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Amsterdam

23. Juli 2026

Ravishing Rachmaninov from Alpesh Chauhan and the Belgian NO

Von Clare Varney

Tine Thing Helseth © Sharyn Bellemakers | The Hallé

Sheffield

Tine Thing Helseth introduces Nico Muhly’s vision of the end of the world to Sheffield

Von Phil Parker, 15. März 2026

Doom – both personal and cosmic – and its aftermath are the focus of Alpesh Chauhan’s Hallé concert at Sheffield’s City Hall.

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Sheffield

15. März 2026

Nico Muhly’s vision of the end of the world comes to Sheffield

Von Phil Parker

Liverpool

Simone Lamsma dazzles in Britten as Chauhan brings sunshine to a stormy Liverpool

Von Leighton Jones, 2. Oktober 2025

In a programme very much rooted in the spirit dance, Britten’s Violin Concerto shines through in Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall.

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Liverpool

2. Okt. 2025

Simone Lamsma dazzles in Britten with the Liverpool Phil

Von Leighton Jones

Brendan Gunnell, Alpesh Chauhan and Karen Cargill © Jonathan Ferro

Symphonic landscapes: Alpesh Chauhan and the CBSO connect Beethoven and Mahler

Von Simon Cummings, 6. März 2025

Two very different natural worlds are connected in a compelling performance of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, featuring Karen Cargill and Brenden Gunnell.

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Birmingham

6. März 2025

Symphonic landscapes: Chauhan and the CBSO connect Beethoven to Mahler

Von Simon Cummings

Raphaela Gromes © Sharyn Bellemakers | The Hallé

Manchester

Swaggering Strauss and a UK premiere from Alpesh Chauhan and The Hallé

Von Rohan Shotton, 27. Februar 2025

Leaping in at short notice, Alpesh Chauhan conducts The Hallé in Strauss, Herz and Prokofiev with lively charisma in a colourful programme.

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Manchester

27. Feb. 2025

Swaggering Strauss and a UK premiere from Alpesh Chauhan and The Hallé

Von Rohan Shotton

Alban Gerhardt, Alpesh Chauhan and the BBC Philharmonic © BBC | Chris Payne

Manchester

Darkness and heroism in Shostakovich and Strauss from the BBC Philharmonic

Von Rohan Shotton, 16. November 2024

Alpesh Chauhan conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a striking programme of 20th- and 21st-century works including the UK premiere of Anna Clyne's The Moment.

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Manchester

16. Nov. 2024

Darkness and heroism from the BBC Philharmonic

Von Rohan Shotton

Pavel Kolesnikov in rehearsal with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra © Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Poole

An evening of exceptional performances from Chauhan, Kolesnikov and the BSO

Von David Truslove, 10. Januar 2024

Music by Elgar, Liszt and Brahms form an attractive and scrupulously prepared programme, delivered with great aplomb by Alpesh Chauhan and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

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Poole

10. Jan. 2024

An evening of exceptional performances from Chauhan and the BSO

Von David Truslove

Alpesh Chauhan conducts the Symphony Orchestra of India © TradePhotographer

When East meets West: the Symphony Orchestra of India in London Town

Von Alexander Hall, 30. November 2023

Visiting orchestras often bring something special with them: here it was a newly commissioned triple concerto for classical Indian instruments. Alpesh Chauhan impresses in Stravinsky, less so in Richard Strauss.

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London

30. Nov. 2023

When East meets West: the Symphony Orchestra of India in London Town

Von Alexander Hall

Los Angeles

Saad Haddad premiere shines alongside Hilary Hahn at Walt Disney Concert Hall

Von Laurence Vittes, 20. Oktober 2023

Alpesh Chauhan conducts the LA Phil in the world premiere of Saad Haddad's cinematic Aysheen.

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Los Angeles

20. Okt. 2023

Saad Haddad premiere shines alongside Hilary Hahn at LA Phil

Von Laurence Vittes

Alpesh Chauhan conducts the Hallé © Alex Burns | The Hallé

Sheffield

Mixed results as the Hallé opens Sheffield’s 2023–24 concert season

Von Phil Parker, 29. September 2023

How much emotion is too much emotion? After drily sardonic Adès and tender Shostakovich, the Hallé shows what happens when Tchaikovsky’s music is over-indulged.

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Sheffield

29. Sept. 2023

Mixed results as the Hallé opens Sheffield’s 2023–24 concert season

Von Phil Parker

Seattle

Reliable values and a thrilling discovery: Seattle SO with Hilary Hahn and Alpesh Chauhan

Von Thomas May, 20. Oktober 2022

Hilary Hahn and Brahms are the big name draws, but Seattle Symphony's program introduces a remarkable young conductor who makes a powerful impact.

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Seattle

20. Okt. 2022

Reliable values and a thrilling discovery from the Seattle Symphony

Von Thomas May

Infectious dynamism from Currie, assured Bruckner and Shostakovich from the BBC SSO

Von Nick Boston, 29. Juli 2022

An exciting European premiere of Nicole Lizée's percussion concerto from Colin Currie, Alpesh Chauhan and the BBC SSO, followed by touching intensity in Bruckner, and an assured Shostakovich Fifth Symphony.

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London

29. Juli 2022

Infectious dynamism from Currie, intensity from an assured BBC SSO

Von Nick Boston

Expressive warmth from Chauhan, Hough and the BBC SO

Von Alexander Hall, 27. Mai 2022

Alpesh Chauhan and the BBC SO assay Bruckner's final symphonic statement, while Stephen Hough once more demonstrates his affinity for a Romantic composer like Rachmaninov.

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London

27. Mai 2022

Expressive warmth from Chauhan, Hough and the BBC SO

Von Alexander Hall

Basingstoke

Chauhan, Gillam and the Philharmonia on fine form at the Anvil

Von David Truslove, 3. März 2022

Exhilarating performances from The Philharmonia in a trio of Russian composers brought to life by Alpesh Chauhan, with Jess Gillam as a distinguished soloist.

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Basingstoke

3. März 2022

Chauhan and the Philharmonia on fine form at the Anvil

Von David Truslove

The best of Russia: Alpesh Chauhan and the London Philharmonic play Rachmaninov

Von Roy Westbrook, 26. Februar 2022

Rather than settle for a risk-free approach, Chauhan went for it in an interpretation that encouraged the LPO to dare all.

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London

26. Feb. 2022

The best of Russia: Alpesh Chauhan and the LPO play Rachmaninov

Von Roy Westbrook

Poole

Polished, characterful performances from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Von David Truslove, 8. Dezember 2021

Alpesh Chauhan presides over stylish accounts of Grieg and Sibelius and gives solid reasons why we should hear more performances of Sibelius' Third Symphony.

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Poole

8. Dez. 2021

Polished, characterful performances from the Bournemouth SO

Von David Truslove

Echoes of Scotland: musical postcards from Chauhan and the BBCSO

Von Peter Connors, 25. April 2021

Alpesh Chauhan and the BBCSO give a finely judged “Scottish” Symphony, Timothy Ridout plays Sally Beamish's haunting Under the Wing of the Rock and a riotous Orkney Wedding with Sunrise concludes a celebration of Scotland.

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London

25. Apr. 2021

Echoes of Scotland: musical postcards from Chauhan and the BBCSO

Von Peter Connors

Chauhan and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra save the best till last

Von Alexander Hall, 4. Juni 2019

A potentially stimulating mix of full-bloodied Russian orchestral writing not fully realised by the RPO and Alpesh Chauhan, but with a promising concerto debut by Diana Adamyan.

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London

4. Juni 2019

Chauhan and the RPO save the best till last

Von Alexander Hall

Nancy

À Nancy, Mozart a le charme Sévère

Von Beate Langenbruch, 18. Januar 2019

La salle Poirel se délecte du Concerto pour clarinette de Mozart interprété par Raphaël Sévère. Des œuvres symphoniques de Smetana et Borodine bénéficient de la direction fougueuse d’Alpesh Chauhan.

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Nancy

18. Jan. 2019

À Nancy, Mozart a le charme Sévère

Von Beate Langenbruch

Chauhan takes CBSO from shaky start to triumphant finale

Von Robert Gainer, 27. September 2018

Conductor Alpesh Chauhan and pianist Pavel Kolesnikov returned to Birmingham with an Italian themed programme. Could they build on the success of their previous performances with the CBSO?

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Birmingham

27. Sept. 2018

Chauhan takes CBSO from shaky start to triumphant finale

Von Robert Gainer

Shades of grey for a winter's day: the LSO, Chauhan and Grosvenor

Von Alexander Hall, 26. Januar 2017

Two works by Brahms and an early tone poem by Strauss only partially succeed in performances by the LSO under Alpesh Chauhan and with Benjamin Grosvenor as soloist.

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London

26. Jan. 2017

Shades of grey for a winter's day

Von Alexander Hall

Bold Bruckner and shimmering Strauss as Chauhan conducts the CBSO

Von Richard Ely, 6. Oktober 2016

The CBSO's former Assistant Conductor tackles a challenging programme of an early Bruckner symphony and Strauss' hardy perennial Four Last Songs.

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Birmingham

6. Okt. 2016

Bold Bruckner and shimmering Strauss from Chauhan

Von Richard Ely

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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London

23. Juli 2016

Prom 10: Frothy and fast-paced: Ten Pieces

Von Charlotte Gardner

Alpesh Chauhan impresses with Mendelssohn's Italian in Birmingham

Von Robert Gainer, 8. Juni 2016

Mendelsohn's Italian Symphony is a perenial and popular favourite, but perhaps one with which we are over-familiar. Could young Alpesh Chauhan do something fresh with it?

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Birmingham

8. Juni 2016

Alpesh Chauhan impresses with Mendelssohn's Italian in Birmingham

Von Robert Gainer

CBSO give an outstanding UK première of Golijov's Azul and Shostakovich's Fifteenth

Von Clive Peacock, 9. März 2016

As Birmingham-born Alpesh Chauhan builds his reputation towards becoming a conductor much in demand, so the CBSO finds itself in the fortunate position of securing the services of Mirga Gražytė-Tyla as Andris Nelsons’ successor as Music Director, with a chance to grow Chauhan as Assistant Conductor.

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Birmingham

9. März 2016

CBSO give an outstanding UK première of Golijov's Azul and Shostakovich's Fifteenth

Von Clive Peacock

Manchester

A Happy New Year from the Manchester Camerata

Von Peter Connors, 1. Januar 2016

The Manchester Camerata under Alpesh Chouhan and soprano Olena Tokar welcomed the New Year with Johann Strauss favourites, five of Brahms's Hungarian Dances and a selection of arias.

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Manchester

1. Jan. 2016

A Happy New Year from the Manchester Camerata

Von Peter Connors

A satisfying substitution in Birmingham and plenty of Dutch courage

Von Peter Marks, 11. Juni 2015

Standing in for an unwell Andris Nelsons, Birmingham-born Alpesh Chauhan proved a satisfying substitution for a capacity audience at Symphony Hall.

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