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The Three Choirs Festival 2015: A Preview

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  The Three Choirs Festival 2015: A Preview   The Three Choirs Festival, which was first held in 1715 is probably the oldest music festival in the world; is there another festival that has been in existence for 300 years? Rightly, the 2015 Festival is celebrating the tercentenary in style. Actually, this is “only” the … Read more

LUCERNE FESTIVAL in Summer – An Overview

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LUCERNE FESTIVAL in Summer – An Overview   14 August to 13 September 2015   Lucerne, 18 February 2015. The LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA will open the Summer Festival with concerts during the first week under the direction of Bernard Haitink and Andris Nelsons. Pierre Boulez has invited Pablo Heras-Casado and Matthias Pintscher to serve as … Read more

The Composer Dobrinka Tabakova in Conversation with Rob Barnett

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The Composer Dobrinka Tabakova in Conversation with Rob Barnett The composer Dobrinka Tabakova, who was born in Bulgaria in 1980, was raised from a young age in London and is now a British citizen. In 2013 ECM issued a CD entirely devoted to her music entitled String Paths. It was reviewed by MWI here and … Read more