At a typically ungodly hour this morning i’m setting off for northern Slovakia, where for the next couple of days i’ll be experiencing a project called Concentrated Voices by experimental guitarist Ondrej Veselý. Not entirely sure what to expect – but that’s good, right? Back next week with some words …
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Festivals
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Accordionfest is a week-long, annual festival in Tallinn created by accordionist Momir Novakovic. Born in Serbia, Novakovic has been based in Estonia for many years, teaching accordion at the city’s Academy of Music and Theatre. The festival is designed to educate audiences, composers, aspiring accordionists – everyone really – about …
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There was impressive music to be heard in some of Warsaw Autumn’s less prominent events. The Polish Composers’ Union hosted a small-scale concert in Warsaw’s Hashtag Lab showcasing the three winners of this year’s Zygmunt Mycielski Composition Competition. Performed by Trio/Duo/Unum (who might have made up their name for the …
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Of all the festivals i attend each year, Warsaw Autumn has come to seem the most ambitious, the biggest in terms of scope and diversity, and therefore the most excitingly daunting. As if to prove that point during its opening weekend, almost the entirety of Sunday was filled with two …
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‘Seigla’ is an Icelandic word indicating perseverance, resilience, tenacity. It’s also the title of a festival created, curated and directed by pianist Erna Vala Arnardóttir, that for the last 6 years has taken place in Reykjavík’s flagship concert hall, Harpa. More than most festivals i attend, the aspect of curation …
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