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Georg Friedrich Haas and Rebecca Saunders premieres, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2016.

The first weekend of the 2016 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival saw an eclectic and vibrant mix of musical events. Artistic director Graham McKenzie promised a festival that was going to be ‘undoubtedly characterised by the bringing together of often quite disparate forces, to create new soun...

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Published in:Tempo Vol. 71; no. 280; pp. 88 - 90
Main Author: Jones, Stephanie
Format: Festival Review
Published: Wolke Verlag Apr2017
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Music festivals
Huddersfield (England)
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