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Geoffrey Newman

PIANIST LOUIS LORTIE IN CONVERSATION WITH GEOFFREY NEWMAN

02/03/202325/02/2020 by Geoffrey Newman

Louis Lortie talks to Geoffrey Newman

Louis Lortie © Elias Photography

There are few Canadian musicians who have exhibited such consistency, versatility and high standards in performance as Montreal-born pianist Louis Lortie.

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Authentic but ambivalent Beethoven from Faust, Queyras and Melnikov in Vancouver

30/03/202021/02/2020 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Beethoven: Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano). Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 9.2.2020. (GN)


Faust Queyras Melnikov Trio © Josep Molina

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Gidon Kremer returns to Schumann transcriptions in a wide-ranging Vancouver concert

30/03/202012/02/2020 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Moussa, Schumann, Bruckner: Gidon Kremer (violin), Michael Abramovich (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 1.2.2020. (GN)

Gidon Kremer (violin), Otto Tausk (conductor) and the VSO © Matthew Baird

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Jun Märkl’s dark Fantastique highlights an all-French evening

19/08/202005/02/2020 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Boulez, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Berlioz: István Várdai (cello), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Jun Märkl (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 26.1.2020. (GN)

Cellist István Várdai and conductor Jun Märkl © Matthew Baird

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The joys of ‘(re)-creation’ guide Vancouver’s 2020 New Music Festival

24/02/202027/01/2020 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada 2020 VSO New Music Festival [1] (GN)

Viviane Hagner (violin) and Otto Tausk and the VSO © Matthew Baird

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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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