Financial Times: When Will the Music Start Again?
When the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan came out on stage to play on Sunday night, it fired the starting gun for concert life to resume. After months of the coronavirus lockdown, here at last was an orchestra playing in front of a live audience in a concert hall.
Financial Times: Mahan Esfahani – Bach: Toccatas – free and spontaneous performances
As the outstanding harpsichordist of the younger generation, Esfahani naturally plays the toccatas on a harpsichord… Esfahani’s playing feels free and spontaneous without losing the underlying pulse of the music. The toccatas display their brilliance proudly. One can imagine the young Bach showing off his prowess just like this.
Financial Times: Overtures that Bridge East and West
How one of China's top conductors, Long Yu, is extending the appeal of his country's music.