VIDEO PODCAST: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about The Creative Spark, including contributions from Ryan Ash, Sean Neukom, Adrian Rumson, Stephen Francis Vasta, David Arditti, Halida Dinova and Andrew Arceci.
Ensemble. Zubin Mehta returns home to Mumbai - Fareed Curmally attends two orchestral concerts given by the Symphony Orchestra of India
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Ensemble. Musical Fairy Tales - Giuseppe Pennisi listens to ballet music in Rome
Ensemble. A Splendid Achievement - Fareed Curmally listens to the Chamber Orchestra of the Symphony Orchestra of India
Ensemble. Winningly Interpreted - In his first report for Classical Music Daily, Fareed Curmally describes a magical afternoon of orchestral music in Mumbai
Ensemble. A Wide Expressive Range - Mike Wheeler listens to piano duets from Dina Duisen and Martin James Bartlett
A Fascinating Programme - Dina Duisen plays Beethoven, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Liszt and Nagim Mendygaliev, impressing Mike Wheeler
CD Spotlight. A Relative Newcomer - Temirzhan Yerzhanov plays Prokofiev, heard by the late Howard Smith. '... idiosyncratic, superbly delineated invention and precise harmonic intuition.'
Verging on Truculence - Mike Wheeler listens to Kazakhstan-born pianist Samson Tsoy
Record Box. Bright Performances - Music for strings by Josef Myslivecek, reviewed by Patric Standford
Four Strings to his Violin - Many strings to his bow ... Howard Smith reports on Marat Bisengaliev's third tour of New Zealand
Record box. Effective film music - Music by Mark Emney, reviewed by Patric Standford
Visionary developments - Khazak police on the beat at the second Uralsk International Violin Competition. Howard Smith tells the story
Ensemble - Pivotal occasion - A triumphant homecoming in Kazakhstan, by Howard Smith