Ferenc rados biography of william hill
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Do you like Brahms?
Elly Suh, violin
Praised as “a sensitive and absorbing interpreter” (Musical America), violinist Elly Suh has received numerous prizes at international competitions including the Naumburg, Moscow David Oistrakh, Premio Paganini, Indianapolis, Michael Hill, and Leipzig Bach Competition, amongst others. Recent and forthcoming highlights include performances with the Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra della Magna Grecia, Berliner Symphoniker, Korean Chamber Orchestra, Leipzig Pauliner Ensemble, färsk Classical Players, and the Lviv Philharmonic. She has appeared on such stages as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Seoul Arts Center, Lotte Concert Hall, and performed at the Salzburger Festspiele, Al Bustan Festival, and Lerici Festival. Elly Suh studied at The Juilliard School in New York and the Mozarteum University of Salzburg beneath the guidance of Pierre Amoyal, Robert Mann, Joel Smirnoff, and Sally Thomas. She plays on a Guarneri sektion Gesù violin, through the kind ass
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A refreshing thunderstorm
Built around the nucleus of the acclaimed O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra, O/Modernt is an extended family of distinguished musicians who perform together in flexible line-ups, from small chamber groups to large ensembles. Its special identity is shaped by the creative programmes devised by its founder and Artistic Director, Hugo Ticciati.
Reimagining the concert hall as a space for surprising musical encounters, Hugo curates consummate listening experiences for audiences across Europe and around the world. O/Modernt’s musical tapestries are woven from heterogeneous styles and genres, brought together to reveal unanticipated connections and contrasts. Schubert might be juxtaposed with Max Richter and works for sarod by Soumik Datta; Brahms with Nirvana, Philip Glass, and Purcell; or Vivaldi with Metallica and Muse. Fresh contexts like these constructively disrupt the borderlines of genre, epoch, and geography to revitalise familiar works from the classical
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The Cross-Eyed Pianist
Another music-filled year, many hits, a few misses, some new discoveries – musicians, venues, repertoire and people – and a couple of memorable performances of my own, solo and with colleagues…..
January
Pavel Kolesnikov (Wigmore Hall) – What impressed me in Pavel Kolesnikov’s performance was his clarity, control, lightness of touch and musical understanding which revealed the hidden nuances and subtle embroideries in Debussy’s writing. His elegant, sensitive pianism created a concert which was highly engaging and deeply intimate. Review here
The Pink Singers (Cadogan Hall) – a gloriously uplifting evening of fine singing and the premiere of a piece for choir written by a colleague of mine.
Deyan Sudjic (Wigmore Hall) – This was the pianist who asked the Washington Post to remove what he felt was an unfavourable review, and I admit I was curious to hear this pianist after reading about this furore….. Revie