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Interview: Angela Hewitt: “Glenn Gould and I have little in common.”

Your father Godfrey Hewitt was a choirmaster in the Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa. How did his function and mission affect your relationship to music and your musical focus? How

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Soprano Patricia Burda Janečková died at the age of 25

Patricia Burda Janečková (source National Moravian-Silesian Theatre)Patricia Burda Janečková was born in Germany to Slovak parents, grew up and lived in Ostrava, where she studied opera singing at the Janáček

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Diana Damrau in Prague: “My vocal cord injury enabled me to understand my voice deeper”

World coloratura star Diana Damrau visited Prague at the beginning of November 2022. She sang an extraordinary concert "Bell & Bel canto" at the Prague Municipal House. Conductor Jan Bubák

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Evgeny Kissin exclusive interview: “I’ve had a plan through 2050”

by Michal Rezek There is hardly a single music lover who wouldn’t know the place Evgeny Kissin occupies in the world of classical music—or what his presence means for the

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New Concert Master of the Czech Philharmonic

In September, the current concert master of the Prague Philharmonia (PKF), Jan Fišer, will take his place next to Jan Mráček and Jiří Vodička as concert master of the Czech

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Starting the Year Off Right: OperaPlus Launches Job Directory

As part of its efforts to be a positive force on the Czech performing arts scene, OperaPlus launched a job directory for musicians, dancers, and arts administrators just in time

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