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Chelsea de Souza traverses the Silk Road on a musical quest

The East-West musical route

The Hindu

Ryuichi Sakamoto death: Japanese electronic musician and film composer dies, aged 71

Experimental Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has died, aged 71

The Independent UK

BBCNOW/Diakun/Tharaud review – a magical musical mind takes flight

Thierry Pécou delivered a scintillating piano concerto grounded in Balinese tradition before Marzena Diakun presided over a moving eulogy to Bohemia

The Guardian - UK

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The Week on Stage: From Sound of the Underground to Alex Edelman’s Just For Us

A guide to the week’s theatre

The Independent UK

Bulgarian pianist Maria Martinova on her new album 'Nuit et Jour'

Bulgarian pianist Maria Martinova joins us to talk about music from her new album "Nuit et Jour" (''Night and Day"), which revisits works from Debussy, Ravel and Zanon. She was a child prodigy in Bulgaria and she has trained all over the world, including at London's Royal Academy of Music.

France 24

Quirky, revelatory, intimate … the best classical releases of 2022

From live Tippett, locked-down Debussy and luminous Charles Koechlin to dazzling Szymanowski and dextrous Beethoven, we pick the outstanding releases of the past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

BBCNOW/Jeannin review – exultant Ravel and extravagant Stravinsky

Making her debut with the National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, Swedish conductor Sofi Jeannin controlled their massive sonorities with quiet authority

The Guardian - UK

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Composer Lei Liang and Scripps oceanographers take deep dive in Arctic to create game-changing 'Six Seasons'

SAN DIEGO — Groundbreaking composer Lei Liang has never been to the Arctic or to its Chukchi Sea, which sits between Alaska and Siberia. But that imposing 240,000-square-mile body of water's beneath-the-surface sounds not only inspired his provocative new work, "Six Seasons," they are an intrinsic and very audible part…

Tribune News Service

Szymanowski: Piano Works review – glowing jewels from a supreme pianist

The Polish virtuoso continues his journey through the music of his native land, bringing wit and delicate lyricism

The Guardian - UK

Prom 48: Australian World Orchestra/Zubin Mehta review – a remarkable and rare return

The conductor was back at the Proms for the first time sine 2011 with a rather special orchestra

The Guardian - UK

Prom 44: BBCSO/Oramo review – Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D played with gravitas and grandeur

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus brought dynamic shading to Smyth’s at times forbidding work, and conjured sensuous beauty from Debussy’s Nocturnes

The Guardian - UK

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra announces huge events for 2022/23 season

There's a wide range of events planned for the 2022/23 season

Liverpool Echo

Radu Lupu obituary

Pianist of exceptional talent whose lack of flamboyance, together with his technical command, emphasised the effortlessness of his playing

The Guardian - UK

Poétiques de l’Instant: works by Debussy and Balmer review – thoughtful and rewarding

Chamber works from the beginning and end of the composer’s career combine with a modern echo in this elegant collection

The Guardian - UK

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Rob Rinder: Zelensky’s finest hour proves that we are not defined by just one act

I adore all kinds of music — from plainsong to K-pop, from drill to Debussy — and friends will often send me snippets from concerts they think I’ll like. Back before Covid, one thoughtful person sent me a great clip from a foreign TV show: four men appeared on stage…

Bangkok Post

RBSO honours Princess Sirivannavari to kick off 2022 season

The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra (RBSO) recently presented a highly inspired evening of music in honour of the birthday celebrations of the orchestra's patron HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya.

The Guardian - UK

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande review – Roth and Les Siècles make beguiling opera more miraculous than ever

Period instruments and French voices add an extra dimension to François-Xavier Roth’s recording

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