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A supreme love: Turangalîla-symphonie with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela in London

By Katia de Miguel, 19 January 2016
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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 16 January 2016
Programme
Messiaen, Turangalîla-Symphonie
Performers
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor
Yuja Wang, Piano
Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martenot
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Katia de Miguel
Katia de Miguel
Katia studied Music Teaching, Musicology and piano in Madrid, where she also worked as a cataloguer for different specialized libraries such as the Royal Palace Library and National Library of Spain. She worked for Audioclásica magazine as a proofreader and​ writing​ ​some articles and reviews, she also wrote program notes for concerts at Auditorio Nacional. Katia is our Spanish editor and when she is not working she volunteers at Handel House Museum and attend as many concerts as she can afford. As well as music, she loves walking and running.