Fantasia by Tadao Sawai; Zangetsu by Minezaki Koto; Homura by Tadao SawaiKazue Sawai is recognized as Japan’s most outstanding, innovative and versatile master of the koto, a stringed zitherlike instrument that is lionized by the Japanese as their country’s “national instrument.” Sawai, traditionally trained but committed to expanding her instrument’s audience, shifts flawlessly from conventional […]
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Meng-Chieh Liu, piano
The Complete Piano Sonatas of Franz Schubert: Concert II
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Con Alma, Mañana Nublada, Lunares, Tertulia, Boardilla, Hasta el Hierro se Funde, Puentes, Homenaje, ¡Ay, Qué me voy!, ¡Piénsatelo!, Y Ná Má by Chus AlonsoFounded by director / musician / composer Chus Alonso in 1992, Potaje is an ensemble dedicated to the creation of a unique form of contemporary musical experience rooted in Spanish flamenco […]
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The Complete Piano Sonatas of Franz Schubert: Concert I
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E-flat major, D. 568; C major, ‘Relique’, D.840; A minor, D. 845“Liu is a musical visionary with unusual insights … a pianist whose playing sounded as natural as breathing,†declared The Toronto Star in extolling the virtuosity of Meng-Chieh Liu, which had been evident to critics and observers since he began advanced piano studies at […]
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