Titanic effort by the Hong Kong Phil

Von Zoltán Szabó, 08 Mai 2017

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sydney, am 5 Mai 2017

Lam, Quintessence

Mozart, Violinkonzert Nr. 4 in D-Dur, KV218

Mahler, Symphonie Nr. 1 in D-Dur 'Titan'

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Jaap van Zweden, Musikalische Leitung

Ning Feng, Violine

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Titanic effort by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in Sydney