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Sermoneta

Elissò Virsaladze: The Concert and the Course

18/07/201616/07/2016 by Jack Buckley

ItalyItaly Various composers: Elissò Virsaladze (piano) and members of her Masterclass. The Caetani Castle of Sermoneta. Campus Internazionale di Musica and Festival Pontino di Musica.  9.7.2016 to 12.7.2016. (JB)

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Elissò Virsaladze

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts Tags Jack Buckley, Sermoneta 2 Comments

Rebel with a Cause

17/07/201614/07/2016 by Jack Buckley

ItalyItaly Paganini, Brahms, Massenet, Kreisler, Tchaikovsky, Sarasate: Ivos Margoni (violin) Rodolfo Focarelli (piano). Former stables of the Caetani Castle, Sermoneta. Festival Pontino. 10.07.2016 (JB)

Photo credit: Elisa Cerocchi.
Rodolfo Focarelli (piano) & Ivos Margoni (violin) (c) Elisa Cerocchi.

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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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