Roland Manuel

Nobuko Imai has been a leading viola player since the early 1990s. She studied at Tokyo's Toho Gakuen Music School before continuing her training in the United States at both Yale University and the Juilliard School. Following her graduation from Juilliard, she triumphantly vanquished all competitors to win the highest prizes at the Munich and Geneva international competitions. She is a former member of the prestigious Vermeer Quartet, known for sharp performances of the Mozart and Beethoven chamber repertoire. Since leaving this ensemble, she divides her time between performing as a soloist with the world's major orchestras, such as the English Chamber Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and teaching in Europe and Japan. She returns regularly to her native land where she serves as artistic adviser of Casals Hall in Tokyo.

La popularité du plus grand tennisman de l'histoire enfin décryptée
En 2011, un sondage réalisé auprès de 50 000 personnes dans 25 pays révélait que Roger Federer était la personne la plus respectée au monde après Nelson Mandela. Comment expliquer une popularité aussi extraordinaire ? Bien sûr, il y a le palmarès incroyable : recordman du nombre de titres du Grand Chelem et du nombre de semaines à la place de numéro 1 mondial, Federer a laissé une trace indélébile sur le tennis. …

La période comprise entre le XVIe siècle et le XVIIIe siècle marque une phase essentielle dans l’émergence de l’Angleterre comme puissance majeure, soucieuse de se distinguer de ses voisins continentaux. La rupture avec la Papauté, la victoire sur l’Invincible Armada, l’exécution de Charles Ier en 1649 ou la Glorieuse Révolution de 1689 sont autant d’événements dont la mémoire conserve la trace jusqu’à nos jours. …

He was born in Cologne, but it was in Paris that Jacques Offenbach achieved fame. A special feature of this 30-CD collection are star-studded recordings in both French and German of his most celebrated operettas – works that overflow with joie de vivre and satirical wit – and of Les Contes d’Hoffmann, an opera that daringly fuses fantasy, comedy and tragedy. It also includes irresistibly stylish performances of such tempting rarities as Les Brigands, Pomme d’Api, Monsieur Choufleuri and Mesdames de la Halle.

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