Dalia Stasevska captivates Seattle in Hailstork, Bartók and Dvořák

Von Philippa Kiraly, 05 März 2022

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“a conductor who can elicit the finest nuances with her precise directing”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Benaroya Hall, S Mark Taper Auditorium, Seattle, am 3 März 2022

Hailstork, Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed

Bartók, Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 in G-Dur, Sz95

Dvořák, Symphonie Nr. 9 in e-Moll, "Aus der neuen Welt", Op.95

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Klavier

Seattle Symphony

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Philippa Kiraly

Philippa Kiraly has writing classical music criticism since 1980, for several newspapers in northern Ohio and Seattle, magazines, both local and national, and blogs. She has covered dance in Seattle for a decade. Pippa has been steeped in classical music since early childhood and is passionate about the importance of independent criticism for the fine arts, an art in itself. Pippa is a keen gardener, a keen grandparent, and can get lost in a good book.