Newsletter Vol: 208 | 15 Sep 2018 Visit Europe’s biggest summer piano school, enjoy our recommended cello repertoire, and how does it feel to be filming Rachmaninov all night?   Cello Concerto Overview The Should Haves Greatness @ Verbier Close Encounters With Musicians China and Opera Discovery and Sublimation   Event Festival Verdi Festival Verdi has been an annual tradition in Parma since 2004; named after one of the greatest Italian opera composers of the 19th century, Giuseppe Verdi. With the goal of presenting every Verdi Opera by the bicentennial year of the composer’s birth, the Regio Theatre of Parma celebrates the works of the Maestro... more... Date: September 27 to October 21, 2018 Country: Italy website What's New James Baillieu Facilitating Greatness @ Verbier Chets: Inside Europe’s Biggest Summer School for Pianists I met James again at the 2018 Verbier Festival, where he accompanied the Academy singers for all the master classes conducted by Susannah Waters (opera singer/director) and Thomas Quasthoff. He received profuse compliments from both artists and audience alike. Furthermore, he innovated a lieder programme themed “A Life in Songs”... Much more than a “piano holiday”, the piano summer school is an opportunity to study with leading pianist-teachers, build confidence in performing, observe others being taught, and meet other pianists – this last factor being, for many, one of the chief attractions... more... more... Living With the Music Filming Rachmaninov’s Études-Tableaux All Night How to keep repertoire alive and fresh, even if one has been working on it and/or performing it for a long time is an issue for most performers. “Note bashing” is no substitute for the hard graft of careful, in-depth learning, spending time with the music, living with it and understanding what makes it special... It’s the dead of night, probably around 3am. At the keyboard it’s very bright, and also very loud, as I’m playing furiously, mostly without thinking about the big camera lens that follows my hands from less than a foot away. We’re filming Rachmaninov’s Études-tableaux... more... more... Enjoy My music Video Forgotten records Arnesen: The gift I'll leave you Bloch: Schelomo by Leonard Rose Wolf: Serenade for String Quartet listen watch listen Copyright Interlude.hk 2018 All rights reserved. Important: If you are not receiving Interlude's newsletter regularly, please check your spam folder. Also add the address info@interlude.hk to your addressbook.