Various

NICHOLAS TAMAGNA A CHARISMATIC COUNTER-TENOR

18 August 2022

508

I can't say that I am a fan of countertenors. I always found that this kind of voice had most of the time problems of intonation and sound, which most of the time makes it sound forced and feeble. Until I heard...

DEFYING GRAVITY: IMPRESSIONS FROM A MIRELLA FRENI LIVE PERFORMANCE

Alexis Spanides

19 February 2020

Various

1262

DEFYING GRAVITY: IMPRESSIONS FROM A MIRELLA FRENI LIVE PERFORMANCE &nb...

THE MAGIC PEN OF ELLI SOLOMONIDOU- BALANOU

Alexis Spanides

21 November 2018

Various

1979

For those who are unfamiliar with Elli Solomonidou Balanou, let me just say that she is an iconic figure of the Greek Newspaper "Kathimerini" where since 1974 she has traced the most important performances of T...

THE WELL TEMPERED PIANIST

Alexis Spanides

20 August 2018

Records, Various

2212

Alexandra Papastefanou is one of the most prolific Greek pianists with a repertoire ranging from Bach to the 20th century repertoire, Ligeti, Takemitsu, and Stockhausen. Her interest in the music of J.S.Bach is...

NICOLA PISANIELLO SINGS “TANCREDI” IN ATHENS

Alexis Spanides

17 May 2018

Interviews, Opera

3031

MAESTRO YOU ARE IN ATHENS IN ORDER TO SING AT A NEW PRODUCTION OF ROSSINI'S “TANCREDI” WHICH WILL BE TELEVISED INTERNATIONALY BY THE GREEK TELEVISION, ERT... Yes , it is a very important debut for me, it is ...

NIKOS PETROPOULOS

Alexis Spanides

13 July 2017

Interviews

3269

NIKOS PETROPOULOS photo by A.Spanides I met Nikos Petropoulos at the “Maria Callas” Auditorium at the Greek National Opera where he was directing Verdi’s “Traviata”. With his assistant Fausta Mazzuchelli th...

ENRICO PADOVANI PLAYS CHOPIN

Alexis Spanides

13 July 2017

Records

2914

Enrico Padovani is a young Italian pianist born in Parma. He studied at the Conservatorio “Luigi Cherubini” in Florence and was awarded the Postgraduate Diploma's Degree in piano at the Conservatorio “Arrigo Bo...

GOETHE AND HEINE

Alexis Spanides

13 July 2017

Records

2833

Lenia Zafiropoulou is an accomplished young singer specializing mainly in lieder recitals. She studied singing, piano and lied at the famous Musikhochschule in Stuttgard, as well as opera at the Guildhall Scho...

NOT JUST VIVALDI

Alexis Spanides

13 July 2017

Records

3002

“Vivaldi ma non solo” is the new cd by the Greek Mezzo Soprano Marita Paparizou accompanied by the prestigious Solisti Veneti under the baton of the famous Maestro and musicologist Claudio Scimone. “Oh no, yet...