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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.

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The Strad: National Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan, Resumes Concerts

The National Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan [also known as the Taiwan Philharmonic] is to begin performing again in a series of 3 concerts on 24 May, 30 May and 12 June at Taiwan’s National Theatre and Concert Hall. All three ‘sofa concerts’ will be live-streamed on YouTube and other platforms and will be available to view afterwards too.

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Classic FM: This beautiful video brings together Arvo Pärt’s music and exquisite animated art

Take a moment to enjoy beautiful, relaxing Arvo Pärt from violinist Anne Akiko Meyers – accompanied by mesmerising animated watercolour paintings.

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Vail Daily: Bravo! Vail continues kids’ music education virtually during COVID-19

When the social distancing guidelines were set for the coronavirus pandemic, Bravo! Vail swiftly transferred its kids’ music education programs to a digital format. It recently capped off a scholastic year of instrument instruction with virtual recitals for the school-age musicians showing off 27 weeks’ worth of hard work.

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NPR: Mahan Esfahani, Tiny Desk Concert

The harpsichord is a beautiful but notoriously fussy instrument. After we wheeled one behind Bob Boilen's desk, it took the bulk of an hour to get the tuning just perfect for the very first Tiny Desk harpsichord recital. Given that our guest was Mahan Esfahani, the instrument's most ardent advocate, we were willing to wait.

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Gramophone: Video exclusive, Arvo Pärt's Estonian Lullaby played by Anne Akiko Meyers

Pärt's new arrangement of his Estonian Lullaby for violin and piano is performed by Anne Akiko Meyers and Reiko Uchida

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International Piano: Nicolas Namoradze Review

I’m not often lost for words, but Nicolas Namoradze’s recital almost defeated me. I wasn’t expecting anything amazing: he’s won the Honens Competition in 2018 and this gig was his reward, but winning a comp is no guarantee of greatness. Yet from the opening phrase of Scriabin’s Black Mass Sonata he had me hooked: the notes had a honeyed grace, and the rest of the work unfolded in an opalescent glow, every bar touched with beauty. I’ve never heard this puzzling work make such persuasive sense.

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BBC Music Magazine: 2020 North America Festival Choice – Grand Teton Music Festival

BBC Music Magazine chooses Grand Teton Music Festival as “Festival Choice” for North America.

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BBC Music Magazine: April 2020 Editor Choice – Nicolas Namoradze

BBC Music Magazine Editor, Oliver Condy, recalls back to February, when Nicolas Namoradze, the winner of the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition, gave his Wigmore Hall prize recital - and a terrific programme it was, too.

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Limelight: Yo-Yo Ma and The Art of Living, Youth Music Culture Guangdong

Angus McPherson speaks with Yo-Yo Ma midway through the 2020 Youth Music Culture Guangdong in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, an event presented by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and organized jointly by the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and Xinghai Concert Hall, bringing together young musicians from all around the world. Ma is the event’s Artistic Director and a major drawcard for the participants, who have come to the city on the Pearl River in southern China from across the country as well as from the USA, Japan, Italy and Hungary – and even one musician from Australia.