Between worlds: sensational Avi Avital

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 12 July 2016

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 9 July 2016

Bartók, 6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56

Traditional, Nacyem Nacyem

Bach, Sonata for violin and keyboard no. 6 in G major, BWV1019

Traditional, Mi Yitneni Of (Shirat Hanoded)

Bach, Partita in B minor, (Overture in the French Style), BWV831

Traditional, Bucimis

Tsintsadze, Eight Miniatures based on Georgian Folk Themes

Bloch, Baal-Shem: Nigun

Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 5 in F sharp minor

Avi Avital, Mandolin

Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion

Itamar Doari, Percussion

Sidorova mesmerises Liverpool with Tabakova’s Accordion Concerto

Glyn Mon Hughes, 22nd January

An unusual evening of orchestral virtuosity and an ear-opening adventure with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Andris Poga.

****1

Bizet raises the roof at the Pärnu Music Festival

Peter Quantrill, 13th July

The Estonian Festival Orchestra is on scintillating form in a rare outing for Roma, Bizet's own “Italian Symphony”.

****1

Ksenija Sidorova returns to Symphony Hall and Astor Piazzolla

William E Ford, 3rd February

Kalmar and Sidorova pair up for a powerful performance of Piazzolla's Aconcagua in Atlanta.

***11

Vasily Petrenko brings Sinbad’s ship to the Mersey

Leighton Jones, 14th March

Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall was plunged into luscious sunshine with music from across the Tropics. The first half was filled with the sounds of Latin America before a nautical Arabian tour.

****1

Sidorova seduces and astounds as Carmen

Jonathan Sutherland, 13th July

For those more familiar with grim-faced matronly Salvation Army accordion players, voluptuous virtuoso Ksenija Sidorova certainly breaks the mould.

****1

Peruvian sunshine struggles to beat the clouds

Dominic Lowe, 29th March

Flórez's recital showed exactly why singers should steer clear of technological assistance.

**111

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.

Between worlds: sensational Avi Avital, Ksenija Sidorova and Itamar Doari