A Musician's Musician
 
In tune / Arts :
Richard Wagner’s Concept
of the ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’
Influences on artists
in 19th & 20th centuries
In tune / Society :
Music 101

A Foray into understanding
classical music
In touch :
With Xu Min-qi

The Spirit behind the
Guangzhou Opera House
 

Le French May Arts Festival
Ever since its inception in 1993, Le French May has staged numerous events of the highest international caliber and is now one of the largest French arts festivals in Asia...

Date: April 17 to June 23, 2013
Country: China
In essence / Roots In essence / Inspiration
A musical and “fantastique” Revolution
Hector Berlioz : Symphonie Fantastique

In 1803, Hector Berlioz, who might be considered one of the fullest embodiments of the Romantic Movement, was born in a small provincial town in the French Alps...
The Wagner Dilemma
Giacomo Meyerbeer followed the tremendous financial and artistic success of Robert le diable with another blockbuster. Les Huguenots dramatically staged the bloody events of the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre in Paris in August of 1572...
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In essence / Anecdotes In person
Sounds of Woe
Ferdinand III

Lamentations — songs, poems or pieces of instrumental music expressing grief, regret, or mourning — represent some of the oldest and longest lasting artistic expressions in human history...
Ning Feng :
A Musician’s Musician

On this auspicious day, the 3rd day of the 3rd month of year 2013, my husband and I made a trip into the city from our snowy mountain home specifically to attend a concert by violinist Ning Feng, in collaboration with pianist Weicong Zhang...
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Selected video My music Forgotten records

Simone Kermes – Glitter and be gay (Candide – L. Bernstein) Cunigonde

Gethsemane/A Tone Picture for String Orchestra with Cello Solo
by Richard Cerchia

Fauré
Nocturne No. 6
in D flat major, Op. 63

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