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Geoffrey Newman

PIANIST ZLATA CHOCHIEVA IN CONVERSATION WITH GEOFFREY NEWMAN

02/03/202328/12/2019 by Geoffrey Newman

Zlata Chochieva talks to Geoffrey Newman

Zlata Chochieva © Evengy Evtyukhov

Since the release of her Piano Classics discs of Chopin and Rachmaninoff five years ago, 34-year-old, Moscow-born Zlata Chochieva has climbed firmly into the international spotlight.

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Constantin Trinks leads the VSO in Humperdinck and Tchaikovsky for the Christmas season

24/02/202022/12/2019 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Humperdinck, Tchaikovsky: Kallie Claxton and Barb Towell (sopranos), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Constantin Trinks (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 7.12.2019. (GN)

Constantin Trinks © Marco Borggreve

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Ton Koopman maintains all his energy and spirit at 75

31/12/201902/12/2019 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Various composers: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Ton Koopman (director, solo harpischord and continuo). (GN)

Ton Koopman and the VSO © Matthew Baird

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Zlata Chochieva’s unique Chopin and Rachmaninoff arrive in Vancouver

09/12/201920/11/2019 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Chopin, Rachmaninoff: Zlata Chochieva (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 10.11.2019. (GN)

Zlata Chochieva (c) Chris Woloczko

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The pleasure of Albrecht Mayer’s oboe at Vancouver’s Chan Centre

26/11/201908/11/2019 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Haydn, Mozart, Fiala: Albrecht Mayer (oboe, English horn and director), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Chan Centre, Vancouver, 25.10.2019. (GN)

Albrecht Mayer and the VSO. © Matthew Baird

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Striking sensitivity and intelligence in Brahms and Shostakovich from Z.E.N. Trio in Vancouver

15/11/201929/10/2019 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Schubert, Brahms, Shostakovich: Z.E.N. Trio (Esther Yoo [violin], Narek Hakhnazaryan [cello], Zhang Zuo [piano]), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 20.10.2019. (GN)

Z.E.N. Trio © Clive Barda

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The young Bennewitz Quartet displays great beauty and strength

08/11/201924/10/2019 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Schumann, Janáček, Dvořák: Bennewitz Quartet (Jakub Fišer and Štěpán Ježek [violins], Jiří Pinkas [viola], Štěpán Doležal [cello]), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 13.10.2019. (GN)

Bennewitz Quartet © Kamil Ghais

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Daniil Trifonov propels the Vancouver Symphony’s new season

04/11/201909/10/2019 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Simms, Schubert, Mahler, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin: Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 20 & 27.9.2019. (GN)

Daniil Trifonov, Otto Tausk and The VSO © Matthew Baird

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