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András Keller’s orchestra offers intensity, finesse and sheer dramatic sweep, from Tchaikovsky’s infernal tragedy to a Beethoven Fifth Symphony driven with exhilarating momentum.

Francesca Dego's dazzling performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto shares the stage with erotic Liszt and vivid Schubert. 

Carolin Widmann and the Hallé give a special performance of Mendelssohn's ever-popular Violin Concerto, plus fine Liszt and Strauss from conductor Daniele Rustioni. 

Stephen Hough dazzles in Saint-Saëns and Paul Ben-Haim's Second Symphony proves to be an exciting discovery in a polished performance from the BBC Philharmonic under Carlo Goldstein.

The Olympics is not the only big event that is taking place around Tokyo this summer. A large-scale festival of classical music, Festa Muza Summer, is currently being held at Muza Kawasaki Concert Hall.

Chiyan Wong excels in Ravel, part of a diverse programme of music and dance from the Hong Kong Phil and Ballet conducted by Christoph Koncz. 

In his Houston Symphony debut, Behzod Abduraimov holds court with Beethoven, even though the orchestra couldn't quite match him. 

A Liszt tone poem, a Prokofiev piano concerto, and a Dvořák symphony made for a high-octane CSO program with conductor Emmanuel Krivine and pianist Denis Kozhukhin.

Transcriptions by Hungarian composers was presented at Müpa's organ festival. 

Friday night's performance by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in the Royal Festival Hall under Vladimir Jurowski got off to a slow and somewhat insecure start. Sixth in the series of concerts by the orchestra in the 2010-2011 season, sub-titled Symphonic Enlightenment, the concert opened with the Prelude to Parsifal by Wagner.

Created out of the period instrument movement, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is dedicated to performing works on original instruments (or copies of them) so that audiences can hear music the way it was originally intended to be heard.

Das neuerliche Liszt-Projekt mit Joseph Moog vertraut und doch auch unter Jakob Lehmann natürlich individuell fortsetzend, feierte das Orchester eine optimale Fauré-Partnerschaft mit Vox Luminis.

Den glanzvollen Schlusspunkt setzte dann Bartóks virtuoses, rhythmisch komplexes Finale: ein orchestrales Schaustück, welches die Elemente der vorangegangenen Sätze, deren Spielfreude, das Volkstümliche in sich vereinigt.

Ameno programa húngaro con un colosal Nikolai Demidenko y un inspirado Otto Tausk en el podio

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lynn Harrell und Yefim Bronfman bezauberten das Festivalpublikum wie erwartet.. 

Très belle soirée en compagnie de l'OPS et du violoniste virtuose Daniel Hope.