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#01 • 18.01.2016
The soprano explores her character Ophelia, in Hans Abrahamsen’s “let me tell you,” through song.
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Celebrate the birth date of Johann Sebastian Bach on Early Music Day!
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On 21 March, Early Music Day goes fully digital for the 9th edition of this global, collaborative event where anyone can submit a live or recorded concert, or simply enjoy the thread of projects shared by artists, concert halls and ensembles from across the world. This year’s ambassador is the versatile keyboard player Olga Pashchenko: “I am honoured to contribute to this platform by promoting the importance of early Music, making all different colours of period instruments more audible and visible and encouraging to breathe life into restoration just as early music breathes life into us with its restorative power.” Watch Olga Paschenko’s interview on the place of Bach in her life as an historic keyboards performer! More on www.earlymusicday.eu
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“As much as I love certain styles of painting and painters, when I go into a museum I think it’s interesting to pause by those artists that I don’t know; to pause and to explore what that experience is. I think we can do that in classical music too.” Anthony McGill speaks with brin solomon in this week's issue of VAN ... See MoreSee Less
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“At the fateful, venomous family dinner, the black and white cinematography is broken by blood red wine in the glasses. The color grading shows this red reflected in silver-grey candlesticks, hinting that the tragedy contained on the battlefield will spill into the Wingrave’s personal sphere. And when this happens, color saturates the whole frame. The cycle of violence has caught—and freed—Owen before he compromised his morals.”
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