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Paul Serotsky

Lucien Johnson Quartet in Whangarei – playing chamber music and all that jazz

05/12/202014/11/2020 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew Zealand Lucien Johnson Quartet: (Lucien Johnson [tenor/soprano saxophone], Jonathon Crayford, [piano], Tom Callwood [double bass], Corey Champion [drums]). Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand. 31.10.2020. (PSe)

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Reincarnated NZTrio drenches drought of live chamber music in Whangarei

16/11/202020/10/2020 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew Zealand Beethoven, Hatzis, Fisher, Wijeratne, Ravel: NZTrio (Amalia Hall [violin], Ashley Brown [cello], Somi Kim [piano]), Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand. 10.10.2020. (PSe)

NZTrio

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Jacquin Trio’s thrilling recital proves potency of viola to Whangarei audience

04/11/201921/10/2019 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew Zealand Beethoven, Whitehead, Glinka, Bruch, Brahms: Jacquin Trio (Jessie Grimes [clarinet], Kay Stephen [viola], Charis Hanning [piano]). Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand. 13.10.2019. (PSe)

The Jacquin Trio – Jessie Grimes (l), Kay Stephen and Charis Hanning

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Powerful pianism and soulful singing from Tony Chen Lin in Whangarei

29/09/201922/09/2019 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew Zealand Mozart, Gao Ping, Janáček, Schumann: Tony Chen Lin (piano). Newberry’s, Whangarei, New Zealand. 15.9.2019. (PSe)

Tony Chen Lin (c) Chamber Music NZ

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Donizetti Trio Works Wonders In Whangarei

20/07/201905/07/2019 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew Zealand Vivaldi, Donizetti, Jennings, Fauré, Koechlin, Hoadley, Mozart: Donizetti Trio (Luca Manghi, [flute], Ben Hoadley [bassoon], David Kelly [piano]), Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand, 30.6.2019. (PSe)

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Auckland Youth Orchestra’s Exceptional Prokofiev Seventh

20/07/201901/07/2019 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew Zealand Richard Strauss, Jules Mouquet, Prokofiev: Henry Close (horn), Jacob Webster (flute), Auckland Youth Orchestra / Antun Poljanich (conductor). The Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand, 22.6.2019. (PSe)

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New Zealand String Quartet’s Mind-Blowing Shostakovich

24/05/201905/05/2019 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew Zealand Beethoven, Jack Body, Shostakovich, Brahms: New Zealand String Quartet (Helene Pohl, Monique Lapins [violins], Gillian Ansell [viola], Rolf Gjelsten [cello]). Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand. 28.4.2019. (PSe)

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Goicea And Gugnin In Winning Performances

26/10/201816/10/2018 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew Zealand Schubert, Debussy, Stravinsky, Karlo Margetić, Strauss: Ioana Cristina Goicea (violin), Andrey Gugnin (piano), Forum North, Whangarei, New Zealand. 5.10.2018. (PSe)

Ioana Cristina Goicea (violin) & Andrey Gugnin (piano) (c) Nelson Weekly

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