 |
 |
| |
In Hong Kong:
Piotr Anderszewski
|
Artist of the Month:
Tianwa Yang
|
Music notes:
Vienna honours outcast Mahler
|
|
 |
 |
 |
| Not to be missed! |
Young Chinese virtuoso |
The composer and the city |
|
 |
Festival Internazionale Quartetto d’Archi Reggio Emilia
 Featuring winners of the International String Quartet Competition "Premio Paolo Borciani", which takes place triennially since 1987, and the 9th edition to be held in 2011, the Festival is annually held, except for competition years, in the city of Reggio Emilia… read more
Date: June 14 to 20, 2010
Country: Italy
Website: http://www.festivalquartetto.org/Sezione.jsp?idSezione=70
|
|
 |
Piano Recital by Piotr Anderszewski
 Date: June 27, 2010
Piotr Anderszewski's recital in Hong Kong: Not to be missed!
Programme includes Bach, Beethoven, Schumann and Szymanowski... read more
MedArt’s China Orphan Outreach Concert 2010
Date: July 11, 2010
The MedArt's Orchestra, under the baton of Benny Chi-Bun Chiang, will feature violinist Xi Chen, to play Butterfly Lovers' Concerto... read more
|
|
 |
Tianwa Yang
In concerts and recitals, Ms Tianwa Yang is garnering unprecedented international reviews as she takes the stage as one of the most impressive young violinists of today. Born in Beijing, she started studying the violin at the age of four, soon winning six out of the seven violin competitions she entered. At the age of ten she was accepted by Professor Lin Yaoji at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing. By the following year, media in Hong Kong had already described her as “A Pride of China”... read more
|
|
 |
 |
Mon ami Piotr
 I first met Piotr Anderszewski at la Roque d’Anthéron Piano Festival. I had heard of this talented pianist, but never had a chance to listen to him live. I still remember the evening concert where I first met him. My favourite Bach Partita was on the programme, and I get very excited whenever there’s Bach. And so I began my evening full of anticipation and enthusiasm – a bit like a child who finally gets his hands on the chocolate dessert after a meal of boring veggies… Read about Juliette's encounter with Piotr
|
|
Vienna honours outcast Mahler
 Vienna, which never accepted him as one of its own, is paying homage to Gustav Mahler. As head of the opera from 1897 to 1907, Mahler had outraged the city by denouncing its traditions as mere laziness. When he was conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, he updated Beethoven's scores. As a composer, he unsettled audiences with subversive symphonies of painful ambiguity… read more
|
|
 |
 |
Steven Hough / ECO:
Hummel Piano Concerto No.3 in B minor, Finale-Vivace
 A wonderful concerto unfortunately seldom performed, beautiful recording by Stephen Hough with the English Chamber Orchestra... listen
|
|
Piotr Anderszewski:
Bach Partita No. 1
Enjoy Piotr’s captivating rendition of J. S. Bach’s Partita No. 1 in B-flat major... watch the video
|
|
 |