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At the final stop of its European tour, the China NCPA Orchestra, led by Myung-Whun Chung with Bruce Liu, deliver luminous precision, refined Ravel and cinematic Prokofiev at the Elbphilharmonie. 

Joshua Bell brings intimacy and precision to his Philharmonic performance of Dvořák’s Violin Concerto. 

The Chinese-Canadian pianist put his extroversion on full display in an unforgettable Wigmore debut.

The 19-year old Van Cliburn winner delivers an assured and poetic account of all 27 of Chopin’s ferociously difficult études. 

Grosvenor brings out the commonalities and contrasts of two great B minor sonatas, demonstrating his unique pianistic qualities. 

No doubts about the Canadian pianist in Chopin or in jazz-inflected Nikolai Kasputin; reservations about his Rameau and Beethoven.

The Faust Symphony formed the bloated climax of a demonic date with the Grim Reaper, who loomed large over Sir Antonio Pappano's “Total Liszt” programme with the LSO.

The fabulous new Narodowe Forum Muzyki in Wrocław presented a very original Silvester offering of Szymanowski, Grieg and Dvořák.

The first performance of the Boston Symphony’s final program for 2016 fell on St Cecilia's Day. The patron saint of music must have been pleased to see the past, the present and the future join hands in a program anchored by two warhorses of the Romantic repertory.

At age 92, Menahem Pressler presented a demanding recital at Symphony Center. Results were mixed, but his reverence to the music was incontrovertible.

The third movement waltz was a particular high point for sheer fun. Tchaikovsky's implied sinister undertones slipped under the radar.

Sir Antonio Pappano conducted a moving and original Rachmaninov Second Symphony as the highlight of the first of two Proms concerts with his Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia at the Proms.

For the final concert in LSO St. Luke’s Chopin 2010 series, Benjamin Grosvenor’s programme was framed by the first two Scherzos, with the lengthy Fourth Scherzo forming the centrepiece of the recital. A current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, at eighteen Grosvenor can no longer be classed as a child prodigy, yet, regardless of age, his is still a remarkable achievement.

Joaquín Achúcarro ofreció en Valladolid un estupendo recital pianístico, en el que ofreció obras de compositores que le han acompañado durante su larga carrera.

Achúcarro se decantó por una enfoque íntimo y pausado que llenó al Auditorio de un ambiente absolutamente mágico e introspectivo.

Dans le beau cadre de l'Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle la pianiste Momo Kodama associée au violoniste Nicolas Dautricourt nous proposent un programme autour de Chopin, Szymanowski, Scriabine, Wieniawski, Lutoslawski, et Ravel, patchwork inégal allant du pire jusqu'au meilleur.