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Summer songs and Dilbeek memories
The melodies that bring communities closer When you think of times you’ve felt a special bond with people in your community, chances are you might remember a song that lit up the crowd, in an arena or by the fireside. The songs everyone knows are few but powerful, bringing warmth and a sense of togetherness.…
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Our sacred Honor
The U.S. Declaration of Independence at 250 It’s notable that the United States celebrates the anniversary of its independence not on the day the Revolutionary War officially ended, nor on the day it was said to have started, nor even on the day its Constitution went into effect. The remarkable document by which the country…
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My debut as a music critic — in Dutch!
A set of three articles available on Klassiek Centraal, the largest Dutch-language website for classical music criticism, brings you some of the flavor of this year’s Queen Elisabeth Competition for cello in Brussels. In the first, I describe the historic Casals cello, to be loaned for the next four years to the competition winner, and…