At one point in Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, the narrator is listening to a sonata for piano and violin by the fictional Vinteuil, when “at a certain moment, without being able to distinguish any clear outline, or to give a name to what was pleasing him, suddenly enraptured, he tried to grasp the phrase or harmony – he did not know which – that had just been played and that had opened and expa
The noted Beethoven pianist Artur Schnabel was famously interested only in music that he felt was “better than it can be performed”. This idea of works which transcend any individual performance seems particularly true when it comes to Beethoven’s late string quartets, enigmatic masterpieces which continue to pose challenges to interpreters nearly two centuries after they were written.
El 38 Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias ha presentado una velada de tríos mozartianos interpretados por Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis y Lionel Martin.
Concierto de Ibermúsica en coproducción con Juventudes Musicales en el que Anne-Sophie Mutter y Lambert Orkis desgranaron técnica y musicalidad excepcionales en cada sonido.
La Quincena Musical de San Sebastián presentó a la violinista Anne-Sophie Mutter y al pianista Lambert Orkis en un concierto brillante en el que dominó el entendimiento y la excelencia musical.
Anne-Sophie Mutter et Lambert Orkis ont donné mercredi soir au Victoria Hall une extraordinaire sensation d'osmose musicale, où chaque phrase avait son sens, délivrant un plaisir unique et rare!
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.
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