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Danse macabre: Barnabás Kelemen's dark Shostakovich in Turku

By Olli Lehtonen, 19 November 2016
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Reviewed at Turku Concert Hall, Turku on 17 November 2016
Programme
Shostakovich, Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, Op.77 or Op.99
Nielsen, Symphony no. 4, "The Inextinguishable," Op.29
Performers
Barnabás Kelemen, Violin
Christian Kluxen, Conductor
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
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Barnabás KelemenCarl NielsenChristian KluxenDmitri ShostakovichSymphony no. 4, "The Inextinguishable," Op.29Turku Philharmonic OrchestraViolin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, Op.77 or Op.99
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Olli Lehtonen
Olli Lehtonen
Olli Lehtonen is a sixth year musicology student and a Bachelor of Arts from Turku, Finland. Although Olli has a popular music background he has a vast knowledge of classical music thanks to his studies and hobby. Apart from popular and classical music his passion is film music that goes way back to Western classical music tradition. His specialities are orchestral pieces of the Romantic Era and 20th-century modernists. In his free time he watches films, plays in different bands and goes to concerts both local and out of town.