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Following the Leeds International Piano Competition’s introduction of steps to remove unconscious bias from its selection process, Charlotte Gardner reflects on some of the issues

Smetana’s Má vlast, an introduction by Semyon Bychkov

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Monday, March 4, 2024

| Gramophone

Semyon Bychkov tells Michael McManus about the extrordinary power of Smetana’s masterpiece Má vlast, which he has recorded with the Czech Philharmonic for Pentatone

Bringing a new opera of Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree to life in Dorset

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

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A new opera of Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree premieres at Dorset Opera this summer. We meet Paul Carr, the production’s composer and director, to discover the journey of the work’s creation

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

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Jeremy Nicholas pays tribute to one of the great American pianists, who in some ways surpassed even his teacher the legendary Vladimir Horowitz

Mascarade Opera’s Festivalino: A Role in Opera’s Future

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Monday, March 18, 2024

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For singers and guests, Europe’s most innovative opera studio – Fondazione Mascarade Opera – offers unforgettable experiences in the cradle of the Renaissance

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony: the greatest recordings

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

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Richard Osborne traces the evolution of this great work over nearly a century of recordings

Meeting Masaaki and Masato Suzuki: ‘Look at Bach, he had so much energy. He’s an example for us all’

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Friday, May 10, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Father and son Masaaki and Masato Suzuki reflect on their relationship, the beginnings of Bach Collegium Japan and their prolific recording history

Top 10 Recordings for Revising: Contemporary Classical Edition

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

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With exam season well under way, we've compiled 10 recordings that will help you on your revision journey

Mishka Rushdie Momen interview: ‘We’ve inherited a lot culturally from the ideas of the Reformation, including a sort of paradoxical individualism’

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Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

Mishka Rushdie Momen has recorded an album of works by composers working in the shadow of the Reformation, including Bull, Byrd and Gibbons. She tells Jessica Duchen about the enduring appeal of this music and why she plays it on a modern piano

Magdalene Ho: a pianist to watch

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Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

Jed Distler is impressed by Magdalene Ho, a pianist of enormous promise who won the 2023 Clara Haskil Competition, and suggests some listening

‘If you want to know how to move an audience, I can show you how to do that’ - Gweneth Ann Rand interview

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

| Opera Now

Soprano Gweneth Ann Rand collaborates with young artists in three concerts for Suffolk's Aldeburgh Festival. She shares with Opera Now her insight into vulnerability, pedagogy and the importance of community

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Smetana’s Má vlast, an introduction by Semyon Bychkov

Bringing a new opera of Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree to life in Dorset

Icon: Byron Janis

Mascarade Opera’s Festivalino: A Role in Opera’s Future

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony: the greatest recordings

Meeting Masaaki and Masato Suzuki: ‘Look at Bach, he had so much energy. He’s an example for us all’

Top 10 Recordings for Revising: Contemporary Classical Edition

Mishka Rushdie Momen interview: ‘We’ve inherited a lot culturally from the ideas of the Reformation, including a sort of paradoxical individualism’

Magdalene Ho: a pianist to watch

‘If you want to know how to move an audience, I can show you how to do that’ - Gweneth Ann Rand interview

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