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Behind-The-Scenes Photography: Iana Salenko Performs George Balanchine’s Diamonds
Interview: Susan Ellinger, Pianist
What do you consider to be the most important ideas and concepts to impart to aspiring musicians?
A relentless discipline of technical training ultimately frees an artist to work from instinct and emotion! To be a musician is to be a student, of life.
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To Know Is To Feel
English National Ballet Akram Khan’s Giselle Comes To Cinemas
Hailed as ‘a masterpiece of 21st century dance’ from English National Ballet, Akram Khan’s Giselle is released in cinemas for the first time from 25 April 2018, thanks to a collaboration between English National Ballet and digital commissioning agency The Space, giving ballet fans nationwide the opportunity to see this award-winning production in glorious high definition on the big screen. Recognised as one of the greatest romantic ballets, Giselle has been re-imagined by celebrated choreographer Akram Khan, with Artistic Director and Lead Principal of English National Ballet, Tamara Rojo, dancing the role of Giselle, one of a community of migrant workers cast out of their jobs in a condemned garment factory.
Get your tickets here.
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Jacob Collier: A One-Man Musical Phenomenon
News: Hollywood Signs Einaudi
World-renown Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi has signed with Creative Artists Agency.
Einaudi is the first classical composer in more than 20 years to rank in the Top 15 of album sales, blending jazz, rock, folk, pop, and electronic.
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Henry Cowell – Three Irish Legends