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In 1894, composer Elfrida Andrée and librettist Selma Lagerlöf competed in an opera competition for the opening of the new building for the Royal Opera in Stockholm. Their Fritjof Saga was not selected and remained unperformed. Almost a century and …


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Catalan violinist Anna Urpina plays both Baroque and modern violin and studied with Vartan Manoogian and Vera Beths, among others. In December 2025 her second CD, Le chant des muses, was released. It features music by female composers from the …


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With her ever-melodious and energetic music, British-American Anna Clyne is one of the most performed composers of our time. In the Netherlands, her music has been played by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Phion, and last September saw the release …


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With their latest album, violinist Merel Vercammen and cellist Maya Fridman once again underline their reputation as adventurous musicians who prefer to avoid the beaten track. The album is named after the sonata for violin and cello of the same …


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Last June, he played with Klangforum Wien at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, in a programme featuring innovators from the early twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In our pre concert talk, the Danish-Austrian Mikael Rudolfsson proved to be a passionate advocate …


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