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Invention meets perfection
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 13/02/2017
» The rare, the popular, the ancient, the modern.
En pointe, it's a night of ballet in Bangkok
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 18/08/2016
» 'On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined!"
Out of the woods and into the woodwind
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 31/05/2016
» One of the world's most esteemed flute-players, Jasmine Choi, has led a life of almost unstoppable blessings. So she can ignore the Greek philosopher Aristotle, who hated the flute ("It's too exciting," he moaned), or Shakespeare ("Oh, that vile squeaking!"), or even Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who wrote his father about the flute's "dreadful sound".
Father and son, in perfect harmony
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 26/04/2016
» After five generations of Bachs and the father-son duo of Johann Strauss, the idea of musical families is hardly rare. But the team of Vladimir and Vovka Ashkenazy -- who will be appearing in Bangkok on May 14 -- is truly singular. After all, Vladimir is more than well known. He is one of the finest pianists living today, is a widely-acclaimed conductor and his life is the stuff of adventure movies. Vovka, the son of Vladimir and his Icelandic-born wife, is already gaining an international reputation as a pianist. And his transcriptions of classical music have been recorded and lauded on record and in the concert hall.
Simply serene
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 01/12/2015
» There is a rare revolutionary secret behind the music of the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra's Royal Celebration Concert for the birthday of His Majesty the King.
Internationally recognised Thai ballerina returns
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 06/08/2015
» Before she reaches her third decade, Bangkok-born Natnaree "Ommi" Pipit-Suksun is beginning to stretch the boundaries in American ballet. As a dancer with the London Royal Ballet School, a Soloist Dancer in the San Francisco Ballet and now a Principal Dancer with the San Jose Ballet Company, she is one of only two "non-Caucasian women" in America to reach this height. (The other, African-American Missy Copeland, gave credit to Ommi on the nationally-broadcast Charlie Rose Show last month.) She has already danced on three continents in lead performances. The Huffington Post listed her as one of American's "39 most exciting dancers".
Playing up the pomp and circumstance
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 14/07/2015
» Anybody in Thailand got a good cello concerto for sale? If so, get it ready by next Tuesday. One of the world's greatest cellists is coming to Bangkok, and his reputation for playing original cello concertos is as celebrated as his performances.
Finally, Zimerman in Bangkok
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 08/01/2015
» Krystian Zimerman's been called a "rabble-rouser", an "intruder", a "cold aristocrat", a "thin-skinner". Both he and the Steinway piano he carries around to his concerts have been called "utterly eccentric."
Renowned cellist warming up nicely for Bangkok
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 25/11/2014
» Jian Wang might be one of the world’s most renowned cellists, but when he’s hanging out on the edge of the Arctic Circle during the brutal winter, he could be viewed as some kind of eccentric.
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.