Mozart’s Final Year
The last days of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart abound in myth and mystery. Writer, broadcaster and lecturer Richard Wigmore unravels the events of Mozart’s final year in Gramophone Magazine.
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Win A Double Pass To The Marais Project’s ‘French Flute’ – An Offer Not to Miss!
An offer not to miss! Our friends at The Marais Project have generously offered two double passes to readers of SoundsLikeSydney for their concert The French Flute on Sunday October 16 at 3 pm at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. If you’d like to be in the running for these double passes, email info@soundslikesydney.com.au by 5 pm…
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Maxim Vengerov was appointed Menuhin Professor of violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London, earlier this year. He has concerts coming up in Moscow, London, Baku, Lausanne and Munich – all in the next 2 weeks. Click here to read his interview with Andrew Clark of the Financial Times.
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Pianos for the people
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