Samson et Dalila: Keeping the Tradition

Von Percy Dorian Lee, 26 Mai 2014

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Seoul Arts Center: Opera Theater, Seoul, am 23 Mai 2014

Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila

Prague State Opera

Jiří Mikula, Musikalische Leitung

Eun Sook Kim, Regie

Galia Ibragimova, Dalila

Dario di Vietri, Samson

Miguelangelo Cavalcanti, High Priest of Dagon

Christopher Temporelli, The Old Hebrew

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Percy Dorian Lee

Hailed as “the most charming…artist…with personality,” Percy Dorian Lee has been an active musician worldwide, having been the First Prize winner of a number of competitions for piano and performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Salle Cortot in Paris and Bishopsgate Hall in London. His compositions have been heard to an acclaim in such venues as the Kennedy Center and Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall. He holds degrees and diplomas from The Juilliard School and Yale University, and he has been on the jury of national and international music competitions as well as on the faculty of a well-known university in Korea.