The art of connection: the Toronto Symphony visits Vienna

Anna Prohaska and Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Gustavo Gimeno, Anna Prohaska and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Por Chanda VanderHart, 11 febrero 2026

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“one composer’s anxieties bleeding into another’s unrequited love”

Crítica hecha desde Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Viena el 9 febrero 2026

Murphy, Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark

Kurtág, Kafka Fragments, Op.24 (selection)

Bartók, Concierto para violín núm. 1, Sz 36

Mahler, Sinfonía núm. 4 en sol mayor

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violín

Anna Prohaska, Soprano

Gustavo Gimeno, Dirección

Gimeno y la Sinfónica de Toronto celebran BCN Classics en el Palau

Albert Ferrer Flamarich, 30th January

El ciclo BCN Classics celebró su décimo aniversario con un concierto excepcional en el que Gustavo Gimeno, al frente de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Toronto, ofreció una magnífica Cuarta de Mahler.

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Elim Chan and TSO reign supreme in Shostakovich’s Ninth

Michelle Assay, 30th April

After a Rachmaninov concerto that resembles a harangue, an uneven Toronto Symphony programme comes into focus with a sharply characterised Shostakovich Ninth.

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Toronto Symphony kicks off season with an effective double bill

John Gilks, 18th September

The Toronto Symphony kicks off the 2025-26 season with an intriguing and exciting double bill of the very new and the very familiar.

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A satisfying melange of Classic and Caribbean with the Toronto SO

John Gilks, 28th May

Kristiina Poska makes a successful Toronto debut with solid Beethoven and some spicy Caribbean fireworks from Stewart Goodyear.

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Springtime in Toronto: touring programme needs some rethinking

Michelle Assay, 20th March

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s latest concert, tipped for European touring next year, fails to convince.

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Music of the Spheres: stars align for Thomas Adès’ TSO debut

Michelle Assay, 26th February

Thomas Adès serves up an astronomical programme, pairing his Piano Concerto and Paradiso with Holst’s crowd favourite, The Planets.

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.

The art of connection: Toronto Symphony, Gimeno, Kopatchinskaja and Prohaska in Vienna