Seoul Arts Center: Renes and Lisiecki play Beethoven and Mahler

Lawrence Renes and the Seoul Arts Center Festival Orchestra

Jan Lisiecki

Von SangKwon Lee, 11 August 2025

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Seoul Arts Center: Concert Hall, Seoul, am 10 August 2025

Beethoven, Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 in c-Moll, Op.37

Mahler, Symphonie Nr. 1 in D-Dur 'Titan'

Jan Lisiecki, Klavier

SAC Festival Orchestra

Lawrence Renes, Musikalische Leitung

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Michael Klier, 28th June

Die Dreiecksbeziehung mit tragischem Ausgang wurde von einem vollblütigen Sängerensemble und dem außergewöhnlich engagiert spielenden Mahler Chamber Orchestra getragen.

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Renes replaces Runnicles in a remarkable Philharmonia Bruckner 8

Dominic Lowe, 19th February

Stepping in for Sir Donald Runnicles at very short notice, Lawrences Renes conducts the Philharmonia in a sleek and vivid reading of Bruckner's magisterial Eighth Symphony.

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Ehnes and Renes star in memorable all-Beethoven evening in Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 9th November

Another all-Beethoven concert? But was this the Singapore Symphony's best in our writer’s 45 years of concert-going?

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Abel Selaocoe brings his spirited musicianship to Seattle

Thomas May, 13th April

South African musical phenomenon Abel Selaocoe plays multiple roles as the soloist in his Four Spirits, which is complemented by a shockingly fresh Symphonie fantastique under Lawrence Renes.

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Raffinement et virtuosité, maîtres mots pour l’ONL dans son Auditorium

Augustin Javel, 13th February

Si la direction quelque peu verticale de Lawrence Renes ne convainc pas totalement, les musiciens de l'ONL ont livré une admirable performance musicale dans un programme entièrement vingtiémiste.

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Filarmónica Joven de Colombia: impecable y sorprendente

Irene Littfack, 25th January

La Filarmónica Joven de Colombia bajo la dirección de Lawrence Renes llenó de grandeza el auditorio del Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo con la monumental Sinfonía núm. 8 de Bruckner.

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SangKwon Lee

SangKwon Lee is a Seoul-based classical music critic whose writing focuses on concert performances and recordings. A contributor to Gramophone and a member of the Music Critics Association of North America, he covers the classical music scene in Korea and internationally.

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