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Conversation with Yehudi Wyner, guest performing artist at The Intimacy of Creativity
The good thing about interviewing established artists is that one gets to listen to the honest sharing of their stories of success- if you are lucky enough. With Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and pianist Yehudi Wyner, it is even more exciting
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In Touch with Daedalus Quartet at The Intimacy of Creativity
If you are a fan of Mozart and you had missed the Daedalus Quartet’s live interpretation of his Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581 with Grammy award-winning clarinet soloist Richard Stoltzman at the premiere concert of The Intimacy of Creativity,
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In Touch with Richard Stoltzman, guest performer at The Intimacy of Creativity
“Usually I don’t like to think that I’m a clarinettist,” stated the Grammy Award-winning clarinet soloist. It may all seem surprising for Richard Stoltzman to have said so. But when you actually hear it, you know there is a profound
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In Touch with Ted Goldman at The Intimacy of Creativity
While some composers write their music based on concrete phenomenon, others prefer working on abstractness. In Scrudge, American composer Ted Goldman tries to balance between the two. Whilst agreeing a piece of music has an abstract self within, Ted draws
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No country for non-stars
Lang Lang is everywhere these days and plays anything (and because of his star status, the story about his playing the Chinese song My Country in the White House led to totally redundant discussions involving thousands of people). Dudamel is
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In Touch with Pedro Faria Gomes at The Intimacy of Creativity
Not only does a musical piece record a composer’s perception or vision towards life, but it also captures certain personality traits of his. One can perhaps find even greater reference of Pedro’s thoughtful presentation in his Nachtmusik– as the flowy
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In Touch with Narong Prangcharoen at The Intimacy of Creativity
It is as if one is breathing in a gulp of cool air atop the deep mountains listening to Thai composer Narong’s Bencharong. Sometimes energetic and flashing whilst other times calm and delicate, there is a great depth of emotion
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In Touch with Moon Young HA at The Intimacy of Creativity
Whenever girls find joy in devoting themselves to fairies and princesses, boys hail and cheer on supermen and heroes. Perhaps this is what raises eyebrows of a few when composer Moon Young Ha’s Fairytale is first presented, trying to cross
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