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Charlotte Gardner

Charlotte Gardner

Charlotte Gardner is a music critic and journalist regularly to be found in specialist music publications including Gramophone (where she specialises in strings and Baroque), The Strad and Classical Music magazine, and writing concert programme notes for organisations including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Before turning to writing she spent eight years at the BBC, the final years of which were in News, on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. She holds a Music MA from the University of Cambridge.

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Ungemein üppig: Händels Imeneo im Deutschen Theater Göttingen

Von Charlotte Gardner, 06 Mai 2016

Historisch informierte Barockgesten und Balletteinschübe: Händels einzige Operette erlebt eine seltene Inszenierung und musikalische Wandlung in Sigried T'Hoofts neuer Produktion für die Internaltionalen Händel-Festspiele Göttingen.

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Ungemein üppig: Händels Imeneo in Göttingen

Von Charlotte Gardner

Quatuor Ébène (l-r): Yuya Okamoto, Gabriel Le Magadure, Marie Chilemme, Pierre Colombet © Julien Mignot

Ambassadors for chamber music: Quatuor Ébène

Von Charlotte Gardner, 02 Juni 2026

Ahead of the 2026 ARD International Music Competition, Quatuor Ébène’s Pierre Colombet and Gabriel Le Magadure talk about the competition’s transformative effect on their career, performing Beethoven around the world, and advocating for chamber music.

Quatuor Ébène (l-r): Yuya Okamoto, Gabriel Le Magadure, Marie Chilemme, Pierre Colombet © Julien Mignot

Ambassadors for chamber music: Quatuor Ébène

Von Charlotte Gardner

Anastasia Kobekina © Nicolas Hudak | Sony Music Entertainment

Attuned to the times: Anastasia Kobekina in Prague

Von Charlotte Gardner, 30 April 2026

Ahead of a return to Prague to perform with the Czech Philharmonic, Anastasia Kobekina talks about Bryce Dessner’s new cello concerto, Trembling Earth, her love for Dvořák, and exploring new instruments.

Anastasia Kobekina © Nicolas Hudak | Sony Music Entertainment

Attuned to the times: Anastasia Kobekina in Prague

Von Charlotte Gardner

Vilde Frang, Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra © LSO | Mark Allan

Pappano and the LSO deliver a thrilling collision between heaven and hell

Von Charlotte Gardner, 16 April 2026

Vilde Frang joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican for transcendent Korngold alongside darker fare.

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Vilde Frang, Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra © LSO | Mark Allan

Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell

Von Charlotte Gardner

Alessio Bax, Natalia Lomeiko, Lawrence Power, Nabil Shehata and Paul Watkins © Sophie Oliver | Sinfonia Smith Square

Alessio Bax’s inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music sets off to a flying start

Von Charlotte Gardner, 26 März 2026

Alessio Bax's inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music sets off with a spring in its step.

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Alessio Bax, Natalia Lomeiko, Lawrence Power, Nabil Shehata and Paul Watkins © Sophie Oliver | Sinfonia Smith Square

Alessio Bax’s inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music

Von Charlotte Gardner

Edward Gardner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra © Mark Allan (2025)

Phoenix Lands: the London Philharmonic blazes with energy

Von Charlotte Gardner, 04 Februar 2026

Edward Gardner’s Bacewicz, Martinů, Lutosławski and Janáček set the Royal Festival Hall ablaze.

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Edward Gardner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra © Mark Allan (2025)

Phoenix Lands: the London Philharmonic blazes with energy

Von Charlotte Gardner

Hugo Ticciati and O/Modernt © Hugo Glendinning

Brahms unpacked at Wigmore Hall by Hugo Ticciati and O/Modernt

Von Charlotte Gardner, 26 Januar 2026

Soprano Cornelia Beskow and accordionist Leo Florin join O/Modernt for a night of gypsy vim and Viennese swing at Wigmore Hall.

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Hugo Ticciati and O/Modernt © Hugo Glendinning

Brahms unpacked by Hugo Ticciati and O/Modernt

Von Charlotte Gardner

Eva Ollikainen and Johannes Moser © BBC | Andy Paradise

Icelandic fire from Ollikainen, Moser and Thorvaldsdottir at the BBC Proms

Von Charlotte Gardner, 13 August 2025

Eva Ollikainen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and soloist Johannes Moser in the UK premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s BBC co-commissioned Cello Concerto.

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Eva Ollikainen and Johannes Moser © BBC | Andy Paradise

Icelandic fire from Anna Thorvaldsdottir at the BBC Proms

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Pacho Flores © BBC | Chris Christodoulou

Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s winsome New World at the Proms

Von Charlotte Gardner, 07 August 2025

Domingo Hindoyan, Pacho Flores and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra set the BBC Proms on fire with music from the Americas.

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Pacho Flores © BBC | Chris Christodoulou

Hindoyan and the RLPO: New World at the Proms

Von Charlotte Gardner

Domingo Hindoyan © Barbican | Mark Allan

Dancing down south: Domingo Hindoyan and the RLPO at the Barbican

Von Charlotte Gardner, 19 Mai 2025

Hindoyan, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Pablo Ferrández prompt musings on life, death, dance and the pursuit of beauty in London’s Barbican.

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Domingo Hindoyan © Barbican | Mark Allan

Dancing down south: Hindoyan and the RLPO at the Barbican

Von Charlotte Gardner

Pierre Bleuse conducts the Orchestre du Festival Pablo Casals © Festival de Pâques 2025 | Caroline Doutre

Aix-en-Provence

War and Peace in Aix-en-Provence

Von Charlotte Gardner, 25 April 2025

Gautier Capuçon, Pierre Bleuse and the Orchestre du Festival Casals bring a devastating Shostakovich First Cello Concerto to Aix-en-Provence's Festival de Pâques.

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Pierre Bleuse conducts the Orchestre du Festival Pablo Casals © Festival de Pâques 2025 | Caroline Doutre

Aix-en-Provence

War and Peace in Aix-en-Provence

Von Charlotte Gardner

Beatrice Rana © Festival de Pâques 2025 | Caroline Doutre

Aix-en-Provence

Thrills without chills in Aix-en-Provence

Von Charlotte Gardner, 24 April 2025

Beatrice Rana, Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France bring a thrilling Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto to the Festival de Pâques, even if their Shostakovich 10 is more of a beauty than a bully.

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Beatrice Rana © Festival de Pâques 2025 | Caroline Doutre

Aix-en-Provence

Thrills without chills in Aix-en-Provence

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Franz Schubert Filharmonia at InClassica International Festival © InClassica

Swings and roundabouts in Dubai: InClassica 2025

Von Charlotte Gardner, 18 April 2025

The uber-glitzy classical music festival opens with performances by Franz Schubert Filharmonia and the Tokyo Philharmonic, and soloists Edgar Moreau and Giuseppe Gibboni.

Franz Schubert Filharmonia at InClassica International Festival © InClassica

Swings and roundabouts in Dubai: InClassica 2025

Von Charlotte Gardner

Mao Fujita and the Philharmonia © Marc Gascoigne

Heavenly Mozart plus a cadenza world premiere from Mao Fujita

Von Charlotte Gardner, 20 März 2025

In the second of his Mozart concerto appearances with the Philharmonia, Mao Fujita plays the heavenly Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major.

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Mao Fujita and the Philharmonia © Marc Gascoigne

Heavenly Mozart plus a cadenza world premiere from Mao Fujita

Von Charlotte Gardner

Tessa Lark © Benjamin Allen

Brave new worlds from Domingo Hindoyan, Tessa Lark and the BBCSO

Von Charlotte Gardner, 13 Februar 2025

Musical Americana as RLPO Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan makes his BBC Symphony Orchestra debut.

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Tessa Lark © Benjamin Allen

Brave new worlds from Domingo Hindoyan and Tessa Lark

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Gautier Capuçon © Nikos Aliagas

Making music humanly: Gautier Capuçon

Von Charlotte Gardner, 07 Februar 2025

Ahead of an appearance in Lugano in March, the busy French cellist talks about his relationships with Martha Argerich, his brother Renaud, and mentoring young musicians with the Fondation Gautier Capuçon.

Gautier Capuçon © Nikos Aliagas

Making music humanly: Gautier Capuçon

Von Charlotte Gardner

Edward Gardner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra © Mark Allan

Moments to Remember: interwoven dialogues from Gardner, Faust and the LPO

Von Charlotte Gardner, 15 Januar 2025

Heaven on Earth from Edward Gardner and Isabelle Faust in the latest in the LPO's ‘Moments Remembered’ series at the Royal Festival Hall.

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Edward Gardner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra © Mark Allan

Interwoven dialogues from Gardner, Faust and the LPO

Von Charlotte Gardner

Laurence Cummings and the Academy of Ancient Music © Ben Ealovega

Academy of Ancient Music and Laurence Cummings deliver a majestic Messiah

Von Charlotte Gardner, 16 Dezember 2024

Laurence Cummings and the AAM serve up Messiah-shaped serenity at the Barbican.

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Laurence Cummings and the Academy of Ancient Music © Ben Ealovega

Academy of Ancient Music delivers a majestic Messiah

Von Charlotte Gardner

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Rudolf Buchbinder and Gautier Capuçon © The Wigmore Hall Trust

Perfectly weighted conversation: Szeps-Znaider, Capuçon and Buchbinder play Schubert

Von Charlotte Gardner, 11 November 2024

Three become one as Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Gautier Capuçon and Rudolf Buchbinder bring Schubert to London.

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Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Rudolf Buchbinder and Gautier Capuçon © The Wigmore Hall Trust

Perfectly weighted conversation: Szeps-Znaider, Capuçon and Buchbinder

Von Charlotte Gardner

CBeebies returns to the BBC Proms

Von Charlotte Gardner, 29 August 2016

Jessica Cottis and the BBC Concert Orchestra are Tree Fu Go.

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CBeebies returns to the BBC Proms

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Prom 26: Romanticism Triumphs as the Modernists come to the Proms

Von Charlotte Gardner, 04 August 2016

Brahms's Second Piano Concerto acts as the enlightening partner to Dutch avant-garde composer Reinbert de Leeuw's first symphonic work in 40 years, under the baton of Oliver Knussen.

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Prom 26: Romanticism Triumphs as the Modernists come to the Proms

Von Charlotte Gardner

Bax's “Emperor” reigns at Tuscany's Incontri in terra di Siena festival

Von Charlotte Gardner, 30 Juli 2016

The Incontri in terra di Siena festival's incoming artistic director, Alessio Bax, goes down a storm with Beethoven's "Emperor".

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Bax's “Emperor” reigns in Siena

Von Charlotte Gardner

Prom 10: Frothy and fast-paced: Ten Pieces Secondary Prom roars to life

Von Charlotte Gardner, 23 Juli 2016

Celebrating Youth, Music and Education in Roof-Raising Style: Ten Pieces Secondary comes to the BBC Proms

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Prom 10: Frothy and fast-paced: Ten Pieces

Von Charlotte Gardner

Prom 8: Glitterball and sequins as Strictly sambas into the Proms

Von Charlotte Gardner, 21 Juli 2016

Glitterballs and ticker tape come to the Royal Albert Hall as BBC Proms and Strictly Come Dancing prove that Two can Tango...

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Glitterball and sequins as Strictly sambas into the Proms

Von Charlotte Gardner