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Festival Diary: Conversations

Evgeny Kissin gives a poetry reading and Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes talks about the cultural isolation of Norway and the importance of the silence between the notes.

Festival Diary: Master Classes

Master classes with José van Dam and Thomas Quasthoff, stormy weather with Maxim Vengerov, and a tribute to Robert Schumann in the Swiss village of Verbier.

Festival Diary: Verbier Festival and Academy

Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin reminisces about Shostakovitch and Thomas Quasthoff entertains the crowds with impressions of Louis Armstrong and Bob Dylan.

Boulez au secours de Berlin

Dans un programme Berg/Webern/Stravinski* un rien didactique (le péché mignon de Boulez) le chef français a su, comme dans ses précédents concerts berlinois (Ravel, Webern) tirer parti de ce qui fait, depuis toujours, la force de l'orchestre (l'effet de masse, l'assise des basses, la discipline d'ensemble)...

Boulez to the Rescue?

A recent Berlin concert series whose program read like an academic tutorial - a weakness of Boulez's - included Berg's Three Pieces from the 'Lyric Suite', Webern's Orchestral pieces (1913; posth.), Stravinsky's Symphonies for Wind Instruments, Symphony in Three Movements and Symphony of Psalms.

Boulez zur Rettung Berlins?

Seit 1993 ist der französische Dirigent Pierre Boulez, wie auch Bernard Haitink und Sir Georg Solti, regelmäßiger Gast der Berliner Philharmoniker.