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¿Emperador o Übermensch?: Salonen, Aimard y Philharmonia Orchestra en el Auditorio

By Ramón del Buey Cañas, 27 February 2017
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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 25 February 2017
Programme
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major "Emperor", Op.73
Strauss R., Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano
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Ramón del Buey Cañas
Ramón del Buey Cañas
Ramón del Buey Cañas (Madrid, 1993) es Personal Docente e Investigador en Formación del Departamento de Filosofía de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; miembro del equipo directivo de la Asociación de Música Electroacústica y Arte Sonoro de España y programador de Filmadrid Festival Internacional de Cine.