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Based in Berlin, Carlos Izcaray was born in Caracas into a family of several artistic generations. At age 3 he was enrolled in Venezuela’s public system of youth orchestras, continuing later from age 7 at the Emil Friedman Conservatory, one of the few schools in the world that promotes music as the root and essence of education. There, he was immersed in musical activities both as a boy chorister as well as instrumentalist. He studied conducting with his father since he was a teenager, and went…

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The World's Greatest Beethoven Festival: 'Bogotá es Beethoven'

The World's Greatest Beethoven Festival: 'Bogotá es Beethoven'

Bogotá's First International Music Festival in the city's three-year-old Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domin…

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Paris’ Musical Culture Showcases Its Splendor In A Time Of Transition

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By Laurence Vittes Verified
| Classical Voice North America
Alexandre Kantorow was soloist in Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and chief conductor Tarmo Peltokoski at the Philharmonie de Paris. (Photo by Romain Alcaraz) PARIS — On the afternoon of June 9, I was sitting with French composer Éric Tanguy and his wife, the pianist Suzana Bartal, at the Café de la Musique between the Philharmonie de Paris and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Dance de Paris.
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Mozart blows a fuse in Paris: Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

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By Laurence Vittes Verified
| Bachtrack
Buy tickets See full listing “blazing, pure, profoundly expressive and topped by a cadenza that landed like a revelation.” Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 6 June 2026 Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem) Laurence Equilbey, Conductor Florent Siaud, Director Romain Fabre, Set Designer Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz, Costume Designer Nicolas Descôteaux, Lighting Designer accentus Éric Maniengui, Video Jessica Pratt, Konstanze Amitai Pati, Belmonte Ante...
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Ambition meets the Philharmonie: Peltokoski and Kantorow in Beethoven and Mahler

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By Laurence Vittes Verified
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See full listing “it suited Peltokoski’s brutish view of the score” Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 2 June 2026 Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58 Scriabin, Vers la flamme, Op.72 Brahms, 3 Intermezzi for piano, Op.117 Mahler, Symphony no.
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