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2021-08-17 06:15:00
Juan Diego Flórez sings arias by Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Georges Bizet and Giacomo Puccini, with Vincenzo Scalera (HD 1080p)
As part of the Dmitri Hvorostovsky Festival 2019, tenor Juan Diego Flórez presents a recital in honor of the legendary Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Performing alongside pianist Vincenzo Scalera, he offers us well-loved arias from masterworks by Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, and Massenet. He is also performing three traditional pieces by Quirino Mendoza y Cortés, Francesco Paolo Tosti, and Agustín Lara. In two of them, Juan Diego Flórez will even accompany himself on the guitar. The encore is the aria "Nessun Dorma" from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" – the highlight of any opera evening. Juan Diego Flórez is one of the most famous and most popular opera singers of our time. Born in 1973 in Lima, Peru, he began to study music at the conservatory in his hometown, and soon after became a soloist with the Coro Nacionál de Lima. From 1993 until 1996, he studied at the […]
2021-03-01 20:04:58
A student of Professor Ana Chumachenko at Munich Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Veriko is a former 1st prize winner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians and the Wieniawski International Violin Competition. Her recent orchestral debuts include performances with the Borusan Philarmonic Orchestra, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, MusikkollegiumWinterthur, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony, Lahti Symphony, Sinfonia Varsovia, […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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2021-02-28 12:01:26
Just in: Gergiev is grounded by a leg injury
The Mariinsky has cancelled performances in Irkutsk this weekend after its leader Valery Gergiev suffered an unspecified injury. Gergiev’s pal, the pianist Denis Matsuev, writes on his social media: Unfortunately, the last two concerts of our festival will be held without Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra. Maestro called me today and told me […]
2019-10-30 19:11:11
Today is Greek Violin Virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos’ 52nd Birthday [ON-THIS-DAY]
Today is Greek violin virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos‘ 52nd birthday. A former 1st prize winner at Sibelius, Naumburg and Paganini International Violin Competitions, he is widely respected as one of today’s pre-eminent instrumentalists. LEONIDAS KAVAKOS | SIBELIUS VIOLIN CONCERTO | VALERY GERGIEV & Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra | 2015 The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..