Igor Toronyi-Lalic
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- Bio
- Igor is a critic, curator and film-maker. He has written for The Times, the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Spectator, The Economist, Opera and a wide range of other publications. He is the author of What's That Thing? (2012), a report on public art.
Articles by Igor Toronyi-Lalic
Bach Marathon, Royal Albert Hall/ Nick van Bloss, Institut Francais
Tuesday, 02 April 2013
Bach for breakfast, lunch and supper. That in essence was what yesterday's Bach Marathon was about. You can do that with Bach - have him flowing from the taps. Nothing new in this for those of us who... Read more... |
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Dudamel, Barbican Hall
Monday, 18 March 2013
Zipangu. What a name for a piece of music. Such a strange and suggestive collection of vowels and consonants. Such a musical string of sounds. A fascinating name. The name, in fact, for Japan during... Read more... |
Pereira, LA Phil New Music Group, Dudamel, Adams, Barbican Hall
Friday, 15 March 2013
For finding new popes as much as for hunting down new music, looking to the ends of the earth seems a fruitful route to take. Last night saw the start of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Barbican... Read more... |
Written on Skin, Royal Opera
Saturday, 09 March 2013
It’s hard to put one’s finger on why George Benjamin’s new opera doesn’t work. It comes to Covent Garden with a wind in its sails. Its outings in Europe have all received high praise. It boasts a... Read more... |
Radio Rewrite, Royal Festival Hall: The Classical Review
Wednesday, 06 March 2013
Minimalism was born of popular music. The drones came from John Coltrane, the tape experiments from fiddling around with songs from the charts, the first rhythmic and melodic explorations from the... Read more... |
Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Guests, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Saturday, 02 March 2013
While Liza Minnelli belted out hits from the 1972 film Cabaret next door at the Festival Hall, we in the Queen Elizabeth Hall were meant to be getting the real deal - echt 1920s Berliner... Read more... |
The Barber of Seville, English National Opera
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
There is only one rule by which one should ever judge a Barber of Seville. If your eyes (and possibly also your trouser legs) aren’t moist by the time the interval arrives, you might as well leave.... Read more... |
Joyce DiDonato, Il Complesso Barocco, Barbican Hall
Thursday, 07 February 2013
It may look like a sure-fire hit to let Kansas mezzo Joyce DiDonato rip through the drama-queen repertoire of the Baroque. But last night’s exploration of the dustiest, most overgrown byways of 17th... Read more... |
Total Immersion: Sounds from Japan, Barbican
Monday, 04 February 2013
“Improvisation? That?” whispered a Japanese lady to her friend in response to an ensemble piece, which had explicit instructions that demanded it be improvised, but where at least half the performers... Read more... |
The Minotaur, Royal Opera
Friday, 18 January 2013
Flesh-tearing, woman-raping, body-goring brute he may be, but he's misunderstood, that Minotaur. It's a bold argument to make, but this is the contention of Harrison Birtwistle and David Harsent... Read more... |
10 Questions for Opera singer Rolando Villazón
Monday, 17 December 2012
Few singers provoke more debate than Rolando Villazón. His off-piste projects - from his Romantic exploration of the Baroque to his spell as a talent contest judge - have been much discussed over the... Read more... |
Robert le Diable, Royal Opera
Friday, 07 December 2012
My phone's predictive text posed an interesting question. Robert le Doable it insisted on calling last night's opera. And it's often been asked of this and other grands opéras. Are they doable? Such... Read more... |
Music of Today - November: Sonica, HCMF, Oliver Knussen, the Arditti Quartet and Heiner Goebbels
Sunday, 02 December 2012
Arditti String Quartet, Wigmore Hall, 31 October ****November is always a good month for new music. This year saw the interest begin a day earlier. Whichever wag chose to hand over Halloween at the... Read more... |
Hahn, LPO, Skrowaczewski, Royal Festival Hall
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. That's quite a mouthful. Bruckner's symphonies can be too. But this is one of the reasons why Skrowaczewski has acquired quite a cult following for his Bruckner performances... Read more... |
In a Locked Room/ Ghost Patrol, Linbury Studio Theatre
Monday, 01 October 2012
There's no guaranteed route to success with contemporary opera but, ever since Nixon in China, topicality and realism have become the most favoured and trusted paths to some kind of favourable... Read more... |
Northern Sinfonia, Zehetmair, The Sage Gateshead
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Sting, Debbie Harry, the Pet Shop Boys, Brahms, Mozart, Schumann. This is the kind of thing an average year throws up for the Gateshead-based Northern Sinfonia. Their visits to London are mostly to... Read more... |
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How to contact Igor Toronyi-Lalic
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- http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/author/igortoronyilalic2/
