Beguiling Tchaikovsky from Gerhardt and Mäkelä in Antwerp

Von Marc Haegeman, 29 Oktober 2018

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“Gerhardt, gently authoritative, immediately captured attention with his rich tone”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Queen Elisabeth Hall, Antwerp, am 28 Oktober 2018

Tschaikowsky, Rokoko-Variatonen in A-Dur, für Cello und Orchester, Op.33

Sibelius, Symphonie Nr. 2 in D-Dur, Op.43

Alban Gerhardt, Cello

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Klaus Mäkelä, Musikalische Leitung

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Eleanor Knight, 21st April

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Marc Haegeman

Marc Haegeman graduated as a historian from the University of Ghent. He developed a keen interest in music, ballet, photography and nature. As a dance writer and photographer he contributed to leading dance magazines in the last 20 years, including The Dancing Times, Dance International and Ballet2000, and has been working with companies worldwide. His classical music reviews appeared in Classical Net and on his blog I used mostly my ears. He is particularly interested in Russian music and the piano. When free, he loves spending time in nature, photographing landscapes and wildlife.

Beguiling Tchaikovsky from Alban Gerhardt and Klaus Mäkelä in Antwerp