Performer: Ilya Gringolts

Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO are in their element in rich repertoire including Szymanowski, Pejačević, Wagner and Strauss. 

The world premiere of a violin concerto by Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski takes centre stage, performed by Ilya Gringolts. 

The Tonhalle Zürich performs a major work by American composer John Adams alongside the first of Gustav Mahler’s great symphonies. 

This summer marks the tenth anniversary of the Chigiana International Festival, but its origins go back a century to the founder of the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Count Guido Chigi Saracini.