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Fiona Sturges

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It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.

It followed some...

Fauré Centenary Concert 5, Wigmore Hall review - a final fli...

As Steven Isserlis announced just before the final work, in more senses than one, of a five-day revelation, the 79 year old Fauré...

Barcelona, Duke of York's Theatre review - Lily Collins...

The Catalan capital has given its name to a famous number in the Stephen Sondheim musical, Company. And here it is lending geographical...

Album: Alley Cat - The Widow Project

If the names Pinch, Vex’d, Burial, Digital Mystikz, The Bug mean anything to you, stop reading now and buy or stream this album. Seriously, go. Go...

Bob Vylan, O2 Institute, Birmingham review - self-proclaimed...

More than once during their barnstorming performance this weekend, Bobby Vylan, vocalist with Bob Vylan proclaimed from the stage of Birmingham’s...

Ohlsson, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manc...

The BBC Philharmonic were right to bill Garrick Ohlsson, soloist in ...

Fauré Centenary Concert 1, Wigmore Hall review - Isserlis an...

Earlier this year, Steven Isserlis curated a revelatory Sheffield Chamber Music Festival spotlighting Saint-Saëns, with...

Alan Hollinghurst: Our Evenings review - a gift that keeps o...

In Alan Hollinghurst’s first novel, The Swimming Pool Library (1988), set during the summer of 1983, the young gay narrator, William...

Album: Møster! - Springs

Springs begins cooking with “Spaced Out Invaders - Part I Quirks,” its fourth track. A spindly, rotating guitar figure interweaves with...