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15 Questions to Christoph Denoth Christoph Denoth is achieving the impossible: His programs are conclusively covering all composers who have seminally contributed to the Classical ...

15 Questions to Kateryna Titova There's a lot of things to do in Palma de Mallorca. You could visit some of its charming cafes. Hurl ...

CD Feature/ Jerry Gerber: "Waves" Embedding virtuosity in irresistibly catchy tracks: The virtual orchestra is at the verge of widespread acceptance.

15 Questions to Franui Some ensembles rely on the professional support of their record company's marketing department to somehow carve out a niche for ...

Concert Review/ Li Biao & Tan Lihua & Beijing Symphony Orchestra Live at the Philharmonie Essen, Germany, May 5th 2009.

Net Feature/ Wang Changcun: "The Klone Concerts" Nurtures the enigma: The missing link between the melodical sensitivity of Debussy and the hypnotic energy of Rave.

15 Questions to Hanggai For lack of a more suitable description, the 'Cross-Over' tag has stuck to Hanggai like an unwanted medal. On the ...

DVD Feature/ Helene Grimaud: "Living with Wolves" Not that contradictory any more: Neither an adaptation, rehash nor extension of Grimaud's best-selling novel.

Where have all the melodies gone? Distinctive melodic forms that will be new: Composer Ian Stewart searches for alternatives to the 'number fetish'.

15 Questions to The Quarrel Quartet At the end of the day, String Quartets are not "made" in Photoshop or Pro-Tools. The Quarrel Quartet certainly know ...

CD Feature/ Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Fazil Say: "Beethoven/ Ravel/ Bartok/ Say" The future belongs to her: Kopatchinskaja's tone has been shaped by generations of musicians and a continuum of composers.

Tamerlan: Hypnotizing the Crowd According to Timur Iskandarov, the man behind the mask of Tamerlan, his project can be considered "a mixture between dark ...

CD Feature/ Rachel Barton Pine: "Beethoven & Clement Violin Concertos" Get your kicks: Musical figureskating.

Concert Review/ Eclat Festival: Day 4 Live at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart, February 7th 2009.

ECLAT 2009: Shaping Stuttgart's New Music Scene For many, Donauschingen is a synonym for Germany's New Music scene. For three decades, however, the Stutgart-based ECLAT Festival at ...