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Music Section Award 2020/21 made to William Thomas
At the close of this afternoon's recital - featuring songs by Brahms, Schubert, Mozart, Delius, Balakirev, Duparc and Strauss - at the Wigmore Hall, London, Rupert Christiansen presented this year's Award for Young Talent (Voice) to the bass, William Thomas. The...
read moreDonghoon Shin’s new Cello Concerto
Bruno Delepelaire, cello, Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko World premiere, 7 May 2022 Korean-born, London-resident Donghoon Shin was the Music Section’s Young Composer of 2019, an award made in recognition of his finely attuned aural...
read moreMusic section awards 2020/21
The Music Section of The Critics’ Circle is delighted to announce the winners of our Awards for 2020 and 2021 Young Talent (Composer) Alex Ho Young Talent (Conductor) Jonathon Heyward Young Talent (Voice) William Thomas Young Talent...
read moreJENUFA, WELSH NATIONAL OPERA
WNO’s latest staging of Katie Mitchell’s staging of Jenůfa (revived by director Eloise Lally) is given an additional layer of significance by current events. Janáček's is an opera in a Slav language, in a production with various Slav participants, chronicling mounting...
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