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A strong showing by Santtu-Matias Rouvali in Cleveland

By Frank Kuznik, 17 July 2025

Technical finesse and lively interpretations of dance suites showcase both the conductor's and the orchestra's strengths.

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Cleveland

20 Jul 2025

A strong showing by Rouvali in Cleveland

By Frank Kuznik

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Birmingham

Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO deliver an evening of stark contrasts at Symphony Hall

By Simon Cummings, 16 April 2025

A concert of French music reveals – and suffers from – contrasting styles, attitudes and coherence in works by Ravel and Poulenc.

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Birmingham

17 Apr 2025

Yamada and the CBSO deliver an evening of stark contrasts

By Simon Cummings

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Pittsburgh

Ancient Greece and reimagined Tchaikovsky at the Pittsburgh Symphony

By Sam Jacobson, 11 April 2025

Daniele Rustioni leads the Pittsburgh Symphony in music inspired by Ancient Greece, flanking Kirill Gerstein’s take on Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto that restores the composer’s original intentions.

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Pittsburgh

14 Apr 2025

Ancient Greece and reimagined Tchaikovsky at the Pittsburgh Symphony

By Sam Jacobson

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Prague

A stellar Czech Philharmonic debut by Beatrice Rana

By Frank Kuznik, 03 April 2025

In a fine-tuned collaboration with conductor Alain Altinoglu, the gifted young pianist shows brilliant command of a keyboard showpiece.

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Prague

04 Apr 2025

A stellar Czech Philharmonic debut by Beatrice Rana

By Frank Kuznik

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New York City

Vigor and virtuosity: New York Philharmonic glows under Gustavo Dudamel

By Susan Stempleski, 13 March 2025

In a rare visit to New York, the Philharmonic’s incoming Music Director leads the ensemble in an exhilarating program of works by Varèse, Gershwin... and a Ravel world premiere.

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New York City

15 Mar 2025

Vigor and virtuosity: New York Philharmonic glows under Dudamel

By Susan Stempleski

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Manchester

Boulez and Ravel anniversary celebrations launched by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

By Peter Connors, 11 January 2025

A rare performance of Boulez' Rituel is followed by four Ravel works, including a fine Piano Concerto in G major featuring Bertrand Chamayou.

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Manchester

12 Jan 2025

Boulez and Ravel anniversary celebrations launched by the BBC Phil

By Peter Connors

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London

French music gilded by Golda Schultz and Stéphane Denève at the BBC Proms

By Mark Valencia, 04 September 2024

Stéphane Denève conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in music by Fauré, Boulanger and Ravel.

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London

06 Sep 2024

French music gilded by Golda Schultz at the BBC Proms

By Mark Valencia

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Lenox

Flights of angels: Karina Canellakis returns to Tanglewood

By Kevin Wells, 24 August 2024

Karina Canellakis conducts a Franco-Prussian program featuring Beethoven and Brahms in the first half, Chausson and Ravel in the second.

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Lenox

26 Aug 2024

Flights of angels: Karina Canellakis returns to Tanglewood

By Kevin Wells

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Prague

Blasts from the ancient past at Prague Spring

By Frank Kuznik, 27 May 2024

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France brings a contemporary burnish to the Year of Czech Music with Kryštof Mařatka's new violin concerto, Sanctuaries – In the Depths of Cave Paintings.

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Prague

28 May 2024

Blasts from the ancient past at Prague Spring

By Frank Kuznik

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Auckland

Gemma New and the NZSO travel through twentieth century music

By Simon Holden, 27 October 2023

Centred around Scriabin’s mystical Poem of Ecstasy, a thrilling journey through the byways of twentieth century music takes in New Zealand, Finland and France.

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Auckland

29 Oct 2023

Gemma New and the NZSO travel through twentieth century music

By Simon Holden

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New York City

Teatro Real brings a taste of Spain to New York

By David Wolfson, 16 October 2023

Juanjo Mena and the orchestra of Spain’s powerhouse opera company presents a gala concert, featuring Manuel de Falla's El amor brujo at its centre.

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New York City

17 Oct 2023

Teatro Real brings a taste of Spain to New York

By David Wolfson

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Belfast

Daniele Rustioni brings a magical spell to the Ulster Orchestra’s season opener

By Leighton Jones, 22 September 2023

Daniele Rustioni conducts a programme of orchestral favourites and a concerto rarity featuring cellist Alban Gerhardt.

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Belfast

24 Sep 2023

Rustioni brings a magical spell to Ulster Orchestra’s season opener

By Leighton Jones

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Lenox

The sacred, the profane and the abstract: Avery Amereau and Dima Slobodeniouk at Tanglewood

By Kevin Wells, 29 July 2023

Substitute contralto Avery Amerau makes a fine Boston Symphony Orchestra debut in a top notch evening of (mostly) French music.

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Lenox

04 Aug 2023

Avery Amereau and Dima Slobodeniouk at Tanglewood

By Kevin Wells

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Sydney

Back with a bang: Rattle and the LSO begin their Australian tour

By David Larkin, 01 May 2023

The LSO opens its three-concert Sydney stay with a panoply of colours and virtuoso orchestral playing in a programme of Adams, Debussy and Ravel, under the masterful leadership of Sir Simon Rattle

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Sydney

02 May 2023

Back with a bang: Rattle and the LSO begin their Australian tour

By David Larkin

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Philadelphia

Atomic force: Roderick Cox debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra

By Cameron Kelsall, 13 January 2023

The young American conductor leads propulsive readings of Ravel and John Adams in his Philadelphia Orchestra debut, and partners perfectly with soloist Augustin Hadelich in Sibelius' Violin Concerto.

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Philadelphia

15 Jan 2023

Atomic force: Roderick Cox debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra

By Cameron Kelsall

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New York City

A landscape of dreams with Stéphane Denève, Víkingur Ólafsson and the New York Phil

By David Wolfson, 23 November 2022

A thoughtfully designed and coherent program of French music at David Geffen Hall, is played with mostly exquisite results.

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New York City

24 Nov 2022

Stéphane Denève leads the New York Phil through a landscape of dreams

By David Wolfson

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Seattle

A restorative opening night at Seattle Symphony, with French accents

By Thomas May, 17 September 2022

Former music director Ludovic Morlot steps in to open the currently leaderless orchestra's new season with echoes of their shared past and a world premiere.

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Seattle

19 Sep 2022

A restorative opening night at Seattle Symphony, with French accents

By Thomas May

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New York City

Yannick Nézet-Séguin performs magic with the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall

By Edward Sava-Segal, 26 February 2022

The orchestra's programme of French and Russian classics exploring the myths of the Mediterranean and Eastern worlds proves a hit on tour in New York.

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New York City

27 Feb 2022

Yannick Nézet-Séguin performs magic with the Vienna Philharmonic

By Edward Sava-Segal

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London

Pierre-Laurent Aimard and his Philharmonia aviary take flight

By Benjamin Poore, 28 October 2021

The Philharmonia shine in a well-crafted programme of French music with a feathery focus

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London

29 Oct 2021

Pierre-Laurent Aimard and his Philharmonia aviary take flight

By Benjamin Poore

Berlin

Firsts and seconds: Iván Fischer jumps in to deliver plenty of thrills with the Berliner Philharmoniker

By Hugo Shirley, 26 September 2019

The Hungarian conductor is a late replacement for a satisfying mixed programme in which pianist Anna Vinnitskaya makes a blistering debut.

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Berlin

27 Sep 2019

Iván Fischer jumps in to deliver thrills with the Berlin Phil

By Hugo Shirley

Virginia Beach

Vivid tone painting from Gavrylyuk and Falletta in the Virginia Symphony's opening concert

By Phillip Nones, 15 September 2019

Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk delivers a knockout Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody while JoAnn Falletta and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus present memorable Tchaikovsky and Ravel scores.

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Virginia Beach

15 Sep 2019

Vivid tone painting from Gavrylyuk and Falletta

By Phillip Nones

New York City

At Carnegie Hall, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Met Orchestra delve into French repertoire

By Edward Sava-Segal, 03 June 2019

Isabel Leonard demonstrated her keen sense of language and a wonderful lack of affectation in both scores she sung.

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New York City

06 Jun 2019

Nézet-Séguin and the Met Orchestra in French repertoire

By Edward Sava-Segal

Aix-en-Provence

When words fail: Capuçon, Shani and the Wiener Symphoniker play French music in Aix

By Mark Valencia, 15 April 2019

What a day to hear an all-French programme, and with this fragile moment at its heart criticism feels futile, disrespectful even.

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Aix-en-Provence

16 Apr 2019

Capuçon, Shani and the Wiener Symphoniker play French music in Aix

By Mark Valencia

Seattle

Morlot shows true French colors in Seattle

By Erica Miner, 29 September 2018

The anticipation of an all-French program with Morlot was almost too delicious to contemplate.

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Seattle

30 Sep 2018

Morlot shows true French colors in Seattle

By Erica Miner

London

World-beating musicianship from Sergej Krylov in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

By David Truslove, 28 February 2018

A superb concert from the London Philharmonic Orchestra under an inspirational Vasily Petrenko who brought vivid colours to two ballet scores straddling the Great War, and an excusite rendtion of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

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London

02 Mar 2018

World-beating musicianship from Sergej Krylov

By David Truslove

London

Concertos for orchestra: the LSO in Brahms, Dutilleux and Ravel

By Kevin W Ng, 22 February 2018

Lionel Bringuier and the LSO show off a dazzling palette of colours in works by Brahms, Dutilleux, and Ravel

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London

23 Feb 2018

The LSO in Brahms, Dutilleux and Ravel

By Kevin W Ng

Houston

Into the mist: Gabel and Houston Symphony captain Corigliano and Ravel

By Sydney Boyd, 03 February 2018

Houston Symphony’s program starring John Corigliano’s Conjurer: Concerto for Percussionist and String Orchestra and Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé crept through mists.

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Houston

05 Feb 2018

Gabel and Houston Symphony captain Corigliano and Ravel

By Sydney Boyd

Hong Kong

Dutoit and Lugansky capture hearts in Hong Kong

By Lam Pak Ling, 17 November 2017

Dutoit, Lugansky and the HK Phil perform at their finest in famous French and Russian repertoire.

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Hong Kong

20 Nov 2017

Dutoit and Lugansky capture hearts in Hong Kong

By Lam Pak Ling

London

Devastation and exuberance: Stéphane Denève and the Brussels Philharmonic hit the sweet spot

By Mark Thomas, 08 November 2017

An enterprising programme combined a striking WWI commemoration from Mark-Anthony Turnage with sumptuous ballet suites from Prokofiev and Ravel, with Nikolaj Znaider rhapsodic in Bruch.

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London

09 Nov 2017

Devastation and exuberance: Brussels Phil

By Mark Thomas

Paris

From the Auvergne to St Petersburg: a travelogue with the Orchestre de Paris

By Mark Pullinger, 18 May 2017

Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne provide the highlight of a programme including Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé and his orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

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Paris

19 May 2017

From the Auvergne to St Petersburg: a travelogue

By Mark Pullinger

London

A hand of aces from Lisa Batiashvili, Daniele Gatti and the Royal Concertgebouw in London

By Jason Weir, 16 December 2016

Sparks fly in a vibrant new relationship between Daniele Gatti and the Concertgebouw, together with unflappable virtuosity from Lisa Batiashvili.

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London

17 Dec 2016

A hand of aces from the Royal Concertgebouw

By Jason Weir

Cleveland

Austere Shostakovich as Alain Altinoglu and Baiba Skride make brilliant Cleveland Orchestra debuts

By Timothy Robson, 14 October 2016

Colorful works by Mussorgsky, Dutilleux, and Ravel surround Shostakovich’s gray Soviet-era Violin Concerto no. 2.

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Cleveland

16 Oct 2016

Austere Shostakovich from Altinoglu and Skride

By Timothy Robson

Budapest

Paris Impressions: Fischer and Feng’s foray into French repertoire in Budapest

By Alexandra Ivanoff, 23 September 2016

A master at clever programming, Maestro Iván Fischer surrounded Dutilleux with well-known pieces by Debussy, Ravel and Satie as part of the week-long French Days segment of the Bridging Europe 2016 series at Budapest’s Müpa.

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Budapest

25 Sep 2016

Paris Impressions: French repertoire in Budapest

By Alexandra Ivanoff

Lenox

O Fortuna: An eclectic musical evening at Tanglewood

By Edward Sava-Segal, 09 July 2016

Canadian conductor Jacques Lacombe led the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a Debussy, Ravel, Orff program.

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Lenox

12 Jul 2016

An eclectic musical evening at Tanglewood

By Edward Sava-Segal

Berlin

Musical opiates: intoxicating Dutilleux in Berlin

By David Pinedo, 09 May 2016

Sennu Laine brought out a richness and suspense in Dutilleux's Tout un monde lointain, I had not heard before tonight. With all three sets from Debussy’s Images pour orchestre and an ebullient Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, Barenboim and his Staatskapelle intoxicated the audience.

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Berlin

12 May 2016

Musical opiates: intoxicating Dutilleux in Berlin

By David Pinedo

London

Simon Rattle and the LSO apply French polish at the Barbican

By Chris Garlick, 13 January 2016

Rattle and the LSO excelling in French music of the 20th Century by Ravel, Delage and Dutilleux.

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London

14 Jan 2016

Rattle and the LSO apply French polish at the Barbican

By Chris Garlick

Amsterdam

Paavo Järvi and Baiba Skride join the RCO for great Britten and Ravel

By Olga de Kort, 11 December 2015

Glowing performances of Britten and Ravel by the Latvian violinist and her Estonian conductor.

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Amsterdam

16 Dec 2015

Great Britten and Ravel at the Concertgebouw

By Olga de Kort

New York City

Carnegie Hall Gala exhibits new Commissions Project, virtuoso Kissin and a locally-grown orchestra

By Jacob Slattery, 07 October 2015

Carnegie Hall opened its 125th anniversary season with the help of one of the world’s greatest living composers, one of the world’s greatest performers, and one of the world’s greatest orchestras.

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New York City

09 Oct 2015

Carnegie Hall Gala exhibits new Commissions Project

By Jacob Slattery

London

Prom 7: BBCSO on top notch form as Hugh Wood's Epithalamion receives its world première

By Chris Garlick, 22 July 2015

Delius resurrected, Wood introduced, Nielsen explored and thrilling Ravel at the BBC Proms.

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London

23 Jul 2015

Prom 7: BBCSO on top notch form

By Chris Garlick

Birmingham

Mediterranean delights from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

By Peter Marks, 22 October 2014

Fellow Frenchmen Alain Altinoglu and Renaud Capuçon make for fine partners in a rare outing for Berlioz's Harold in Italy.

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Birmingham

23 Oct 2014

Mediterranean delights from the CBSO

By Peter Marks

Edinburgh

Magical results from Jansons and the Concertgebouw at the Edinburgh International Festival

By Alan Coady, 27 August 2014

In a packed Usher Hall, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra still and thrill by turns with transcendental, colourful Ravel and innovative, cinematic young Shostakovich.

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Edinburgh

29 Aug 2014

Magical results from Jansons in Edinburgh

By Alan Coady

London

Prom 44: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Charles Dutoit

By Edward Whitney, 15 August 2013

Concert programmes at the Proms often lean toward music of significant scale and heft. The requirement to fill the huge Royal Albert Hall, as well as capturing listeners’ attentions across the airwaves and in many different countries, means that huge expeditions, such as this year’s Ring cycle, are a perfect fit for the festival. Prom 44 was massive too, in its own way.

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London

16 Aug 2013

Prom 44: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Charles Dutoit

By Edward Whitney

Los Angeles

Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Lionel Bringuier with the LA Philharmonic in Saint-Säens and Ravel

By Alan Yu, 26 April 2013

It was the golden jubilee of Saint-Säens as a concert pianist, and in celebration he performed his crowning glory, the Piano Concerto no. 5 in F, “Egyptian”, which he composed while on tour in Luxor, incorporating exotic Middle Eastern melodies and rhythms.

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Los Angeles

29 Apr 2013

Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Lionel Bringuier with the LA Philharmonic in Saint-Säens and Ravel

By Alan Yu

Oslo

A celebration of sound: The Berlin Philharmonic in the Oslo Opera House

By Aksel Tollåli, 15 November 2012

How very fitting that the Berlin Philharmonic, an orchestra that claims to be made up of 128 soloists, should start Thursday’s concert and their European tour with perhaps one of the most soloistic orchestral pieces ever written: Ligeti’s Atmosphères.

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Oslo

19 Nov 2012

Oslo Opera House: Berlin Phil

By Aksel Tollåli

Cleveland

Cleveland Orchestra gives local premiere of Stewart Copeland's Gamelan D'Drum

By Timothy Robson, 05 October 2012

Over the past several years the Cleveland Orchestra has instituted a number of new concert opportunities to attract a new, younger audience, in response to the “greying” of its traditional audience base and the diminished interest in a season-long commitment to regular concerts.

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Cleveland

08 Oct 2012

Cleveland Orchestra gives local premiere of Stewart Copeland's Gamelan D'Drum

By Timothy Robson

London

Prom 63: Texture and atmosphere is all from the Berliner Philharmoniker

By David Karlin, 30 August 2012

It was, truly, music from another world. Opening the concert with György Ligeti's 1961 Atmosphères, the Berliner Philharmoniker started with the gentlest of wafting string tones with clustered woodwind sounding almost organ-like, whereupon layer after layer piled in, an infinite variety of orchestral textures shifting and swirling.

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London

31 Aug 2012

Prom 63: Texture and atmosphere is all from the Berliner Philharmoniker

By David Karlin

Los Angeles

Music French and American: Denève and Thibaudet at the Hollywood Bowl

By Ted Ayala, 26 July 2012

"Freedom fries": no two words could better summarize the crassness that characterized the early years of the American 21st century.In the wake of disagreement over the Iraq War, American xenophobes sought to eradicate from these shores any vestige of the Tricolour.

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Los Angeles

30 Jul 2012

Music French and American: Denève and Thibaudet at the Hollywood Bowl

By Ted Ayala

Birmingham

Bryn Terfel: Life and soul of the party at Symphony Hall's 21st

By Katherine Dixson, 13 June 2012

Here’s a pertinent fact for a classical music website: in 1991, when the wonderful World Wide Web was poised to ensnare anyone with computer access, Birmingham’s Symphony Hall opened its doors to the concert-going public for the first time. It quickly won critical acclaim with artists from across the globe and it’s known as one of the best anywhere.

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Birmingham

16 Jun 2012

Bryn Terfel: Life and soul of the party at Symphony Hall's 21st

By Katherine Dixson

Naperville

When the East Meets the West ......

By Kristina Powers, 09 October 2010

Baroque nobility dancing the minuet, Polynesian natives performing ritual dances, a crowd of American teens dancing the electric slide at a prom .... what do all of these groups have in common? They are all dancing! Indeed, since the beginnings of recorded history, dance has served as an important cultural expression throughout the world.

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Naperville

22 Oct 2010

When the East Meets the West ......

By Kristina Powers

London

Prom 36: The BBC Symphony Orchestra play an evening of French music

By Simon Birch, 12 August 2010

I had never heard any of the music scheduled the evening’s performance and so I was excited by the prospect of the all-French programme, featuring composers whose music I am particularly fond of.

London

15 Dec 2010

Prom 36: The BBC Symphony Orchestra play an evening of French music

By Simon Birch