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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...
Der fliegende Holländer, Irish National Opera review - saili...
So much looked promising for Irish National Opera’s first Wagner: the casting, certainly, the conductor – Music Director Fergus Sheil knows and...
Batsashvili, Hallé, Wong, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester revie...
Mariam Batsashvili, the young virtuosa pianist from Georgia, is a star. No doubt about that. Trained at the Liszt Academy in Weimar and winner of...
The Potato Lab, Netflix review - a K-drama with heart and wi...
When the world’s darkness is too much, there is a Netflix rabbit-hole you can disappear down to a kinder place: the...
Lauren Mayberry, Barrowland, Glasgow review - solo star stay...
It took until the last song before Lauren Mayberry started to well up onstage, which was good going. The singer had mentioned early on the...
Album: Toria Wooff - Toria Wooff
On the cover of her eponymous debut album, the Bolton-raised Toria Wooff reclines on a church pew located in Stanley Palace, a 16th-century...
Music Reissues Weekly: Too Far Out - Beat, Mod & R&B...
The thrill of hearing “Crawdaddy Simone” never wears off. As the September 1965 B-side of the third single by North London R&B band The...
Naumov, SCO, Egarr, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh review - or...
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra has had to put up with its fair share of artist cancellations over the last month, and the ensuing games of musical...
Brief History of a Family review - glossy Chinese psychologi...
Brief History of a Family is a psychological thriller with a story familiar to anyone who has seen Ripley, ...
