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Klassik und Neo-Klassik: Sol Gabetta und Alexei Volodin im KKL Luzern

By Rolf Kyburz, 19 January 2016
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Reviewed at Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne on 17 January 2016
Programme
Beethoven, Cello Sonata no. 1 in F major, Op.5 no.1
Beethoven, Cello Sonata no. 4 in C major, Op.102 no.1
Prokofiev, Cinderella: adagio, for cello and piano, Op.97b
Prokofiev, Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, Op.119
Performers
Sol Gabetta, Cello
Alexei Volodin, Piano
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Rolf Kyburz
Rolf Kyburz
Rolf ist ein besessener Liebhaber und Sammler von klassischer Musik zwischen Renaissance und dem 21. Jahrhundert. Seine musikalische Erfahrung (Violine, Sologesang, Mitgliedschaft in Chören und kleineren Chorensembles) fließt jetzt unter anderem in seinen Blog auf www.rolf-musicblog.net; seit 2014 bespricht er für Bachtrack Konzerte. Vorheriges Leben: Chemiestudium, 30 Jahre Spezialist für wissenschaftliche Instrumente, Computer, Software, Programmieren.