Arthur Stockel - 5th International Clarinet Competition Ghent 2022The original idea for this fifth clarinet competition was that it would be part of the "Van Eyck project 2020 2021". Everyone knows why this has been delayed by a year. For this competition, three composers were asked to write a new work inspired by the characteristic painting by Jan Van Eyck, "Adoration of the Mystic Lamb". The composers Alain Crepin (Lam Gods Impressions), Johan Duijck (L'Homme dsarm) and Dirk Bross (The Secret of the Mystic Lamb)

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For his inaugural concert as the new Gewandhauskapellmeister

Esa-Pekka Salonen

former hero Leo Demonheart is learning that he was just a little too good at what he did

with many traditional established country stars well-represented

For while this odyssey takes us around a large part of the globe

and their two Top 10 hits with Ernest Tubb

from a very early age

The New World Symphony is a work that has always fascinated Krzysztof Urbanski: "It was only when I studied Dvorák's other symphonies that I came to understand the principal characteristic and strength of the Ninth: simplicity

and finished his studies with solo-diploma for both instruments

she is reunited with a longstanding partner who pursues an equally brilliant international career

Their first disc pays tribute to a composer whose bicentenary is celebrated in 2022