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BBC Young Musician 2020 Finale, BBC Four review - poise versus extraterrestrial ecstasy
After a year s wait, three finalists serve up first-rate professionalism - and something more
by David NiceTuesday, 04 May 2021
Fang Zhang, six sticks poised above the marimbaBBC
“You have to be careful you’re not judging the piece,” cautioned a pearl-necklaced Nicholas Daniel, great oboist and winner of the 1980 BBC Young Musician (of the Year, as it then was).
“You have to be careful you’re not judging the piece,” cautioned a pearl-necklaced Nicholas Daniel, great oboist and winner of the 1980 BBC Young Musician (of the Year, as it then was). Yet while the work, Japanese composer and marimba virtuoso Keiko Abe’s