Sumi Jo recital reviewed
Murray Black reviews Sumi Jo’s recital for The Australian:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/deja-vu-of-the-best-kind/story-fn9d2mxu-1226519854341
Murray Black reviews Sumi Jo’s recital for The Australian:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/deja-vu-of-the-best-kind/story-fn9d2mxu-1226519854341
Mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital features on a double CD release from Deutsches Grammophon Avi Avital: Bach (June 2012)and Between Worlds (January 2014), to coincide with his tour to Australia with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. The title of the first of the two CDs Bach needs little explanation except to add the initials ‘J S’ before…
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