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  • July 2023

    Now mastering Tianqi Du's exquisite new recording of four Bach Keyboard Concertos

    Now mastering Tianqi Du's exquisite new recording of four Bach Keyboard Concertos - D minor (BWV 1052), A major (BWV 1055), D major (BWV 1054) and F minor BWV 1056) with Jonathan Bloxham conducting the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields.  Recorded in LSO St Luke's, released on the NAIVE label. https://naiverecords.com/tianqidu

  • July 2023

    Recording sessions were held in MCO5 Studios, Hilversum, with Dutch-Korean pianist Gile Bae

    Recording sessions were held in MCO5 Studios, Hilversum, with Dutch-Korean pianist Gile Bae - https://gilebae.com/ - in music of Bach - Italian Concerto, Toccata in e minor, Toccata in c minor, and Schumann's rarely heard Humoresque.  Bösendorfer sent a new prototype piano for the sessions, beautifully prepared and tuned by Martijn van Dijk.  Michael Fine produced the sessions with engineer Erdo Groot.  Post-production has already begun on this very beautiful album.

  • April 2023

    PBS 'Great Performances' in the United States will broadcast 'Schumann

    PBS 'Great Performances' in the United States will broadcast 'Schumann: Genius and Madness on April 14, 2023.  The program, part of the acclaimed "Now Hear This" series hosted by Scott Yoo, features a section filmed at our sessions in Glasgow for Bion Tsang's recording of the Schumann Cello Concerto in a new version by Josephine Knight including discussions between the artists and Michael Fine. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/how-other-composers-changed-schumanns-work-kf5dra/14735/
     
  • April 2023

    Kristiina Poska's superb performance of Michael Fine's Suite for Strings

    Kristiina Poska's superb performance of Michael Fine's Suite for Strings is now available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qyO_nvvHdTE  It was recorded in concert at the Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen's opening concerts of the 2023/24 seasons in Ghent's historic Bijloke, one of four performances.
     
  • April 2023

    Armenian violinist Lina Vartanova recorded Michael Fine's

    Armenian violinist Lina Vartanova recorded Michael Fine's 'For A Friend' with pianist Ekaterina Ayzenshtadt at GES-2, The Vaults Centre for Artistic Production with engineer Maksim Ignatev.  The piece, dedicated to Lina, was composed by Michael Fine in 2022.  https://youtu.be/b_HhrRFYAOs