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Loosely strung
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 14/08/2012
» Ryu Goto, at an age when many youngsters are looking for their first job, sounds anything but the Grand Artiste. He is uniformly amiable and informal, is ready for any challenges, and his performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto recently in Bangkok captivated concert-goers with its depth and flair.
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A new Mozart?
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 16/10/2012
» When told he could be compared to a youthful Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an ordinary artist would modestly deny it. But Ji-yong, 21 and for a decade now one of the most interesting pianists of his generation, simply shrugged it off. Because he is anything but ordinary.
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Stephen Hough's 'many favourite things'
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 30/05/2013
» The pianist wowed a packed Carnegie Hall audience for his recital, dazzling them with performances of Schumann, Chopin and his own Sonata Luminosa. They applauded, cheered, stood up and demanded an encore. The pianist smiled, sat down again and thought for a moment.
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Guitar hero from the black mountain
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 02/07/2013
» Historian Jan Morris once wrote about Montenegro: "At first sight is the sheer face up the formidable rock rampart that rings the heart of Montenegro. For centuries people have come this way with trepidation: on mules, frightened of bandits; on cavalry horses, terrified of guerrillas; in troop carriers, wary of partisans; and now in tourist coaches and rented cars, heart-in-mouth at the prospect."
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Tango's passionate pilgrims
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 15/08/2013
» 'You call the tango a dance?" asked an Argentine dancer. "Ha! The tango is sex! Not making love. The tango is hurtful, filled with agony. The tango takes your wounds and opens them and makes them so painful that you bleed."
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Prepare to be enchanted
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 03/09/2013
» Aah, the unlikely miracle of history. Forty years ago, the United States reigned supreme in the pop music business. The Sound Of Music was the highlight on Broadway, Hair was playing off-Broadway, the Beach Boys were re-inventing California and Elvis had conquered everything in sight. Right?
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Strings of astonishment
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 18/02/2014
» Shakespeare once wrote: “The devil rides upon a fiddlestick.”
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From Italy to Bangkok: the golden age of opera
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 20/05/2014
» ‘I love Italian opera,” said the great English novelist D.H. Lawrence, “because it doesn’t have all those Wagnerian bellowings about fate and death and eternity. The Italians run on impulse and don’t give a damn about their immortal souls.”
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The power of harmony
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 29/07/2014
» Has any person in history ever had the solution to a world filled with bloodshed, chaos, violence and carnage?
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The Mighty Trio: Chopin, Hough and Debussy
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 02/09/2014
» It has taken 15 months, but Stephen Hough is finally giving Bangkok an encore. Rather, the great British pianist is giving a dozen-odd encores after his triumphant performance of the Rachmaninoff and Lutuslawski Paganini variations last year.
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