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Venturing into Gershwin, Rudolf Buchbinder joins an Orchestre National de France programme at the George Enescu International Festival marked by surprises. 

Măcelaru's eclectic programming elicits passionate performances from the Orchestre National de France, and Randall Goosby shows his versatility with elegant and impassioned artistry. 

A sumptuous exploration of Saint-Saëns at Lotte Concert Hall in a programme forming a cohesive tapestry woven from the composer’s fascination with colour, all traced back to a distinctly Parisian sensibility. 

Expectations are not fulfilled in an uneven performance of Mendelssohn's great fiddle concerto, followed by an unidiomatic view of Sibelius' Fifth Symphony.

In Elgar's Cello Concerto, Yo-Yo Ma displays his gentle expressiveness and magnificent “singing”  tone.

The percussion department of the Orchestre National de France took their turn in the spotlight for Rodion Shchedrin's ballet. 

Cristian Măcelaru conducts The Hallé in music by Copland, Bernstein and Gershwin, plus his own arrangement of Jake Heggie's Moby Dick.

Making his Proms debut, Cristian Măcelaru opened the evening with music from his countryman, Constantin Silvestri, before tackling Prokofiev and Rachmaninov.

 A lively, muscular account of Stravinsky's Violin Concerto by Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang while Măcelaru conducts a convincing Manfred Symphony by Tchaikovsky. 

Performing both works for the first time, the RCO capered crisply through Shostakovich’s Suite from The Nose and played sumptuously in Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins, with captivating songstress Wende.

A glittering performance of Mason Bates’ recent “concerto for orchestra” was a thrilling journey wedged between pretty good Beethoven.

Cristian Măcelaru joins forces with Nikolaj Znaider in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

It was a concert of two halves for RSNO's Bernstein tribute.

Hallé guest conductor Cristian Măcelaru provided excellent direction in a selection of classic repertoire.

Bach presented in various orchestral transcriptions made for a powerful, entertaining evening in Barcelona. 

Mason Bates' Symphony Liquid Interface takes over the stage in Washington DC. 

Cristian Măcelaru and the Hallé give exemplary accounts of Fauré's Dolly Suite and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, whilst Mozart's “Jeunehomme” Concerto with soloist Heejae Kim is variable and lacks instrumetal balance.  

The Hallé under Cristian Măcelaru performs a thrilling concert of works inspired by legends, along with Poulenc's Organ Concerto. 

Helena Wood makes Lutoslawski's Partita sizzle while the Con Tempo Quartet give a fascinating account of Liget's Métamorphoses nocturnes. 

The Slav pianist brings his informal vision of Bartók to Symphony Hall.

Shostakovich's Eighth dominated another memorable City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra programme. 

Cristian Măcelaru and the Vancouver Symphony offer an imperfect yet charismatic journey through Central Europe in works by Dvořák, Brahms, and Enescu.

Znaider's dual role: this week, violinist, next week conductor at the  Kennedy Center. 

Violinist Keren Gomyo and conductor Cristian Măcelaru team up to provide a superb Tchaikovsly concerto. 

The NSO, Philharmonic Chorus under the baton of Macelaru give a riveting account of Beethoven's Missa solemnis.

Romanian conductor Cristian Măcelaru was rapturously received as guest conductor for this brilliantly original and eclectic programme with the Hallé. 

On this Montréal concert, visiting conductor Cristian Măcelaru presented Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man and Gorecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs to mark the 70th anniversary of World War II

Cristian Măcelaru brought his pedigree as a conductor to the CBSO with Sibelius, Rachmaninov and Nielsen. How would he fare in Birmingham with such a varied programme?

This concert, given by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Cristian Măcelaru, was a great start to the new year! 

Under Cristian Măcelaru's baton, Al-Zand, Barber, and Copland paint a memorable American scene.

Pierre Boulez builds a deceptively brilliant program featuring works by Stravinsky, Debussy, and Ravel, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra follows through on its execution.

As a title for the opening performance of MusicNOW’s 2013-2014 season, “Vaporized” is somewhat misleading. It comes from the evening’s first piece, and it makes for a tidy, catchy branding for a new music concert. Yet the other two works are steeped in a density and concreteness that are counterintuitive to the abstract, amorphous implications of that title.