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Marcelo Alvarez sings Ballo in maschera: Marcelo Alvarez sings Riccardo's 3rd act aria in Un ballo in maschera; Paris, June 2007, conductor: Semyon Bychkov Born in Cordoba, Argentina, Alvarez went to a school that encourage pupils to study music, but instead of following the path of a singer he chose to study economics and went on to run the family furniture business. It wasn't until 1992, at the age of thirty, when he decided to follow his heart and moved with his wide to Buenos Aires and then to Italy to embark on an operatic...
Posted 01 December 2008 01:41 PM by charlotte | with no comments
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Daniel Barenboim - Moonlight sonata - 1ºmov Adagio sostenuto: Daniel Barenboim was born in Buenos Aires in 1942 to parents of Jewish Russian descent. He started piano lessons at the age of five with his mother, continuing to study with his father who remained his only other teacher. In August 1950, when he was only seven years old, he gave his first official concert in Buenos Aires. He debuted as a pianist in Vienna and Rome in 1952, in Paris in 1955, in London in 1956 and in New York in 1957 with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Symphony of the Air. From then...
Posted 04 November 2008 02:28 PM by charlotte | with no comments
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