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Competition Reviews

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CD REVIEWS
	Rebecca Clarke Viola music
	Gordon Chin Concertos
	Dutilleux piano works John Chen
	Orfeo ed Euridice Orpheé et Euridice Steven Ang compares two versions of Gluck's well-loved masterpiece.
	Rossini – Arias for Contralto Ewa Podles
	Ferruccio Busoni Piano Music Volume 3 Wolf Harden
	Domenico Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas Vol.8 Soyeon Lee, Piano
	Eugene Ysaye Solo Violin Sonatas Ilya Kaler, violin
	Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story Maria Callas - Maria Giuseppe di Stefano - Tony Fedora Barbieri - Anita Gino Penno – Riff Giuseppe Modesti- Bernardo Leonard Bernstein Performed in Italian Live 1953 recording
	Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Souvenir d'un lieu cher Serenade melancholique Ilya Kaler, Violin Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Dmitry Yablonsky
	Valentin Schiedermair The Romantic Spirit Piano Music by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, Scriabin & Rimsky-Korsakov-Rachmaninov
	Edvard Grieg, Max Bruch, Hermann Goetz, Robert Volkmann Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Carl Schuricht, conductor.
	Rarities from opera and operetta, 1956-1963 Fritz Wunderlich
	Maria Callas in Chicago operatic exerpts with Mirto Picchi, Giuseppe DiStefano, Robert Sutherland.

BOOKS

Notes across the Years: Anecdonates from a Musical Lift

by Paul Abisheganaden

review by Chang Tou Liang

MOZART IN THE JUNGLE
book by Blair Tindall

review by CHANG TOU LIANG

Read about the book that scandalised America’s classical music world and set tongues a wagging.

CONCERTS & COMPETITIONS

THE JOY OF MUSIC FESTIVAL 2007

Chang Tou Liang, Singapore’s busybody of classical music, returns to Hong Kong yet again for another healthy annual dose of good music.

ALVARO PIERRI Guitar Recital
with PASCAL ROGÉ, Piano

ANNA VINNITSKAYA Piano Recital

Chetham's International Festival and Summer School for Pianists 2007

Jet-setting Chang Tou Liang reports on the famed Festival at Chetham.

Recital Reviews
Day 1: Martino Tirimo & Philippe Cassard
Day 2: Bernard Roberts & Margaret Fingerhut
Day 3 : Dina Parakhina & Radoslav Kvapil, Noriko Ogawa & Peter Donohoe
Day 4: Leon McCawley & Graham Scott
Day 5: Vanessa Latarche, Murray McLachlan & Kathryn Page, 2 pianos.

Hey Figaro!
Steven Ang brings you the full coverage of Rossini's The Barber of Seville at the Esplanade Theatre

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Piano Festival 2007:

Derek Lim reports from the 2007 Piano Festival :

Day 1 : The London Piano Duo

Day 2 : Cyprien Katsaris

Day 3 : Minoru Nojima

Day 4 : Valentina Lisitsa

An Interview with Artistic Director Chang Tou Liang,

Optical Identity

Theatre Cryptic
T'ang Quartet
director: Cathie Boyd
clothes : Baylene
sets: Jason Ong

31 May 2007, Drama Centre
National Library

Derek Lim has some thoughts.

The International Festival Chorus (left) presents a “Musical Extravaganza”on on 13 May 07. Steven Ang previews.

31 March 2007
Choo Hoey's Rendition of the Butterfly Lovers' Concerto
Wang Zhijiong – violin
Singapore Chinese Orchestra
Steven Ang reports.

Mar 15-17

Viva Verdi - Singapore Lyric Opera opens its new season with an all-Verdi program

Preview by Steven Ang

Derek Lim attends the concert and has some thoughts.

Mar 15-17 -
Renee Fleming makes her long awaited debut. We have the full scoop!

The Press Conference

Steven Ang reviews the first night.

Derek Lim reviews the second night.

Feb 2 - A Night of 400 Years

Chang Tou Liang makes his way to the NUS Theatrette to hear this talented youngster.

Pascal Roge and members of the London Chamber Orchestra play a program of Mozart, Bruch and Franck that has Tou Liang wondering why attendance was not much better.

Breakfast meetings organised by the Chopin Society of Hong Kong are always eventful affairs. Chang Tou Liang recounts his memorable Breakfast with Gary Graffman.

Renee Fleming makes her long-awaited debut in Singapore this weekend! Steven Ang can't contain his excitement.

Vladimir Martynov's "Singapore" symphony premiered recently with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Chang Tou Liang has some thoughts.

China's top female pianist Sa Chen makes her Singapore debut on 4 March 2007 at the Esplanade.

Derek Lim speaks to her to learn more...and reviews her concert at the Esplanade.

EVENTS

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2006 CONCERT REVIEWS

The Joy of Music Festival
Artistic Director of the Singapore International Piano Festival, Chang Tou Liang, is back in Hong Kong for yet more concerts. The reason. Just for the love of music…

Part I: A few words with Ilya Rashkovskiy, 1st prizewinner, Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2005, at 'The Joy of Music' Festival.

Part II: Vladimir Krainev plays with members of the London Chamber Orchestra

Part III: Rachel Cheung plays a stunning recital at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

Part IV: Gary Graffman plays a left-hand recital and shows he's every bit as good in his 78th year.

The Micallef-Inanga Piano Duo (CTL)

Ebony and ivory prove a great combination, thrilling with this piano duo recital.

6-24 Sep 06
Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
The most in-depth coverage of the prestigious competition, anywhere in the world, by Chang Tou Liang

Part I: Preamble
Part II: The Semi-finals, Day 1
Part III: The Semi-finals, Day 2
Part IV: The Semi-finals, Day 3
Part V: The Finals, Day 1
Part VI: The Finals, Day 2
Part VII: The Gala Concert
Part VIII: "Leeds is the Piano Capital of the World" - an interview with Dame Fanny Waterman

Opera on the Silver Screen
Singapore Lyric Opera
14 Oct 2006
by Derek Lim