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Newsletter - 28th april 2009



World Premiere   

world premiere
Herbie Hancock &
Lang Lang
Orchestre National de Lyon, dir. : John Axelrod

Auditorium Stravinski
July 5, 8pm (doors : 7pm)
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Herbie Hancock & Lang Lang
Lyon National Orchestra, conducted by John Axelrod

At the 2008 Grammy Awards evening in Los Angeles, Claude Nobs watched an improvised performance by his long-standing friend Herbie Hancock and the virtuoso Chinese classical pianist Lang Lang. He immediately told them he would be interested in giving his support to a proper joint collaboration. A year and a half later, the two pianists are presenting the world premiere of their project on the stage of the Auditorium Stravinski. more...