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Alexander Sitkovetsky and Nicola Benedetti with the NFM Leopoldinum © Andrew Perry

Yehudi Menuhin celebrated at the Edinburgh International Festival

By David Smythe, 11 August 2025

Yehudi Menuhin’s former pupils, Nicola Benedetti and Alexander Sitkovetsky celebrate his musical legacy with the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra with Rising Stars side-by-side.

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Edinburgh

11 Aug 2025

Yehudi Menuhin celebrated at the Edinburgh International Festival

By David Smythe

Janine Jansen, Denis Kozhukhin, Pierre Colombet and Gabriel Le Magadure © Russell Duncan

London

Zinging strings: Janine Jansen leads an all-Stradivarius octet at Cadogan Hall

By Mark Pullinger, 19 December 2022

Violin dealers J & A Beare celebrate its 130th anniversary in lavish style by bringing together eight of the Cremona luthier’s exceptional instruments for a concert directed by Dutch violinist, Janine Jansen.

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London

19 Dec 2022

Zinging strings: Janine Jansen leads an all-Stradivarius octet

By Mark Pullinger

Brno Philharmonic © Courtesy of Cadogan Hall

London

From Moravia with love: the Brno Philharmonic at Cadogan Hall

By Alexander Hall, 14 October 2022

When you tour abroad, it makes good sense to have in your travelling bag scores taken from your homeland. The Brno Philharmonic under Dennis Russell Davies with Alexander Sitkovetsky showcase Janáček, Korngold and Dvořák.

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London

14 Oct 2022

From Moravia with love: the Brno Philharmonic at Cadogan Hall

By Alexander Hall

London

Epic Sibelius ends the Tonkünstler's second Cadogan Hall concert

By David Karlin, 28 February 2017

Yutaka Sado and the Tonkünstler excel in the epic passages of the Sibelius and the outer movements of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, less convincing in more lyrical moments.

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London

28 Feb 2017

Epic Sibelius ends from the Vienna Tonkünstler

By David Karlin

Jerusalem

Jerusalem's International Chamber Music Festival: secret lair of great pianists

By Alexandra Ivanoff, 03 September 2016

Where does one go to hear some of the world’s greatest pianists? To Jerusalem. More specifically, the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, the annual ten-day musical delight in the Holy City in early September.

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Jerusalem

03 Sep 2016

Jerusalem's International Chamber Music Festival

By Alexandra Ivanoff

Manchester

Accomplished Rachmaninov from the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in Manchester

By Rohan Shotton, 23 February 2015

The St Petersburg SO and Alexander Dmitriev give a thoughtful and accomplished programme in Manchester's Bridgewater Hall

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Manchester

23 Feb 2015

St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in Manchester

By Rohan Shotton

Bristol

Paul Lewis: master of Beethoven and Schubert

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 16 December 2014

A select group of musicians provided a modest programme of chamber music at St George’s alongside renowned pianist, Paul Lewis.

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Bristol

16 Dec 2014

Paul Lewis: master of Beethoven and Schubert

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Truro

The Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera Perform Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky in Cornwall

By Lucy Armstrong, 17 April 2012

The vibrant tapestry of the orchestra – the most expansively diverse of ensembles – can convey anything from the innermost reaches of the psyche to vast landscapes of endless imaginative scope. Surely the genius of late Romantic Russian society found his voice through this medium, whose glorious Violin Concerto in D major and Symphony No.

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Truro

17 Apr 2012

The Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera Perform Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky in Cornwall

By Lucy Armstrong

London

Schumann Evening with Natalie Clein and Friends

By Nahoko Gotoh, 30 September 2010

The cellist Natalie Clein was at the centre of this concert of Schumann’s chamber music, given as a part of the Schumann bicentenary celebrations at Kings Place. The programme explored works from different periods of Schumann’s creative life: two works for cello and piano from 1849, the turbulent Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor from 1851, and the joyous Piano Quartet in E flat major from 1842.

London

30 Sep 2010

Schumann Evening with Natalie Clein and Friends

By Nahoko Gotoh

Salamanca

Brillante interpretación del Sitkovetsky Trio en el Teatro Liceo de Salamanca

By Francisco Martínez Ramos, 07 October 2024

El Sitkovetsky Trio inauguró con mucho éxito el ciclo de música de cámara que se celebra en el Teatro Liceo de Salamanca.

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Salamanca

07 Oct 2024

El Sitkovetsky Trio brilla en el Teatro Liceo de Salamanca

By Francisco Martínez Ramos

Os Músicos do Tejo à l’église Nossa Senhora da Estrela © FIMM - Paulo Gouveia / Estela Álvarez Ruiz

Marvão

Des lundums à la Messe du couronnement : la joyeuse diversité du Festival de Marvão

By Erwan Gentric, 20 July 2024

Entre le concert de l'ensemble Os Músicos do Tejo, la messe mozartienne du dimanche matin, la soirée symphonique en plein air et les concerts de musique de chambre, tous les goûts sont à Marvão !

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Marvão

20 Jul 2024

La joyeuse diversité du Festival international de Marvão

By Erwan Gentric

Verbier

Grandiose Künstlerparade zum 30. Geburtstag des Verbier Festivals

By Thomas Schacher, 24 July 2023

Nicht weniger als sechzig grössere und kleinere Stars der klassischen Musikszene gaben sich beim Galakonzert in Verbier die Ehre. Ein grosser Erfolg für den Intendanten Martin Engstroem.

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Verbier

24 Jul 2023

Grandiose Künstlerparade zum 30. Geburtstag des Verbier Festivals

By Thomas Schacher

Munich

Das Julia Fischer Quartett hebt für eine kurze Ewigkeit die Welt aus den Angeln

By Benedikt Zacher, 26 January 2018

Mit Beethoven, Janáček und Schubert bot das Julia Fischer Quartett eine wahre „Sternstunde der Quartettkultur".

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Munich

26 Jan 2018

Das Julia Fischer Quartett hebt die Welt aus den Angeln

By Benedikt Zacher