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Lucerne

Mirrors and echoes: Pierre Boulez celebrated at the Lucerne Festival

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 27 August 2025

Liv Redpath and Bertrand Chamayou shine at the Lucerne Festival in this celebration of Pierre Boulez's legacy.

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Lucerne

29 Aug 2025

Mirrors and echoes: Pierre Boulez celebrated at the Lucerne Festival

By Elodie Olson-Coons

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Cologne

Music from Wonderland to Heaven at Kölner Philharmonie

By Kurt Gottschalk, 29 June 2025

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller joined the visiting Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin for Mahler's Fourth Symphony and Unsuk Chin's surprising Puzzles and Games, derived from her opera Alice in Wonderland.

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Cologne

02 Jul 2025

Music from Wonderland to Heaven at Kölner Philharmonie

By Kurt Gottschalk

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Hamburg

A cold blaze of dreams and consciousness: Unsuk Chin's new opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes

By Mengguang Huang, 31 May 2025

At Staatsoper Hamburg, Unsuk Chin’s new opera The Dark Side of the Moon immerses audiences in an hypnotic, introspective journey, where dreams, science and psyche collide in a rigorously crafted, thought-provoking spectacle.

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Hamburg

01 Jun 2025

Unsuk Chin's opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes premieres in Hamburg

By Mengguang Huang

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Houston

Death and lunacy in Juraj Valčuha's Houston Symphony program

By Kurt Gottschalk, 15 February 2025

A mad March hare, a murdered child, a hypochondriac prince, and a roomful of dead wives make for a stellar concert by the Houston Symphony Orchestra.

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Houston

17 Feb 2025

Death and lunacy in Juraj Valčuha's Houston Symphony program

By Kurt Gottschalk

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Snape

Gerhardt and Wigglesworth triumph in Unsuk Chin and Bruckner with the BBC SSO

By Roy Westbrook, 20 June 2024

At last, Bruckner conducting is no longer a specialism confined to a few Austro-German artists devoted to overcoming resistance to the composer’s greatness.

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Snape

21 Jun 2024

BBC SSO triumphs in Bruckner and Unsuk Chin

By Roy Westbrook

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Berlin

Sounds of the contemporary: André de Ridder and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester

By Elena Luporini, 21 January 2024

Closing the 26th edition of the Ultraschall Berlin festival, André de Ridden and the DSO prove the vitality of the contemporary orchestra with a programme featuring works by Streich, Chin and Andre.

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Berlin

23 Jan 2024

Sounds of the contemporary from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester

By Elena Luporini

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Sheffield

Anja Bihlmaier and the Hallé thrill with Beethoven 4 in Sheffield

By Phil Parker, 14 October 2023

Too often overshadowed by its neighbours, Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony gets star billing from Bihlmaier and the Hallé in Sheffield's City Hall.

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Sheffield

15 Oct 2023

Anja Bihlmaier and the Hallé thrill with Beethoven 4

By Phil Parker

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London

London Sinfonietta and Pierre-Laurent Aimard join forces for Ligeti 100 retrospective

By Marat Ingeldeev, 14 October 2023

Inside Queen Elizabeth Hall, a centenary celebration of György Ligeti unfolds – a mesmerising blend of rhythmic exuberance and eerie textures, alongside pieces by Conlon Nancarrow and Unsuk Chin.

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London

16 Oct 2023

London Sinfonietta and Aimard join forces for Ligeti 100 retrospective

By Marat Ingeldeev

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Berlin

Sounds of nature: Sir George Benjamin conducts Francesco Filidei world premiere in Berlin

By Elena Luporini, 03 September 2023

At the Musikfest Berlin, Sir George Benjamin and the Ensemble Modern present an all-contemporary programme reflecting on nature, including Cantico delle Creature.

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Berlin

06 Sep 2023

Sounds of nature: Francesco Filidei world premiere in Berlin

By Elena Luporini

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Cleveland

A Mahler 5 to remember from Klaus Mäkelä and The Cleveland Orchestra

By Sam Jacobson, 11 February 2023

Klaus Mäkelä returns to Cleveland for a program of extremes in contrast and character: Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and a concerto for orchestra by Unsuk Chin.

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Cleveland

14 Feb 2023

A Mahler 5 to remember from Klaus Mäkelä and The Cleveland Orchestra

By Sam Jacobson

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London

Russian sparkle from Osmo Vänskä and the Seoul Philharmonic at Cadogan Hall

By Mark Thomas, 27 October 2022

Two high-octane Russian favourites and an eight-minute microcosm of musical history give much to enjoy as the Seoul Philharmonic makes its first visit to London for eight years.

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London

28 Oct 2022

Russian sparkle from Vänskä and the Seoul Philharmonic

By Mark Thomas

London

Echoes and pre-echoes: Sir Mark Elder and The Hallé with Benjamin Grosvenor at the Proms

By Alexander Hall, 07 September 2021

At the Proms the splendour of Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony provides a contrast to but also a parallel with Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto in a welcome visit by The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder with Benjamin Grosvenor.

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London

08 Sep 2021

Echoes and pre-echoes: Sir Mark Elder and The Hallé at the Proms

By Alexander Hall

Berlin

Sakari Oramo navigates from the familiar to the novel with the Berlin Philharmonic

By Edward Sava-Segal, 05 June 2021

Sakari Oramo jumps in for a Berlin Phil programme which includes Unsuk Chin's Piano Concerto.

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Berlin

06 Jun 2021

Sakari Oramo navigates from the familiar to the novel in Berlin

By Edward Sava-Segal

Bergen

Bergen International Festival: Donald Trump sings Ligeti, and Mahler overwhelms

By Stephen Pritchard, 05 June 2019

A surprise "artist" gatecrashes the Festival's closing concert

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Bergen

06 Jun 2019

Bergen International Festival: Donald Trump sings Ligeti

By Stephen Pritchard

Bergen

Bergen International Festival: Arctic Philharmonic in a chilly evening of new music

By Stephen Pritchard, 04 June 2019

A bracing evening of compositions by Unsuk Chin and Eivund Buene

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Bergen

05 Jun 2019

Bergen International Festival: Arctic Philharmonic perform new music

By Stephen Pritchard

Bergen

Bergen International Festival: Haydn, Debussy and Unsuk Chin in a magical setting

By Stephen Pritchard, 03 June 2019

The Oslo String Quartet impresses in a carefully curated concert at Grieg's home.

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Bergen

04 Jun 2019

Haydn, Debussy and Unsuk Chin in a magical setting

By Stephen Pritchard

Los Angeles

Gražinytė-Tyla tackles Tchaikovsky with Kopatchinskaja in Los Angeles

By Laurence Vittes, 06 April 2019

This was Tchaikovsky raw and fierce as if he had written it, as he might have, for a young lover.

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Los Angeles

07 Apr 2019

Gražinytė-Tyla tackles Tchaikovsky with Kopatchinskaja

By Laurence Vittes

Los Angeles

A bizarre ride: Chin's enveloping Alice in Wonderland makes West Coast debut

By Matthew Richard Martinez, 27 February 2015

Unsuk Chin's opera Alice in Wonderland is performed by the Los Angeles Philarharmonic, conducted by Susanna Mälkki. This is no Disney movie!

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Los Angeles

02 Mar 2015

A bizarre ride: Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland

By Matthew Richard Martinez

New York City

Unsuk Chin première and bruising Mahler open New York Philharmonic’s subscription season

By Mark Pullinger, 23 September 2014

Ornithologists would have had a field day in Avery Fisher Hall for the opening subscription concert in the New York Philharmonic's season. Trills and fluttering multiphonics abounded in Unsuk Chin's Clarinet Concerto, before bird calls opened Mahler's First Symphony.

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New York City

24 Sep 2014

Unsuk Chin première and bruising Mahler in New York

By Mark Pullinger

London

Refinement and tragedy: Myung-Wung Chung and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra

By Hazel Rowland, 27 August 2014

A ravishing performance from the Myung-Wung Chung Seoul Philharmonic for the orchestra's BBC Proms première.

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London

29 Aug 2014

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at BBC Proms

By Hazel Rowland

Amsterdam

Ligeti, Chin and de Vries with Reinbert de Leeuw and Asko|Schönberg

By Thea Derks, 14 November 2013

Asko|Schönberg, ensemble in residence at the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, opened the first edition of the Young Pianists Festival with a concert featuring two piano concertos, by György Ligeti and Klaas de Vries. The Dutch composer wrote his Second Piano Concerto for Daniël van der Hoeven, who won the Young Pianists Competition three years ago.

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Amsterdam

18 Nov 2013

Ligeti, Chin and de Vries with Reinbert de Leeuw and Asko|Schönberg

By Thea Derks

London

To make you think: LA Phil New Music Group with Dudamel and Adams at the Barbican

By Julia Savage, 14 March 2013

The Barbican has scored itself something of a winner in securing the Los Angeles Philarmonic Orchestra to fulfil its International Associate Residency.

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London

18 Mar 2013

To make you think: LA Phil New Music Group with Dudamel and Adams at the Barbican

By Julia Savage

Los Angeles

LA Phil New Music Group plays Adams, Pereira, and Chin

By Ted Ayala, 26 February 2013

New music was the main and sole dish that last Tuesday’s Green Umbrella Concert at Disney Hall laid out, but for some audience members their encounter with these works might not be their first. To paraphrase NBC’s late 1990s marketing for its prime-time TV summer reruns: “If you haven’t heard it, it’s new to you.

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Los Angeles

04 Mar 2013

LA Phil New Music Group plays Adams, Pereira, and Chin

By Ted Ayala

London

Unsuk Chin Total Immersion, Barbican

By Anne Ozorio, 09 April 2011

Unsuk Chin's music is extravagant. This must have been a shockingly expensive concert to produce. The stage at the Barbican had to be extended to fit the massive orchestra, and the whole middle section of the stalls was closed off for safety reasons. The two intervals lasted longer than usual because there was so much equipment to move.

London

11 Apr 2011

Unsuk Chin Total Immersion, Barbican

By Anne Ozorio