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At Seoul Arts Center: Renes’ obscured Mahler 1 after Lisiecki’s lucid Beethoven 3

By SangKwon Lee, 10 August 2025

After Jan Lisiecki clarifies the architecture of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto, Renes' Mahler felt like a letter written in the dark.

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Seoul

11 Aug 2025

Seoul Arts Center: Renes and Lisiecki play Beethoven and Mahler

By SangKwon Lee

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Singapore

Mendelssohn and Beethoven share Singapore Symphony’s game of two halves

By Chang Tou Liang, 25 October 2024

Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto make an odd couple in Singapore.

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Singapore

27 Oct 2024

Singapore Symphony’s game of two halves

By Chang Tou Liang

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Manchester

Blood-and-thunder Beethoven and Holst in BBC Philharmonic season opener

By Rohan Shotton, 21 September 2024

John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a high-octane performance of Holst's The Planets.

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Manchester

23 Sep 2024

Blood-and-thunder Beethoven and Holst in BBC Phil season opener

By Rohan Shotton

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Lenox

Tanglewood fellows impress in Strauss, Beethoven and Ives

By Cameron Kelsall, 21 July 2024

Andris Nelsons and Emanuel Ax find inspiration working with their young colleagues on an idyllic Sunday in the Berkshires.

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Lenox

21 Jul 2024

Tanglewood fellows impress in Strauss, Beethoven and Ives

By Cameron Kelsall

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Istanbul

Festival Strings Lucerne bring sleek clarity and ambient stasis to Beethoven and Honegger

By Simon Cummings, 31 May 2024

Maria João Pires gives a soporific, lacklustre performance of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, while the Festival Strings Lucerne transform Honegger’s Pastorale d'été into a riveting ambient moodscape and bring pristine clarity to the Pastoral Symphony.

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Istanbul

05 Jun 2024

Festival Strings Lucerne bring sleek clarity and ambient stasis

By Simon Cummings

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Sheffield

Tom Borrow’s inspired Beethoven raises the temperature in Sheffield

By Phil Parker, 24 February 2024

The theatrical flair of flamboyant conductor Maxime Pascal and rock-steady Beethoven playing from brilliant young pianist Tom Borrow illuminate the Hallé’s concert in Sheffield.

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Sheffield

25 Feb 2024

Tom Borrow’s inspired Beethoven raises the temperature in Sheffield

By Phil Parker

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Hong Kong

Lang Lang sparkles in Hong Kong Beethoven

By Christopher Halls, 15 December 2023

Star pianist Lang Lang delivers a drama-packed Beethoven concerto; Jaap van Zweden and the Hong Kong Phil impress in Copland's fanfare-filled Third Symphony.

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Hong Kong

17 Dec 2023

Lang Lang sparkles in Hong Kong Beethoven

By Christopher Halls

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Rome

Antonio Pappano and Igor Levit take the Santa Cecilia on an incredible symphonic journey

By Alissa Balocco, 02 November 2023

Levit offers impeccable Beethoven, while Pappano enchants the Rome audience with Cherubini and Sibelius.

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Rome

04 Nov 2023

Pappano and Levit take the Santa Cecilia on an incredible journey

By Alissa Balocco

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Prague

Bracing Beethoven at Dvořák’s Prague

By Frank Kuznik, 08 September 2023

Now in its 23rd year, the festival offers a broader perspective on its namesake's influences and music as this program by the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Paavo Järvi demonstrates.

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Prague

11 Sep 2023

Bracing Beethoven at Dvořák’s Prague

By Frank Kuznik

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Hamburg

Blistering Beethoven from Buchbinder, trenchant Järvi Tchaikovsky at the Elbphilharmonie

By Alexander Hall, 16 August 2023

Sometimes artists surprise, but in a wholly positive way: nothing remotely bland about Buchbinder's approach to Beethoven's C minor concerto and a Tchaikovsky 1 streets ahead of Järvi's recent recording.

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Hamburg

17 Aug 2023

Blistering Buchbinder, trenchant Järvi at the Elbphilharmonie

By Alexander Hall

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London

A fine partnership in Beethoven between Jan Lisiecki and Elim Chan at the Proms

By Alexander Hall, 25 July 2023

Working with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Elim Chan and her soloist Jan Lisiecki see very much eye-to-eye in Beethoven, with the conductor taking a left-of-field approach in Elgar.

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London

26 Jul 2023

A fine partnership between Jan Lisiecki and Elim Chan at the Proms

By Alexander Hall

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La Roque d'Anthéron

A tale of two pianists: the Hong Kong Sinfonietta play Beethoven at La Roque d'Anthéron

By David Karlin, 22 July 2023

Yip Wing-sie and the HK Sinfonietta show admirable qualities in their Beethoven cycle. François-Frédéric Guy plays a splendid Third Piano Concerto but Anne Queffélec is disconnected from the orchestra in the Fourth.

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La Roque d'Anthéron

25 Jul 2023

A tale of two pianists: the HK Sinfonietta at La Roque

By David Karlin

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Amsterdam

At the Concertgebouw, it's all about Lang Lang

By Clare Varney, 01 June 2023

No ordinary evening at the Concertgebouw, where Lang Lang’s partnership with Andris Nelsons is the perfect vehicle to examine the complexities and contrasts found in the music of Beethoven.

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Amsterdam

03 Jun 2023

At the Concertgebouw, it's all about Lang Lang

By Clare Varney

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London

Edge-of-your-seat Nielsen from Ryan Bancroft and the Philharmonia

By Chris Garlick, 04 May 2023

A first-rate performance of Carl Nielsen’s Fourth Symphony proves to be the musical highlight of this Philharmonia concert.

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London

05 May 2023

Edge-of-your-seat Nielsen from Ryan Bancroft and the Philharmonia

By Chris Garlick

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London

Sublime Beethoven and a ride into the abyss with Ott, Stutzmann and the LSO

By Mark Pullinger, 10 November 2022

Alice Sara Ott quenching the demonic flames of César Franck's Le Chasseur maudit with a beautiful rendition of Beethoven's C minor piano concerto.

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London

11 Nov 2022

Sublime Beethoven and a ride into the abyss with the LSO

By Mark Pullinger

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Lenox

A magisterial lesson: Paul Lewis interpreting Beethoven at Tanglewood

By Edward Sava-Segal, 29 July 2022

Prefacing the Beethoven concertos, Julia Adolphe's world premiere proposed a beautifully orchestrated soundscape sounding in turn menacing and eerie.

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Lenox

31 Jul 2022

A magisterial lesson: Paul Lewis interpreting Beethoven at Tanglewood

By Edward Sava-Segal

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Montreal

Yefim Bronfman dazzles in Beethoven with Montreal's OSM

By Ian Cochrane, 14 October 2021

Yefim Bronfman's artistry raises Montreal's OSM to new heights, thanks in no small part to guest conductor Thomas Søndergård.

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Montreal

15 Oct 2021

Yefim Bronfman dazzles in Beethoven with Montreal's OSM

By Ian Cochrane

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New York City

Jaap van Zweden and the New York Philharmonic explore a new temporary location

By Edward Sava-Segal, 23 September 2021

In his rendition of Beethoven's C minor Concerto, Yefim Bronfman's ability to mix powerful and graceful statements was as amazing as ever.

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New York City

25 Sep 2021

New York Philharmonic explores a new temporary location

By Edward Sava-Segal

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Washington

National Symphony Orchestra triumphs with Boyer and Lang Lang

By Sydney Boyd, 18 September 2021

With a world premiere by Peter Boyer and a stunning Beethoven piano concerto deftly played by Lang Lang, the evening didn’t fail to strike a poignantly significant chord.

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Washington

19 Sep 2021

NSO triumphs with Boyer and Lang Lang

By Sydney Boyd

London

Goodbye, Esa-Pekka: the Philharmonia celebrates the end of its Chief Conductor's tenure in style

By David Karlin, 10 June 2021

A concert with a considerable sense of occasion, as the orchestra bids the Finn farewell from his Philharmonia post.

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London

11 Jun 2021

Goodbye, Esa-Pekka: the Philharmonia celebrates in style

By David Karlin

Amsterdam

Sometimes it's simply all right on the night: the Royal Concertgebouw, Pappano and Levit

By Alexander Hall, 18 March 2021

Sir Antonio Pappano inspires the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra to playing of rare distinction in Schumann and Igor Levit again demonstrates why he is a front-rank artist in Beethoven.

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Amsterdam

19 Mar 2021

Sometimes it's simply all right on the night: the RCO and Pappano

By Alexander Hall

Houston

Full-bodied Beethoven from Yefim Bronfman and Fabien Gabel in Houston

By Phillip Nones, 06 March 2021

Fabien Gabel and the Houston Symphony Orchestra present memorable Beethoven performances that are solidly in the Austro-German tradition.

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Houston

07 Mar 2021

Full-bodied Beethoven from Yefim Bronfman and Fabien Gabel in Houston

By Phillip Nones

Atlanta

Variations of style and texture make for an outstanding Atlanta Symphony concert

By Timothy Robson, 04 March 2021

New works by Michael Abels and Clarice Assad, coupled with Britten’s early Sinfonietta and Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, with the impeccable Yefim Bronfman, made for an exceptional concert conducted by Robert Spano.

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Atlanta

05 Mar 2021

Variations of style and texture in Atlanta

By Timothy Robson

London

Beethoven with a velvet touch: Krystian Zimerman in stylish cycle with the LSO

By Mark Pullinger, 22 December 2020

Purity and clarity are hallmarks of Zimerman’s playing and there was an almost aristocratic composure to his phrasing in these splendid performances.

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London

22 Dec 2020

Beethoven with a velvet touch: Krystian Zimerman with the LSO

By Mark Pullinger

Bonn

BTHVN 2020 celebrated in Bonn by Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

By Zoltán Szabó, 17 December 2020

A mixed performance from Bonn, but there was magic from Barenboim's fingers in the Third Piano Concerto.

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Bonn

21 Dec 2020

BTHVN 2020 celebrated in Bonn by Barenboim and the WEDO

By Zoltán Szabó

Philadelphia

A leaner, cleaner Beethoven from The Philadelphia Orchestra

By Cameron Kelsall, 10 December 2020

Yefim Bronfman brings old-school showmanship to the Third Piano Concerto, while Yannick Nézet-Séguin summons the intimacy of a chamber orchestra in the Coriolan overture.

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Philadelphia

11 Dec 2020

A leaner, cleaner Beethoven from The Philadelphia Orchestra

By Cameron Kelsall

Glasgow

Masterful direction: Tabita Berglund conducts the RSNO in Beethoven and Sibelius

By Linda Holt, 06 November 2020

Boris Giltburg provides a captivating interpretation of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, filled with youthful flair.

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Glasgow

07 Nov 2020

Tabita Berglund conducts the RSNO in Beethoven and Sibelius

By Linda Holt

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Sinfonietta's live celebration of rhythm at City Hall

By Christopher Halls, 24 October 2020

In a long-awaited return to City Hall, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta prove their mettle in works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Daniel Lo Ting-cheung

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Hong Kong

26 Oct 2020

Hong Kong Sinfonietta's live celebration of rhythm at City Hall

By Christopher Halls

Ravenna

An old head on young shoulders: Gergiev and the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini

By David Karlin, 28 June 2020

Beethoven à la Gergiev is measured and classically elegant, with precise playing from a thoughtful Beatrice Rana.

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Ravenna

28 Jun 2020

An old head on young shoulders: Valery Gergiev in Ravenna

By David Karlin

Tokyo

Tokyo Symphony restarts with a full-length concert at Suntory Hall

By Nahoko Gotoh, 26 June 2020

The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra reopened its doors to audiences with majestic Mendelssohn.

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Tokyo

30 Jun 2020

Tokyo Symphony restarts with a full-length concert at Suntory Hall

By Nahoko Gotoh

Boston

Valentine for the birthday boy from Bezuidenhout and the Handel and Haydn Society

By Kevin Wells, 14 February 2020

Bezuidenhout and the Handel and Haydn Society offer the Boston audience an entirely different sound world where the music sings in a new voice.

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Boston

18 Feb 2020

Valentine for the birthday boy from Bezuidenhout and the H&H

By Kevin Wells

Berlin

Searing Suk: Petrenko conducts the Asrael Symphony in Berlin

By Hugo Shirley, 09 January 2020

Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker are superb in Suk's massive symphony, but Barenboim's Beethoven fails to coalesce.

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Berlin

10 Jan 2020

Searing Suk: Petrenko conducts the Asrael Symphony in Berlin

By Hugo Shirley

Lucerne

Romantic, serene, intense: Buchbinder brings Beethoven to Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet, 16 November 2019

The highly decorated Austrian pianist, Rudolph Buchbinder, launched the Lucerne Piano Festival by playing and conducting the complete cycle of Beethoven’s five piano concertos.

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Lucerne

18 Nov 2019

Romantic, serene, intense: Buchbinder brings Beethoven to Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet

Los Angeles

Young lions Tao and Rana tear into Beethoven without Dudamel

By Laurence Vittes, 18 May 2019

When it was announced from the stage that Gustavo Dudamel would not be conducting due to a "family emergency," the orchestra played for Conducting Fellow Stephen Mulligan as if he were a maestro.

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Los Angeles

20 May 2019

Young lions Tao and Rana tear into Beethoven

By Laurence Vittes

London

Smouldering Beethoven and barnstorming Ives from Elder and the LSO

By Benjamin Poore, 14 April 2019

Plenty of mustard with Ives' beguiling Americana and intelligent Beethoven from Kirill Gerstein.

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London

16 Apr 2019

Smouldering Beethoven and barnstorming Ives from Elder and the LSO

By Benjamin Poore

Tokyo

Cambreling's farewell: a programme of French connections in Tokyo

By Nahoko Gotoh, 24 March 2019

Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra's Sunday matinee, which was the final concert for its outgoing Principal Conductor Sylvain Cambreling, had many French connections.

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Tokyo

29 Mar 2019

Cambreling's farewell: a programme of French connections in Tokyo

By Nahoko Gotoh

Mahtomedi

Jonathan Biss and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra explore Beethoven from two different angles.

By Phillip Nones, 17 March 2019

Jonathan Biss and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra explore Beethoven from two different angles – the early 19th and 21st centuries.

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Mahtomedi

17 Mar 2019

Jonathan Biss and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra explore Beethoven

By Phillip Nones

London

Drums of war: the Flanders Symphony Orchestra at Cadogan Hall

By Alexander Hall, 15 March 2019

Jan Latham-Koenig conducting the Flanders Symphony Orchestra reveals the drama and Romantic heart in Mendelssohn's Third Symphony, while Filippo Gorini chooses a classical approach to Beethoven.

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London

16 Mar 2019

Drums of war: the Flanders Symphony Orchestra at Cadogan Hall

By Alexander Hall

Liverpool

Profoundly serious Sibelius from the RLPO and Vasily Petrenko

By Peter Connors, 20 January 2019

Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO gave a deeply moving performance of Sibelius's Fourth Symphony, following exquisite Peer Gynt and a stylish Beethoven Third Piano Concerto with Beatrice Rana.

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Liverpool

21 Jan 2019

Profoundly serious Sibelius from the RLPO and Vasily Petrenko

By Peter Connors

Manchester

Staples of the Romantic repertoire from Freddy Kempf and the NCO at Stoller Hall

By Aaron Davies, 28 September 2018

Manchester's highly polished Northern Chamber Orchestra is joined by Freddy Kempf to deliver a highly enjoyable performance, full of vim and vigour.

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Manchester

30 Sep 2018

Staples of the Romantic repertoire from Freddy Kempf and the NCO

By Aaron Davies

New York City

A world première and a subscription debut with New York Philharmonic at Geffen Hall

By Edward Sava-Segal, 04 April 2018

In her newest work, Metacosmos, Anna Thorvaldsdóttir proves again to be an artist of deep originality.

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New York City

06 Apr 2018

A world première and a subscription debut with New York Philharmonic

By Edward Sava-Segal

London

Norrington and the SWR Symphony Orchestra in heroic vein

By Alexander Hall, 16 March 2018

An overture, a concerto and a symphony by the incomparable Beethoven delivered with heroic commitment by the SWR Symphony Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington and Francesco Piemontesi.

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London

17 Mar 2018

Norrington and the SWR in heroic vein

By Alexander Hall

Boston

Divine fire and refulgent power: Martin Helmchen, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony

By Kevin Wells, 17 November 2017

When orchestra members smile, it’s a sure sign something special is happening.

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Boston

19 Nov 2017

Divine fire and refulgent power

By Kevin Wells

Bristol

Unfamiliar Russians break the routine with Karabits and the Bournemouth SO in Bristol

By Andrew Morris, 16 November 2017

Kirill Karabits leads the BSO in music by Glazunov and Tchaikovsky, which prove more appealing that David Fray's Beethoven.

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Bristol

18 Nov 2017

Unfamiliar Russians break the routine

By Andrew Morris

New York City

Nearing the end of an era: Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall

By Edward Sava-Segal, 07 November 2017

Tonal finesse, graceful articulation and magical simplicity mattered more than anything else in Yefim Bronfman's version of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto.

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New York City

09 Nov 2017

Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall

By Edward Sava-Segal

London

Prom 1: Fuel to the Proms fire on the First Night

By Nick Boston, 14 July 2017

Mass hysteria, Schiller’s Ode to Joy and Wild Nights – a heady mix for this year’s opening night of the BBC Proms from Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

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London

15 Jul 2017

Fuel to the Proms fire on the First Night

By Nick Boston

Liverpool

Visceral virtuosity and poetic pianism: Bozhanov debuts with the RLPO

By Pamela Nash, 15 June 2017

Evgeni Bozhanov marks his Liverpool début with the RLPO under the watchful eye of conductor Marzena Diakun.

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Liverpool

17 Jun 2017

Visceral virtuosity and poetic pianism

By Pamela Nash

Prague

Gilgamesh: In Prague, a rousing revival of an ancient story

By Frank Kuznik, 25 January 2017

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

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Prague

26 Jan 2017

In Prague, a rousing revival of an ancient story

By Frank Kuznik

Tokyo

Surprises from Tokyo’s “newspaper” orchestra

By Robert Markow, 24 November 2016

One of Japan’s leading orchestras, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, turned in performances of two warhorses as different as night and day: Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, curiously understated, and Brahms' Fourth Symphony, surging with power and passion.

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Tokyo

25 Nov 2016

Surprises from Tokyo’s “newspaper” orchestra

By Robert Markow

Berlin

Paavo Järvi conquers Shostakovich's Leningrad with the Staatskapelle

By Hugo Shirley, 07 November 2016

It's not plain-sailing in Lupu's Beethoven, but Järvi's clear-sighted and controlled approach and the Staatskapelle's high-quality playing make for especially musical Shostakovich after the interval.

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Berlin

08 Nov 2016

Paavo Järvi conquers Shostakovich's Leningrad

By Hugo Shirley