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An evening of debuts, premieres and introductions in Eindhoven

By Olga de Kort, 28 October 2015
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Reviewed at Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, Eindhoven on 24 October 2015
Programme
Verbey, Lumen ad finem cuniculi
Mahler, Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor
Performers
Philharmonie Zuidnederland
Dmitry Liss, Conductor
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Olga de Kort
Olga de Kort
Musicologist and music critic Olga de Kort (The Netherlands) studied in Russia (piano, culture sciences), France (journalism) and the Netherlands (musicology and music history, music education and communication, organ) where she has lived from 1998. She is active as a music journalist, lecturer in music history and culture and as a freelance musician. She writes for Piano Bulletin, Pianist, Luister, Preludium, De Klank, Het Orgel, Muziek&Liturgie, Kunstzone and Bachtrack. Besides her personal journalist blog, Olga de Kort has a website about Russian music in the Netherlands. At this moment she is working on a book about Russian music and musicians in the Netherlands and on a biography of Russian singer Anna El Tour.