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Pontino

Double Basses & Company: Jack Buckley’s final weekend at the Pontino Festival

25/07/201120/07/2011 by Stan

Double Basses & Company: Jack Buckley’s final weekend at the Pontino Festival (JB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jack Buckley, Pontino, Sermoneta

Pontino Festival 2011 (3) – The moment it sounds boring it’s wrong

14/02/201714/07/2011 by Stan

Elissò Virsaladze’s 2011 Masterclass – Pontino Festival (3) (JB)

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Categories Previously Published Tags Jack Buckley, Pontino

Pontino Festival 2011 (2) – An Enquiry into Musical Energy

18/07/201114/07/2011 by Stan

Pontino Festival  2011 (2) Beethoven and Schumann: Natalia Gutman (cello) and Eilissò Virsaladze (piano) Caetani Castle courtyard, Sermoneta, 11. 7. 2011, with Davide Alogna, Cesare Zanfini, Mirei Yamada, Raffaele Fuccilli (violins), Diana
Bonatesta (viola) (JB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jack Buckley, Pontino

Elissò Virsaladze’s all Liszt Recital at the Pontino Festival

13/07/201105/07/2011 by Stan

Liszt : Elissò Virsaladze (piano), Fossanova Abbey, Italy, 3.7. 2011 (JB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jack Buckley, Pontino

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