Youthful passion and skill at the Stadsgehoorzaal

L’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève captivé par le hautbois d’Alexei Ogrintchouk, aura vécu une exaltation passionante qui ne durera malheureusement que le temps d’une danse Martinienne et Marcellesque ! Subsistent de nombreux points positifs qui donnent beaucoup d’espoir au renouveau de cet orchestre. 

A performance by Leo van Doeselaar on the Concertgebouw’s Maarschalkerweerd Organ in Saint-Saëns’ Symphony no. overshadows all else in the Concertgebouw.

A mélange of documentary, Chinese opera and contemporary music does not really bind into a solid whole, but Sichuan opera star Shen Tiemei’s performance is complete musical theatre.

Eva-Maria Westbroek as Sieglinde was the high point at an opera gala in support of young singers at the Concertgebouw.

A winning young cast discovers that all's not well that ends well in the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century’s virtuosic Così fan tutte at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam.

The Young Composers Meeting Apeldoorn was opened by the 'Orchestra of the 21st century' under Ed Spanjaard, with fascinating pieces by Anna Meredith and Louis Andriessen.