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Comment: 17 June 2008
Berlin
The Day the
Philharmonic Burned
For a German
to hear that the Philharmonic was burning would be equivalent to an
American hearing that Yankee Stadium was in flames.
News: 13 June 2008
Stockholm
Alan Gilbert Named Conductor
Laureate of RSPO
In the more than 100-years-long history of the
Swedish orchestra, the American conductor Alan Gilbert is only the third
conductor awarded this title.
Festival
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Abu Dhabi Music and Arts
Festival
Bringing together artists from both Western and Eastern
artistic traditions to the wealthy oil emirate, the Festival seeks to
increase cultural understanding through music and dance performances,
student workshops, an art exhibition and gala events.
News
New York
El Sistema Founder
Jose Antonio Abreu Wins Glenn Gould Prize
Dr. Abreu's unique system
of musical education takes thousands of poor and abandoned children in
Venezuela and transforms them into world-class orchestra musicians like
the superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
Travel Tip
London
Agents of Change: Baroque Instruments and the Atlantic Slave
Trade
This winter, travellers to Britain with an
interest in history and baroque music can hear an unusual programme of
Italian violin concertos and visit the blockbuster exhibition on the
abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Book Review
Paris
The Rest is
Noise
Joel Kasow on music critic Alex Ross' survey of music,
history and politics in the 20th century.
Festival Review
Calenzana, Corsica
Music From the Mists of
Time
The birthplace of Napoléon Bonaparte breaks its law
of silence for the Festival of Calenzana.
Concert Review
Berlin
Virtual Bruckner: Symphony
No. 8
Ciarán McAuley reviews Bernard Haitink and the
Berlin Philharmonic's performance of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8.
Concert Review
Berlin
Henze's
Phaedra: Radical Composer Offers Few Surprises Unter den
Linden
German composer Hans Werner
Henze's new concert opera Phaedra about a tormented queen
infatuated with her stepson. Ciarán McAuley reviews the world
premiere.
CD Review
New York
New Releases Call for a
Re-evaluation of Offenbach, Schumann, Prokofiev
Three new symphonic
issues highlight original interpretations by Riccardo Chailly and the
Gewandhaus Orchestra, Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony
Orchestra and French cellist Jérôme Perno. |
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for our latest picks in classical music worldwide.
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.
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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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