Budapest Spring Festival opens with rapturous rendition of Bartók

Von Alexandra Ivanoff, 10 April 2016

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Alexandra Ivanoff

Alexandra Ivanoff is an American journalist who, after singing for five seasons with the San Francisco Opera, lived for eight years in Istanbul, where she began her career as a music journalist with Time Out magazine and Today's Zaman newspaper in that city. After one year in Berlin and now in Budapest, she reviews from various cities and festivals in Europe, as well as Istanbul, New York, and Los Angeles. She has degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music in NY and Yale University Graduate School of Music.

Budapest Spring Festival opens with rapturous rendition of Bartók’s Viola Concerto