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Gidon Kremer at Benaroya Hall
Courtesy of ECM records | Posted on October 21, 2010
Where
Benaroya Hall
200 University Street
Seattle, WA
Map
206.215.4747
When
Fri, October 29, 2010
08.00pm
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Musicians
Gidon Kremer
violinAbout
A beautifully-recorded album from master violinist Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata, Baltica, spanning a wide range of music, all of it performed with conviction. Hungarian composer and pianist Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer from the Serbian province of Vojvodina has written eight hymns in commemoration of the film director Andrei Tarkovsky, an artist he has called a homo moralis whose remarkable visions cast a small but significant light on the tragic world of the previous century. Georgian composer Giya Kancheli contributes a silent prayer for two of his most important musical associates: the cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich and the violinist Gidon Kremer...