Igor Toronyi-Lalic

Modernism’s back, baby: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival reviewed

Did I sense a renewed thirst for modernism at this year's HCMF? The glimmer of a revival of art for art’s sake even?

Conducting the Ensemble Musikfabrik at HCMF, Enno Poppe looked like a marionette that wasn’t quite yet under the control of its puppeteer. Image: Brian Slater

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