Majestic pathos and patriotic marches

Von Zoltán Szabó, 18 August 2015

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“uniquely sweet vibrato – so recognisable that it could be patented to his name and person”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Sydney Opera House: Utzon Room, Sydney, am 16 August 2015

Dvořák, Romantische Stücke für Violine und Klavier, Op.75

Schumann, Adagio und Allegro As-Dur, Op.70

Beethoven, Violinsonate Nr. 1 D-Dur, Op. 12 Nr. 1

Dvořák, Klaviertrio Nr. 4 in e-Moll "Dumky", Op.90

Pinchas Zukerman, Violine

Amanda Forsyth, Cello

Angela Cheng, Klavier

Sublime Beethoven in Angela Cheng’s "Soirée viennoise"

Marc Wieser, 20th May

Angela Cheng’s recital featured a potentially intimidating quartet of sonatas by the Viennese masters, but under her hands the music was anything but intimidating.

*****

Smiles of a summer night: Paavo Järvi at the Pärnu Music Festival

Richard Bratby, 15th July

New music, old friends and supercharged Strauss from the Estonian Festival Orchestra.

****1

RPO and Pinchas Zukerman deliver safe as houses repertoire

David Truslove, 26th April

Assured and mostly rewarding performances from the RPO in standard fare that underlined Bruch’s nobility, Elgar’s masterly orchestration and the originality of Sibelius.

****1

Zukerman y la OSNCH: maestría colaborativa

Álvaro Gallegos, 10th August

El reconocido solista, junto a su igualmente virtuosa pareja brillaron a la par que la orquesta chilena en una colaboración equilibrada, y una oferta musical contundente.

****1

Lacklustre interpretations of Romantic classics

Jack Johnson, 30th June

Despite some briliant orchestral playing and orchestral warhorses, Pinchas Zukerman's wooden conducting style made for an unmemorable evening at Cadogan Hall.

**111

Grandseigneurs im Festspielhaus

Peter Karmann, 15th April

Zubin Mehta, Pinchas Zukerman und die Berliner Philharmoniker begeistern mit erfrischendem Elgar und packendem Tschaikowsky.

****1

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Majestic pathos and patriotic marches: the Zukerman Trio at the Sydney Opera House