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In today’s news, The Telegraph discusses the “unmissable style” of self taught pianist Lucas Debargues and opera star Plácido Domingo expresses his sadness towards the adaptation of William Tell in The Guardian. Also, the Huffington Post reports on virtuoso cellist Jérôme Pernoo taking action off stage to make classical music more accessible.
The Times
Gerald Finley’s six of the best: rebels in opera
One sometimes hears of opera as being a very conventional art form but it has always had the power to shock and — as Guillaume Tell at this week shows — it still can do so.
The Telegraph
Tchaikovsky piano competition sees self-taught Frenchman take Russia by storm
The story shifted from a political one to a musical one in unmissable style, as Ismene Brown reports
Why the best music belongs in a shoebox
Experts in acoustics advocate the “shoebox” design for a concert hall – and London should have one, says Simon Heffer
The Independent
Ambrogio Maestri: The charismatic Italian baritone on food and Falstaff
Ambrogio Maestri is one of the most in- demand opera singers in the world, but if it all ended tomorrow he could probably forge a new career as a television chef.
The Guardian
‘Show some respect’, Plácido Domingo urges directors after opera rape row
The great singer, whose Operalia competition comes to London next week, says stage productions need to stay close to composer’s intention
Die Welt
Nenn es Opernfestival, aber mach es zum Picknick
Ein Besuch in Glyndebourne, beim idyllischsten Opernfestival der Welt, zeigt, was die Briten uns voraushaben. Sie können sich beim “Poliuto” von Donizetti entspannen. Der Rest ist Picknick.
Spiegel Online Kultur
Oper trifft auf Pop-Performance: Elektroschock für Mozart
Afrikanische Beats gegen klassische Melodien: In Bremen nimmt die Performancegruppe Gintersdorfer/Klaßen “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” auseinander – und hinterfragt so intelligent den ganzen Opernbetrieb.
Deutschlandradio Kultur
Lebendige Musikgeschichte auf verstaubten Tonbändern
Die Musikgeschichte als Teil der kulturellen Identität – daran glaubt der Musik-Ethnologe Raimund Vogels ganz fest. Der Leiter des “Center for World Music” an der Uni Hildesheim begleitet und unterstützt afrikanische Forscher, die Musikgeschichte ihres Kontinents aufzuarbeiten.
The New York Times
Multi-Story Orchestra Turns a Parking Garage Into a Concert Hall
Walk by some depressing shops, pass the cinema, and go down a dubious alleyway teeming with revelers. Turn into the innocuous back entrance of a parking garage and climb the stairs. Head up a ramp or two, and there it is — between mottled concrete pillars and capped by a low roof lies an impromptu semicircle of benches, surrounding an orchestra’s seats.
Huffington Post
Jérôme Pernoo est un violoncelliste français au parcours exceptionnel. Il a joué dans les salles les plus prestigieuses du monde, du Carnegie Hall à New York à la Philarmonie de Berlin. Mais après 20 ans de carrière, il convient que pour toucher les étoiles, mieux vaut s’éloigner de la lumière.
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