Albert ehrnrooth Journalist & Cultural Commentator Igor Levit talks about performing Erik Satie’s Vexations VEXATIONS (Annoyances) SATIE WILL TEST YOUR METTLE South Bank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 24 April 2025 Start: 10am The Russian-German pianist Igor Levit, well known for his brilliant and lucid interpretations of works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, will once more […]
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Albert ehrnrooth Journalist & Cultural Commentator Bryn Terfel Podcast Listen to my interview mp3 – 19:49 Does the bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel need any introduction? Probably not. He’s one of Britain’s most famous living and working opera singers. The whole world watched Sir Bryn perform a Welsh composition at the Coronation of King Charles III
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Albert ehrnrooth Journalist & Cultural Commentator Listen to my interview mp3 – 14:05 The lyric soprano Ermonela Jaho was born in Albania and experienced the repressive regime of the Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha and the final seven years of communism after his death. Ermonela’s escape was the opera. She saw a production of La Traviata
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