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Eugene Tzigane and Midori join PKF – Prague Philharmonia for fresh takes on familiar classics.

Après dix-huit mois de concerts sans public, Berwaldhallen revient à la vie avec le Baltic Sea Festival et son formidable concert d'ouverture, aussi intelligent que bouleversant.

A concert with a considerable sense of occasion, as the orchestra bids the Finn farewell from his Philharmonia post. 

Listening to arrangements of Bach is like Dostoevsky’s challenge not to think about polar bears. It’s best to put the Bach out of your thoughts, even if “the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.”

Au Festival de Menton, Boris Berezovsky a offert un récital époustouflant de virtuosité et de sensibilité, où Scriabine répondait à Rachmaninov.

Conductor JoAnn Falletta, violinist Alexi Kenney and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra offer up vibrant and vital interpretations of Boulanger, Mozart and Brahms. 

Interleaving Bach violin concertos with Haydn symphonies, the ACO give an energetic performance in the Sydney Opera House, with highlight solos from Richard Tognetti and Helena Rathbone.

“The name Stradivarius had an air of magic to me.” Virtuoso violinist James Ehnes’ statement manages to capture the air of reverence which underpinned Friday’s Music at Oxford concert. The gala marked the opening of the UK’s first Stradivarius exhibition at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum, and two violins from the exhibition were on temporary release for the evening.