Interlude Newsletter
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In tune:
Some
professionalism
please!
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Talented people
wasting their lives
and giving up hope
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In tune:
The Other Ébène:
Fiction
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Stepping outside
their own genre
with originality and verve
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In tune:
The unbearable
heaviness of exams
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A distorted phenomenon:
music, the tool for
“a better future”
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Festival International d'Opera Baroque De Beaune
Enthusiasts of the Baroque will surely be fascinated by the Festival. Since its inception in 1982, it has been organising world premières and recreations of operas...
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Date: 01.7 - 24.7.2011
Country: France
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Rolling the Dice in Macao?
by Georg A. Predota
When Fernando Chui Sai On took over the political reigns of the Macau Special Administrative Region in December 2009, he not only promised a speedy recover for the gaming industry, but also voiced his unbridled and continued support for local cultural and creative industries...
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Some professionalism please!
Staatskapelle Dresden once again came to China last week. The tour was led by the young Nikolaj Znaider, who is not exactly renowned for his violin or his conducting. The concerts were fair but far from brilliant, according to the critics… |
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The Other Ébène: Fiction
Wigmore Hall, Friday 16 June. Classical artists venturing into other musical styles rarely works. Listeners and critics are stuffy about classical ensembles taking on popular music, and some projects should probably never have got further than the first meeting... |
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The unbearable heaviness of exams
In the society of Hong Kong, keen competition could be found anywhere and everywhere. From getting an empty seat on public transport, to climbing up the social ladder, people have to fight hard for their own benefits... |
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Whose language is opera:
the audience's or the composer's?
THE question of whether opera should be performed in the language that most of the audience speaks, or in the language in which it was originally written, is an extremely contentious one...
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