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Musical alchemy: Aimard and Stefanovich in Hommage to Boulez

By Sam Johnstone, 14 September 2016
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Reviewed at Philharmonie: Kammermusiksaal, Berlin on 12 September 2016
Programme
Boulez, Douze Notations, for piano
Boulez, Piano Sonata no. 1
Boulez, Piano Sonata no. 2
Boulez, Piano Sonata no. 3
Boulez, Incises
Boulez, Une page d'éphéméride
Boulez, Structures Book 2
Performers
Tamara Stefanovich, Piano
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano
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Sam Johnstone
Sam Johnstone
Sam Johnstone is a musician and writer based in Berlin. He has written on classical, contemporary and world music for Sinfini Music, The Cusp and World Music Network, and about the influence of the avant-garde on contemporary music in Germany and Japan whilst studying at Oxford University and SOAS, University of London. Sam blogs at www.spljohnstone.com and tweets at @spljohnstone