Lou Koster

Naxos announces the February 2015 release of orchestral music by the female composer Lou Koster, played by Estro Armonico Luxembourg under the baton of Jonathan Kaell A native of Luxembourg, Lou Koster was largely self-taught as a composer, flourishing in the inter-war period as a pianist whose activities included accompanying silent films. Read More →

Fayçal Karoui

The newly created Philharmonic Orchestra of the Maghreb will give its inaugural performance in Rabat/Morocco on the 7th of January as part of a tour that will take the ensemble to Casablanca, Tangier and Marrakech. The orchestra has 70 musicians from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, said the event organizer, Foundation Ténor Pour la Culture. Read More →

Boris Tschaikowsky: Klavierquintett, Die Kriegssuite; Olga Solovieva, Maxim Anisimov, Vanbrugh Quartet; 1 CD Naxos 8.573207; 2012/13 (66'47) – Rezension von Remy Franck

Mit Piotr Tchaikovsky teilt er den werbeträchtigen Namen, sonst nichts. Boris Tchaikovsky (1925-1996) ist mit seinem bekannten Kollegen weder familiär noch geistig verwandt. Unter seinen Lehrern waren so namhafte Komponisten wie Nikolai Mjaskovski und Dmitri Shostakovich. Read More →