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Claire Seymour

The Pianist of Willesden Lane to Receive UK Première

14/08/202021/12/2015 by Claire Seymour

The UK première of The Pianist of Willesden Lane opens at the St. James’s Theatre London on 20 January 2016 and runs until 27 February.

Pianist of Willesden Lane
Mona Golabek as a Jewish teenager who escapes the Nazis in The Pianist of Willesden Lane at 59E59 Theaters
(c) Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

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Belcea Quartet Excel in UK Première of Larcher’s Challenging, Impressive New String Quartet

04/01/201621/12/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Larcher, Brahms: Till Fellner (piano), Belcea Quartet (Corina Belcea & Axel Schacher [violins], Krzysztof Chorzelski [viola], Antoine Lederlin [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 19.12.2015. (CS)

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Red Priest Break the Rules to Stunning and Spell-Binding Effect

17/12/201515/12/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli et al: Red Priest, Kings Place, London, 12.12.2015. (CS)

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Confidence, Animation and Unity from the Jerusalem Quartet at St. John’s Smith Square

05/12/201524/11/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Bartók and Dvořák: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky & Sergei Bresler [violins], Ori Kam [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]), St. John’s Smith Square, London, 22.11.2015. (CS)

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Handel’s Tamerlano: Well Sung and Played but Lacking in Drama

15/11/201511/11/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Handel: Il Pomo d’Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 10.11.2015 (CS)

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The Chilingirian Quartet Start to Commemorate the UK’s First Bartók Quartet Cycle

15/11/201510/11/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Bartók, Beethoven: Chilingirian Quartet (Levon Chilingirian & Ronald Birks [violin], Susie Méráros [viola], Stephen Orton [cello]), Kings Place, London, 8.11.2015. (CS)

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Much to Admire from Raphael Wallfisch and John York at Kings Place

08/11/201529/10/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Saints-Saëns, Brahms, Debussy, Prokofiev: Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (piano), Kings Place, London, 18.10.2015 (CS)

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Ibragimova and Tiberghien Bring Penetrating Musicianship and Much Else to Mozart

08/11/201529/10/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Wigmore Hall, London 27.10.2015 (CS)

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