In the past ten days or so, the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama have had their annual music competitions. My kids have been practising intensely and have made us extremely proud. Anya was highly commended in the under 12’s Piano category, Toby was highly commended for under 15’s Classical Guitar, and Leila took first prize…
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Festival of Russian Culture
I had the pleasure of visiting the Festival of Russian Culture in Townley Hall, Drogheda, last year (2010). It wasn’t very well publicised and most of the people there were Russian ex-pats. There were some brilliant musicians there throughout the weekend, but a highlight for me, was the performance by Oleg Ponomorov. Oleg was accompanied…
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