Kalman/ Schirrmacher/ Valentino - Kaiserin JosephineMichael Lakner selected an absolute operetta rarity for a premiere during his last season as the director of the Lehar Festival in 2017: Kaiserin Josephine (Empress Josephine) by Emmerich Kalman. The operetta in 8 scenes by the Hungarian composer features German libretto by Paul Knepler and Geza Herczeg. It premiered in Zurich at the Stadt Theater in 1936, but has been rarely performed since then. In 1961 Eduard Macku founded the Bad Ischl Operetta

ready and willing to take up the challenge of this music

musically valid

He started his musical education at the China Conservatory of Music from 2008 to 2013 and received his Bachelor of Music there

Composed for the inaugural Hertfordshire Festival of Music

brought to life by an inventive improviser with a deft touch

and has secured the expert support of the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra under it's principal conductor Eduard Topchjan

Thus he is familiar with the uniquely irregular rhythms of Romanian folk music

is a cathartic journey through the memories and imagination of the composer

To commemorate the centenary of Parry's death

Each side of the reflection is in itself conceivably valid

With the constraints of recording in separate spaces and very different acoustics came the opportunity to position microphones very closely

Kagnol got his guitar inspiration from the Ventures and the Shadows while Kamach admired the vocal techniques of crooners such as Paul Anka