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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Lugano, Switzerland

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LuganoFauré, Shostakovich, Stravinsky

© Julia Wesely
LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura: Sala Teatro, Thu 1 Oct at 20:00
Fauré, Shostakovich, Stravinsky
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana; Jérémie Rhorer; Maximilian Hornung
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LuganoDebussy, Respighi, Liviabella, Ravel

© Thomas Rabsch
LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura: Sala Teatro, Thu 15 Oct at 20:00
Debussy, Respighi, Liviabella, Ravel
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana; Antonello Manacorda; Hans Liviabella
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LuganoTchaikovsky, Brahms

© Marco Borggreve
LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura: Sala Teatro, Thu 12 Nov at 20:00
Tchaikovsky, Brahms
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana; Krzysztof Urbański; Nelson Goerner
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Kontakthof: Echoes of ’78 and Music Music – contrasts in Lugano

Pina Bausch, Kontakthof – Echoes of ’78 © Uwe Stratmann
Vito Lentini, 11 Jun
Completely engaging performance of Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof: Echoes of ’78 finds our reviewer disappointed with Music Music from Trajal Harrell in Lugano.
***11
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Structure over sentiment for the Quatuor Van Kuijk in Lugano

Edward Sava-Segal, 01 Jun
The Van Kuijks communicated with great directness the obsessive nature of Bartók’s music in his Fourth Quartet.
****1
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Lean, unsentimental Tchaikovsky from Krzysztof Urbański in Lugano

Mark Pullinger, 25 Mar
Krzysztof Urbański gives neat and tidy performances of three Tchaikovsky works with the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, but are they a little too anaemic?
***11
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Get Bach! Vienna Boys Choir go Lutheran

Vienna Boys Choir perform in St Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna © Lukas Beck
Stephen Pritchard, 13 Jan
With former members including Haydn and Schubert, the Vienna Boys Choir traces its origins to 1498, making it one of the most venerable choral organisations in the world.
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Music for the people: Migros Culture Percentage Classics

Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra © Andy Paradise
Bachtrack, 05 Sep
Migros, one of Switzerland’s largest retailers, has been running a classical music concert series for more than 70 years, with low ticket prices designed to make music widely accessible.
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Leif Ove Andsnes on returning to Norwegian roots

Leif Ove Andsnes © Liv Øvland
Cameron Kelsall, 05 Feb
The renowned Norwegian pianist talks about Geirr Tveitt – the “Norwegian Bartók” – and his continuing love for Brahms and Schubert, ahead of a recital in Lugano in March.
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