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Charlie Siem does a Black Cab Session
Chris Horkan unspins classical music online11th August 2008 - 12:03
Last year we featured violinist Charles Siem in our G Spot section. Aged just 20, we called him 'a baby on the British classical music scene - and he's also a bit of a babe'.
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Here we are... after a marathon three weeks we have finally arrived at the last day of the festival!
Last night was the first run of our last concert program which is contemporary music. Thr...Read more
We're now barreling into the last week of the festival, and by now everyone has established a fairly steady routine. All of the interns are invited to a big party tonight at the house of one of...Read more
This will most likely be my last blog while the official festival is still going on. Naturally as the festival went into the last week, the work got five times as busy to fit everything in. On Mond...Read more
We're in the last few days of the festival now and there are mixed emotions among everyone. I think the staff are definitely starting to hit exhaustion point though we got a nice break with a p...Read more
Music@Menlo blog
'Well, he was married three times - not bad for a shy man with glasses,' says pianist Liza Stepanova of Shostakovich as she introduces her performance of the Sonata ...Read more
Music@Menlo blog
The day began with the Borromeo string quartet performing the Bartók quartet cycle. A challenging choice for both performers and audience, this was certainly not going ...Read more
My first day at Music@Menlo - a chamber music festival based on the San Francisco Peninsula - was spent meeting the interns who have been blogging for Muso (see guest blog from Music@Menlo), interv...Read more
‘Classical – what, like Charlotte Church?’
Claire Jackson rewrites the score1st August 2008 - 18:08
As I checked in for my flight to California this morning to see what Music@Menlo is all about (man, I hate my job sometimes) the nice lad on the desk enquired what my intentions were there. I expla...Read more
The students are starting to feel the intensity of their festival experience and we can tell they are exhausted. Still, they gave an amazing performance last night, one ensemble complete with coat-...Read more
