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Guy Rickards, Gramophone, May 2022
Guy Rickards, Gramophone, May 2022 https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/fractales Ensemble Fractales a specialist new music chamber group comprising flautist Renata Kambarova, clarinetist Benjamin Maneyrol, violinist (and occasional viola player) Marion Borgel, cellist Diego Coutinho and pianist Gan Ponte. The ensemble’s diverse origins (France, Brazil, Uzbekistan) have nurtured their cosmopolitan approach, and the composers featured here hail from France (Claude…
Respected British music critic Simon Cummings reviewed “Born in Waves” on Kairos
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Peter Kirn, Sirp, 18.11.2022
Peter Kirn, Sirp, 18.11.2022https://www.sirp.ee/s1-artiklid/c5-muusika/eesti-ansamblite-liug-kaunases-labi-varskete-muusikailmade/ “Aga kui improvisatsiooni roll oli elektroonilises ansamblis selge, siis oli see keskne ka TUMA ning selle tulise dirigendi ja kunstilise juhi Arash Yazdani iseloomus. Selle tähendas ka kiiret kavamuudatuse tegemist, kui võõrustajasaalis ettevalmistatud klaveri kasutamise suhtes kiuslikuks muututi (Leedus esinesid projektansambli koosseisus flööt, klarnet, viiul, vioola, tšello ja klaver). Asendus oli…
Elis Hallik. “Born in Waves”
Elis Halliku esimesel autoriplaadil “Born in Waves” kõlab peamiselt helilooja kammermuusika aastatest 2014–2022. Plaadibukletist saab lugeda Kristina Kõrveri väga hästi kirjutatud täpseid ja sisukaid annotatsioone igale teosele. Plaadi avalugu “Some Paths Will Always Lead Through the Shadows” mõjub kui sissekäik Elis Halliku muusikalossi. See avaneb kui vana raske puust uks, pikkamisi ja rõhukalt, ning ukseavast…
Review from Carme Miró sonograma.org of Hallik’s new album Born in Waves
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