Competition
Competition: Five deluxe pressings of Silfra to be won
We are giving away five deluxe heavyweight vinyl LPs of Silfra, the delicious new album by experimental pianist-composer Hauschka and internationally renowned concert violinist Hilary Hahn. Each comes with a beautiful poster, plus a free download of the album (in case you don't carry a record player around with you!). For a chance to win, just answer two simple questions about theartsdesk's coverage of Hauschka and Hahn.
new music

How ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ transformed a London mod-pop band

A set of graceful, wry melancholy from an Anglo-Canadian singer-songwriter duo
classical

A solstice sunrise swim crowned the best of times at this phoenix of a festival
Kolesnikov, Tsoy, Leonskaja, Ibragimova and Hecker in spellbinding performances
opera

Mostly glorious cast, sharp ideas, fussy conducting

Intimacy yields to spectacle as Beethoven's light of freedom triumphs

Big doses of history and didaction are injected into 50 minutes of music theatre
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