Benjamin Grosvenor – from the romantics to jazz
Watch 20-year-old pianist Benjamin Grosvenor talks about his new CD Rhapsody in Blue – his debut concerto recording which features music from the French Romantics through to the swing of jazz.
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Maria Callas’ 90th birthday
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The Wagner Gala at the Sydney Opera House
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