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Bei seinem Klavierabend in der Philharmonie zeigte Kirill Gerstein Extreme von der Hölle bis zum Paradies auf.

Die Musik als Gegenwart: Teodor Currentzis gelingt mit dem SWR Symphonieorchester und dem Pianisten Kirill Gerstein ein atemberaubender Festspielabend, dem sich niemand zu entziehen vermag. 

Nicht weniger als sechzig grössere und kleinere Stars der klassischen Musikszene gaben sich beim Galakonzert in Verbier die Ehre. Ein grosser Erfolg für den Intendanten Martin Engstroem.

Thomas Larchers neues Werk fesselt die Aufmerksamkeit und überzeugt durch Mut zum Einfachen, sodass man sich auf ein Wiederhören freut.

Kirill Gerstein und Thomas Adès sorgen für einen unvergesslichen Strawinsky-Abend in der Elbphilharmonie.

Voll romantischer Dynamik präsentierten sich das Orchestre de Paris, Kirill Gerstein und Klaus Mäkelä in der Pariser Philharmonie.

Wenn die Technik nicht mitspielen will, ergeben sich manchmal göttliche Musikmomente.

Das Gewandhausorchester stellt in der umjubelten europäischen Erstaufführung von Thomas Adès' Klavierkonzert seine musikalische Kompetenz für die Stilrichtungen von Beethoven bis ins 21. Jahrhundert unter Beweis.

Antonio Pappano kehrt mit Bernstein und Rachmaninow zum Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks zurück.

Dans le Concerto pour piano n° 1 de Tchaïkovski comme dans Une symphonie alpestre de Richard Strauss, les interprètes évitent le piège d'un programme potentiellement indigeste.

Dans un récital qui associait Brahms et Liszt, le pianiste américain s'est mué en conteur merveilleux, faisant tout entendre et tout comprendre.

Daniele Gatti and Kirill Gerstein offer fresh, invigorating takes on two warhorses with the Staatskapelle Dresden. 

Thomas Søndergård, great and not so great, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in their first Hollywood Bowl concert of the summer. 

Daniele Rustioni leads the Pittsburgh Symphony in music inspired by Ancient Greece, flanking Kirill Gerstein’s take on Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto that restores the composer’s original intentions.

Thomas Adès serves up an astronomical programme, pairing his Piano Concerto and Paradiso with Holst’s crowd favourite, The Planets.

With an assist from soloist Kirill Gerstein, Alan Gilbert holds the audience rapt in his inaugural appearance with the Czech Philharmonic.

Blurring boundaries: Romanticism and Modernism in Kirill Gerstein and Alan Gilbert’s Boston Symphony performances at Tanglewood. 

Lackluster Gershwin undercuts an otherwise impressive outing by Jakub Hrůša and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. 

The pianist enchants the audience with Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, conducted by Leonidas Kavakos. 

The LSO celebrate the breadth and vividness of orchestral colour, while Kirill Gerstein’s Ravel is a shade too reverential.

Kirill Gerstein, together with Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO, delivers a coruscating performance of what is rapidly becoming a 21st-century classic, framed by Bartók and Beethoven.

Directeur musical du National et du George Enescu Festival, Cristian Măcelaru a dirigé un chef-d'œuvre méconnu, la Troisième Symphonie de Georges Enesco, après un formidable concerto de Rachmaninov par Kirill Gerstein.

Le jeune chef ouzbek a programmé le redoutable « digest » réalisé par Lorin Maazel à partir des quatre opéras formant Der Ring des Nibelungen de Wagner. L'occasion pour l'orchestre de se couvrir de gloire.

Typically interesting programming from Jurowski gave us the Proms premiere of Adès’ Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, combined with saucy Weill and forcefully modern Rachmaninov. 

Gerstein shows his virtuosic brilliance with speedy Rachmaninov while Jaime Martín and the NSO bring oriental magic to Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite.

In a brilliant performance of the "Leningrad" Symphony, Jaap van Zweden proved that great music knows no cultural borders.

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s polarised approach exaggerates music by Weinberg and Prokofiev, while Kirill Gerstein keeps control in a refreshing, elegant performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto.

Kirill Gerstein joins the LPO for a robust Rachmaninov anniversary tribute, while Szeps-Znaider makes his LPO debut as a conductor. 

Kirill Gerstein dio vida al inspirado Concierto para piano de Thomas Adès con su sonido rotundo a la par que la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia tuvo su protaganismo 

The two pianists strike gold with a fine duo recital at the Lucerne Festival.

Zurich's Tonhalle Orchestra and Paavo Järvi celebrate music by American composers Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin, along with a work by Paul Hindemith.

Invité pour la première fois à diriger le Belgian National Orchestra, le chef-compositeur montre son double talent en compagnie d'un excellent Kirill Gerstein.

A nine-day celebration that could be also seen as a mini relaunch for the controversial building 

Michael Schønwandt brings style to Scheherezade and Strauss, while Kirill Gerstein plays Ravel with lashings of Gallic élan.

François-Xavier Roth conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with pianist Kirill Gerstein in a thrillingly played trio of Debussy, Schoenberg and Stravinsky.

The CSO packed much excitement into an hour-long program, featuring folk-inspired works of Walker and Kodály, along with the irresistible charm of Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto.

After an eight-city recital tour of Japan with duo partner Daishin Kashimoto, Kirill Gerstein gave a recital of his own at Kioi Hall, arguably Tokyo's best acoustics for solo piano.

In his Zankel Hall recital, Gerstein underlined with purposeful clarity the fecundating power of just a few thematic ideas.

Un Beethoven unique, un Bartók franchement abstrait : rien n'arrête la recherche d'originalité des Hagen. Accompagnés de Kirill Gerstein, ils sont moins convaincants dans un Schumann un peu trop froid.

En ouverture d'un week-end consacré à Tchaïkovski à la Philharmonie de Paris, l'orchestre tchèque et son directeur musical ont délivré une remarquable interprétation de la symphonie à programme.

The distinctive sound of the orchestra that seems to encapsulate centuries of Central-European tradition – glowing violins, characterful winds and some of the most pregnant brass you can hear – bloomed in the marvellous acoustics of the Musikverein.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra give the UK premiere of one of André Previn's final works, while Joshua Weilerstein’s Rite of Spring brings a devastating blow in a programme of unique musical voices.

Under Alan Gilbert’s baton, Kirill Gerstein presented the very recent piano concerto of Thomas Adès on an otherwise conservative program of Bach and Brahms.

Kirill Gerstein’s interpretation of Brahms' Second Piano Concerto appeared as a true homage to the great Romanian pianist Radu Lupu.

Plenty of mustard with Ives' beguiling Americana and intelligent Beethoven from Kirill Gerstein.

The concerto is not only a dance with tradition, it’s a dance between Adès and his frequent collaborator and friend, Kirill Gerstein.

Kirill Gerstein’s broad pianistic expertise impresses in a mixed programme at Wigmore Hall.

Giancarlo Guerrero debutó con la Sinfónica de Galicia, acompañados por el pianista Kirill Gernstein presentaron un programa sencillo pero que redundó en una efusiva y arrolladora velada musical.

With his composer’s ear for detail, Pintscher also led a colorful performance of Bartók’s The Wooden Prince.

Commendably fine playing from the LPO conducted by Thomas Adès, and with Kirill Gerstein as soloist, three less than familiar works throw up overwhelming volumes of energy.