Bruno Mantovani | Classical review

Hoddinott Hall, CardiffThe French composer Bruno Mantovani – definitely not to be confused with the Italian popular conductor Mantovani, he of the saccharine strings – is one of the young lions of French music and the subject of the last of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales' current composer portraits. His work in opera and ballet means that Mantovani concerns himself with narrative, but not in any obvious or gentle way: the elements of his music are disparate and dissonant, yet ...

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