DISCUSSION: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Improvisation in the classical world and beyond, including contributions from David Arditti, James Lewitzke, James Ross and Steve Vasta.
DISCUSSION: Defining Our Field - what is 'classical music' to us, why are we involved and what can we learn from our differences? Read John Dante Prevedini's essay, watch the panel discussion and make your own comments.
CENTRAL ENGLAND: Mike Wheeler's concert reviews from Nottingham and Derbyshire feature high profile artists on the UK circuit - often quite early on their tours.
Belarusian ballet dancer and teacher Ludmila Henrikhavna Brzhazovskaya was born in Minsk on 4 June 1946 and studied at the Belarusian Choreographic School with Irina Savelyeva.
She danced with the National Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Belarus and was the theatre's leading dancer from 1966 until 1989. She performed in many countries, including Finland, Hungary, India, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Singapore and Turkey. Later she taught at the Belarusian Choreographic School.
Her father was the painter Henrikh Brzhazouski and she was also interested in visual art, painting landscapes, flower bouquets and making pencil drawings on ballet themes.
Ludmila Brzhazovskaya died in Minsk on 6 December 2023, aged seventy-seven.