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Pianist Chi Ho Han tackles musical Alps in Ernen

By Sarah Batschelet, 16 July 2015
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“both discipline and the poetry at his fingertips”
Reviewed at St George's Church, Ernen on 14 July 2015
Programme
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 28 in A major, Op.101
Schumann, Kreisleriana, Op.16
Hamelin, Pavane variée
Chopin, 24 Préludes, Op.28
Performers
Chi Ho Han, Piano
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Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.