Georgian panduris and salamuris in Latvia

By Jonathan Sutherland, 14 July 2016

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Reviewed at Dzintari Concert Hall: Great Hall, Jūrmala on 12 July 2016

Traditional, Ethno and modern melodies

Egari

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****1

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****1

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****1

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Jonathan Sutherland

Jonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.

Exotic panduris and salamuris take centre stage at the Jūrmala Festival in Latvia