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Als „Menuhin’s Heritage Artist” entführte der feurige serbisch-französische Geiger Nemanja Radulović mit seinem Ensemble Double Sens das Publikum in die Welt der Bearbeitungen und der Folklore. 

Mit einer unverwechselbaren Wiedergabe von Sibelius‘ Violinkonzert bestätigt die niederländische Geigerin ihr Weltformat. Und in Rimsky-Korsakows Scheherazade schlägt die Stunde des Tonhalle-Orchesters Zürich und seines Chefdirigenten Paavo Järvi. 

Eklat bei der Schweizer Tournee des City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Starpianist Fazıl Say wurde wegen einer Israel-kritischen Äusserungen kurzfristig ausgeladen. Eine Chance für den Einspringer.

Bereits zum Saisonauftakt präsentieren das hr-Sinfonieorchester und Alain Altinoglu ein Konzert voller Highlights – nicht zuletzt dank Alexander Malofeevs grandioser Interpretation von Rachmaninows Drittem Klavierkonzert.

Neben Prokofjews Erstem Violinkonzert glitzerte das Orchestre National de France unter Lionel Bringuier in Debussy und Rimsky-Korsakow.

Ein technisch perfektes Tonhalle-Orchester unter Lionel Bringuier fesselt mit Honegger und einem umwerfenden Klavierkonzert Brittens.

Orientalische Sujets spielen in der Musikgeschichte schon seit dem Barock eine Rolle. Die Münchner Symphoniker präsentierten die Orientbegeisterung der Komponisten in einem spannenden Programm im Münchner Brunnenhof.

Aufregender Franck, viel Spaß in Rimsky-Korsakow und ein beeindruckendes Berliner Philharmoniker-Debüt von Nikolai Lugansky in Rachmaninows Paganini-Rhapsodie.

Eine brillante Komposition bot sich dem Publikum im Opernhaus, von Carlo Grante und dem Orchester in Bestform souverän gespielt.

Fazil Say zog das Düsseldorfer Publikum mit seinem emotionsgeladenen Spiel in den Bann.

Dirigent Salvador Mas Conde verlangte im Spiegelsaal von Schloss Herrenchiemsee den Musikern der Klangverwaltung alles ab - und offenbart die Schönheit der russischen Romantik in all ihren Facetten.

Sergey Katchatryan brilliert im Violinkonzert des Jubilars Sibelius, doch die Münchner Philharmoniker stehen ihm in Virtuosität und Farbenreichtum in nichts nach.

Au côté d'un Alexandre Kantorow toujours au sommet, les Münchner Philharmoniker ont laissé une impression mitigée malgré la direction impeccable de Tugan Sokhiev.

A new leader takes over that BSO's concertmaster chair that Malcolm Lowe occupied with distinction for more than three decades

The 37-year-old Hong Kong native brings her calling card, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, to colorful life during a conducting tour through the United States. 

Charlotte Corderoy impresses in her Cadogan Hall debut with a trio of 19th-century Russian classics, featuring pianist Martin James Bartlett playing Tchaikovsky.

The UK premiere of Dessner's Piano Concerto is followed by a lavishly gorgeous account of Scheherazade. 

Tianyi Lu draws on the individual and collective virtuosity of the LPO to make an impressive debut in Rimsky-Korsakov, while Tom Borrow underplays the imperial qualities of Beethoven's “Emperor” Concerto. 

Lera Auerbach's Icarus serves up lots of flavours without much meat, but the RSNO's new principal cello makes a first class soloist debut with them in Shostakovich.

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

On paper this looked entrancing: a French conductor with Armenian roots assaying a score of oriental splendour. It was the first half, however, with Dutilleux and Debussy that satisfied more.

An all-Russian programme from Alexander Malofeev and Dan Ettinger, held at the Teatro Politeama in Naples as the San Carlo is temporarily closed for refurbishment.

Sir Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia give fine performances of works by Rossini, Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov. 

On her Proms debut, Ariane Matiakh spins tales from The Arabian Nights in two versions, along with the world premiere of a harp concerto inspired by the life of bees. 

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is reunited with its former Chief Conductor for an all-Russian evening in Cheltenham Town Hall as the festival opens its 77th season.

Sous la direction idéale de Clemens Heil et avec la complicité virtuose de Claire Désert, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse a montré son appétence pour le répertoire romantique.

A standard programme of overture, concerto and symphonic suite, but with mixed results: Kerem Hasan and the RPO bring out all the vibrancy in Rimsky-Korsakov whereas Fumiya Koido disappoints in Beethoven.

La Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia estrena la obra de Sánchez-Verdú Memoria del ocre.

In Atlanta, conductor Robert Spano, mandolinist Avi Avital and composer Jennifer Higdon ignite fiery performances.

The orchestra's programme of French and Russian classics exploring the myths of the Mediterranean and Eastern worlds proves a hit on tour in New York.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted a never-better Philadelphia Orchestra in a program that also included a benchmark performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.

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

Quelle alchimie pour une première rencontre ! Après un concerto de Liszt interprété par un Jean-Yves Thibaudet au sommet, la Shéhérazade de Lionel Bringuier et du BNO fut une merveille.

It was in the return of the love theme that was initiated with the greatest delicacy that elevated the movement from the whimsical to the sublime.

Quelle générosité de couleurs dans ce programme russe que nous offre l'Orchestre de Paris pour sa reprise tant attendue des concerts avec public !

El magnífico Emmanuel Pahud era el atractivo principal de una velada que incluía el Concierto para flauta de Khachaturian además de Scheherazade de Rimsky-Korsakov.

Showcases of pure virtuosity by Denis Matsuev and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under Leonard Slatkin, in performances of both Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade at Ravinia.

Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto is every inch the warhorse asScheherazade, yet with Ott there was never a sense of routine.

Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall was plunged into luscious sunshine with music from across the Tropics. The first half was filled with the sounds of Latin America before a nautical Arabian tour.

Zubin Mehta and the Berlin Philharmonic have an extraordinary relationship lasting over five decades. In three performances in the Philharmonie, Mehta paired a piece from the core of his romantic repertoire with a new percussion concerto.

An evening of different musical flavours, but none, as yet, are quite distinctive on the palate.

La Orquesta Filarmónica de Oslo, con el laureado Vasily Petrenko a la batuta, en Madrid, un concierto remarcable en el que el solista, Simon Trpčeski, demostró una técnica y claridad pianística abrumadora.

Jakub Hrůša and Simon Trpčeski with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra impress at Lincoln Center with a programme of works from Central and Eastern Europe. 

A globally-connected journey of exoticism: Yu Long delivers with Scheherazade.

Gustavo Gimeno conducts a program anchored by Scheherazade as well as a cello concerto by Ginastera, featuring Cleveland Orchestra principal Mark Kosower.

Gergiev y la Orquesta del Teatro Mariinsky reviven de manera excelsa el vínculo entre la gran tradición musical rusa y el folclore español durante su primera intervención en el Festival de Granada. 

Robert Spano led the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra closed out its regular season with a thrilling Scheherezade.

Simon Trpčeski tackles a solo piano arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral masterpiece along with gentler Grieg and Mendelssohn. 

The latest concert in the LPO's “Changing Faces: Stravinsky’s Journeys” series focussed on storytelling of the symphonic kind. 

Thomas Søndergård's Scheherezade is overactive, but their concerto soloist is one of the family