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Times
27-04-2025
- Business
- Times
Meet the 89-year-old whose social enterprise has goodness baked in
An 89-year-old who founded a social enterprise supporting adults with learning disabilities has won The Times Sternberg Active Life Award this year. Created in 2008 by the late Sir Sigmund Sternberg — a Hungarian-British businessman and philanthropist — in partnership with The Times, the awards celebrate outstanding contributions made by people over 70 to their communities and to public life. Dr Denis Durno founded The Bread Maker, a bakery that employs adults with special needs, in 2006. Since then, it has supported more than 200 people. Durno, who worked as a GP in Aberdeen for more than 30 years, has been helping people with learning disabilities since the late 1960s when he sought specialised education for two of his sons, Scott and Cameron, both of
South China Morning Post
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Refined Mozart and Bach from Andras Schiff and Cappella Andrea Barca in Hong Kong concerts
The finest craftsmen hone their skills and consistently strive for the highest quality, and the Hungarian-British pianist Andras Schiff does the same in music, whether at the keyboard or when directing ensembles from it. Advertisement For the 53rd Hong Kong Arts Festival , the 71-year-old performed with his ensemble Capella Andrea Barca, comprising selected Europe-based musicians and wittily named after the Italian translation of Andras and Schiff – the German word for ship. His reputation for perfection was well secured in consecutive all-Mozart and all-Bach concerts on March 18 and 19, 2025. Refined sound quality was paramount from the word go in the unhurried playing of Schiff and his Cappella in the opening Allegro of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A Major. Pianist and conductor Andras Schiff led two performances of his Cappella Andrea Barca on March 18 and 19, 2025 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre as part of the 53rd Hong Kong Arts Festival. Photo: HKAF His playing full of grace and poise, the celebrated pianist drew an old-school warmth from his Bösendorfer grand piano that was at one with the ensemble's performance style, which lies somewhere between the 'historically informed' and a unique 'Viennese' approach.
