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Coming Together, Breaking Apart: Final Reykjavík Tectonics Begins
The sparky, bristly, diminutive Ilan Volkov must be, by now, very familiar to anyone interested in classical music and contemporary composition in Reykjavík. He began as chief conductor and music director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in 2011, and as such has…
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Movement On Tectonics
Tectonics has announced it’s 2015 lineup. This annual festival, curated by the former Iceland Symphony Orchestra conductor Ilan Volkov, will once again celebrate modern classical music with an intentionally diverse selection of international works, performed at Reykjavík’s Harpa concert hall. The fourth…
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Ilan Has (not quite) Left The Building
The corridors in the basement of the decadent 19th-century masterpiece of architecture that is London’s Royal Albert Hall are teeming with musicians and hangers-on. The anticipatory energy is palpable as the Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO) gets ready to take the stage as…
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Iceland’s Symphony Conductor Joins Protest In Tel Aviv
Conductor and Music Director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov, will lead an ensemble of musicians at an anti-war protest today at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, reports Slipped Disc. The protest will call for peace talks and an end to the occupation.…