, Gavin
Bryars, Lorin Maazel, and Ton Koopman.
Also in our archives:
101 Best Classical
Music CDs
Our guide to building a
library of indispensable discs in a field where 500 CDs appear every
month.
Also in French: 101 Meilleurs Disques de Musique Classique (en
français)
Compendium of Baroque Musical Instruments
A guide to the authentic instruments used to play
during the Baroque period.
Le Guide
des Instruments Baroques
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