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Manfred Honeck inaugurates the new season in Pittsburgh with a Sibelius concerto and a Dvořák symphony, prefaced by a contemporary American work by Christopher Theofanidis. 

Bucharest’s temples of culture present rites of closure by Mozart, Kurtág and Bruckner… and a fleeting glimpse of Nirvana.

Yo-Yo Ma returns to Pittsburgh for searing performance of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. The enjoyable program also includes a tribute to Fred Rogers. 

Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes his local debut in Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto, followed by a fantasia on Arabella conceived by Music Director Manfred Honeck. 

Lang Lang gives a dramatic, technically brilliant rendition of Grieg’s beloved piano concerto.

From Carlos Simon’s rhythmic energy to Dvořák’s lush melodies, Honeck and the PSO deliver a night of brilliance, with violinist María Dueñas shining in Saint-Saëns. 

Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony perform five diverse works, culminating in an affecting reading of Fauré’s pensive Requiem.

Honeck’s Pittsburgh program includes a premiere from Michael Daughtery portraying a cross-country road trip, followed by the inward journey towards enlightenment of Mahler’s Fifth. 

Alexandre Kantorow dazzles in Liszt’s Piano Concerto no. 2, against Bruckner’s mighty, unfinished Ninth Symphony. Manfred Honeck and the Philharmonia win new friends for both composers.

Franz Liszt and Manfred Honeck take us to the gates of Hell and back, while pianist Leif Ove Andsnes delivers  poetry and polish in Rach 3.

Stirring Rachmaninov and an urgent Tchaikovsky 5 follow a New York premiere for Katherine Balch's musica pyralis. 

No summer hols for the European Union Youth Orchestra as they tour European lands. With Benjamin Grosvenor as soloist and Manfred Honeck at the helm, they take on MacMillan, Prokofiev and Shostakovich in Hamburg's iconic hall.

A luxuriously-cast revival takes a staid production of Mozart's Idomeneo to new, exciting heights. 

Manfred Honeck builds a magnificent monument of sound conducting the DSO Berlin in Mahler's Fifth Symphony, the highlight of the evening, preceded by violinist James Ehnes who brilliantly recreates Mozart's Third Concerto.

Making connections between works real and emphasising the value of tradition were addressed in this mix of Bartók, Martinů and Mahler from Manfred Honeck, Frank-Peter Zimmermann and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester.

Peter Mattei excels in five songs by Mahler and Manfred Honeck guides the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra through an unruffled account of Brahms' First Symphony.

A strong connection between Manfred Honeck and the WDR musicians was clearly palpable during the entire performance.

Baritone Peter Mattei brought both musical sensitivity as well as almost Berg-ian drama to Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, ably supported by Manfred Honeck and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, in a successful livestream concert. 

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, under Music Director Manfred Honeck, the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and soloists gave a brilliant performance of Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony. 

In a terrific performance under Manfred Honeck, the German violinist brings down the house with Beethoven's Violin Concerto. 

Manfred Honeck concluded the PSO’s season – his tenth as music director – with Emanuel Ax in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto and a spectacular traversal of Berlioz’s Te Deum.

If Beethoven referred to his own compositional approach as “redend” (speaking), then Levit speaks him clearly, beautifully and fluently.

A Tchaikovsky and Dvorak programme at the Lucerne festival featured star violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. 

A stuttering first half of Adams and Dvořák redeemed by a magical Mahler 1.

The Czech Philharmonic brings The Epic of Gilgamesh to life with audacity and flair.

Bruckner's Symphony no. 7 is well played, but the overall picture lacks definition; Jonathan Biss gives an engaging performance of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto.

Manfred Honeck led the CSO in two works of Respighi capped off with a memorable Tchaikovsky Sixth.

In songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, baritone Matthias Goerne and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra were a match made in Mahlerian heaven.

A stunning work by Esa-Pekka Salonen, a dream landscape by Karol Szymanowski and a monumental tone poem by Richard Strauss recently made for a rich offering in Zurich.

Innovative programming from Manfred Honeck mingles readings, music, and chant in memory of Mozart.

An excellent orchestra and a rather grab-bag program officially opened the 2013 Musikfest Berlin last night. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and its music director, Manfred Honeck, are currently on a European tour, and the audience at the Philharmonie rewarded their long trek with abundant applause, necessitating two encores.

After a very successful week on location in Cleveland’s west side Gordon Square neighborhood playing concerts in bars, coffee shops, school classrooms and a large Roman Catholic church, The Cleveland Orchestra returned to their Severance Hall home for the last weekend of concerts of the 2012/13 subscription season.

The Vienna Philharmonic, whose annual New Year’s Day performances of Johann Strauss are broadcast to some 50 million viewers worldwide, apparently aren’t the only ones giving themselves a pass on creative programming around the holidays. The New York Philharmonic and guest conductor Manfred Honeck eased gently into 2013 this weekend with an evening of audience favorites.

Why would the London Symphony Orchestra pair Mozart’s Symphony no. 41 in C major, “Jupiter” and Mahler’s songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn? There seemed to be no direct link between them other than that both demonstrate their composers’ fondness for mystery.

To paraphrase Richard Strauss’ advice to young conductors: “If you think the brass are playing too soft, ask them to play softer.” Manfred Honeck, music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony, clearly thinks that the brass can never play loudly enough.

The final week of the 2011 Proms season began with a flamboyant and exhilarating concert given by the superb Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, who celebrate their 110th anniversary this year. They were joined by pianist Hélène Grimaud, playing Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, the piece with which she made her Proms debut in 2001.

Unter Leitung von Manfred Honeck machen das Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra und Pianist Yefim Bronfman im Rahmen ihrer Europatour Station beim Südtirol Festival in Meran.

Ein Konzert der Reihe Ouverture spirituelle bei den Salzburger Festspielen, das ratlos zurückließ und auch kaum Spiritualität entwickelte.

Fluchten und Ankünfte in sinfonischem Großformat: Manfred Honeck und das BRSO beeindruckten mit ebenso grellen wie introvertierten Klängen bei einer EA und Schostakowitschs Fünfter.

La direction de Manfred Honeck magnifie un Orchestre de Paris à se damner. Le piano d'Igor Levit manque un peu d'insolence virtuose et de swing dans Gershwin.

Manfred Honeck réussit à galvaniser l'Orchestre National de France autour d'un programme Dvořák-Grieg particulièrement enlevé. 

Igor Levit ist der Intellektuelle unter den Pianisten – am Samstag spielte er nun mit dem BRSO unter Leitung von Manfred Honeck Brahms Erstes Klavierkonzert.

Der im letzten Augenblick kurzfristig eingesprungene Manfred Honeck dirigierte das Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in einem strahlenden Programm.

Le violoniste Gil Shaham est l'un des musiciens les plus heureux sur scène, et l'un des violonistes les plus doués du moment. Son interprétation du Concerto de Tchaïkovski avec l'Orchestre de Paris placé sous la direction de Manfred Honeck fera date.

Ray Chen s’est attaqué avec le London Philharmonic Orchestra au Concerto pour violon de Brahms. Manfred Honeck, Autrichien de naissance, a mis le soliste et l’orchestre sur les rails, ou du moins a essayé de le faire.

Die New Yorker David Geffen Hall ist ein imposanter Bau und beheimatet das New York Philharmonic Orchestra, welches an diesem Abend nicht nur Stärken zeigte.