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Yorke Dance Project are in fine form presenting five diverse and engaging works, including new pieces by Christopher Bruce and Liam Francis.

Under the baton of Domingo Hindoyan, the Tonkünstler brings Latin America and Dvořák's New World Symphony to the Musikverein. 

At Disney Hall, Gustavo Dudamel and Lang Lang open the LA Phil's season with Rachmaninov and Ginastera. 

Xavier de Maistre gives the Singapore premiere of Ginastera's Harp Concerto, while Pierre Bleuse conducts two of Respighi's Roman trilogy. 

The NY Phil’s Music Director Designate makes an unexpected appearance in Spanish works of Ravel framing shimmering showpieces with Hilary Hahn. 

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. 

Extending his contract as Chief Conductor, Domingo Hindoyan perform an exuberant concert of Latin American works including a pair of trumpet concertos with Pacho Flores. 

At Berlin's Philharmonie, Gustavo Dudamel takes the audience on an adventurous journey around the Americas with works by Ortiz, Ginastera and Ives.

In Buffalo, old meets new in an insightful Brahms Fourth Symphony that shares the billing with a world premiere concerto for two double basses and harp.

With selections from Schumann, Ravel and Albéniz, the English pianist offers a virtuosic program notable for its style, wit and narrative focus.

The Berlin Philharmonic, reunited with its former chief conductor Sir Simon Rattle, framed Britten’s Serenade, commandingly sung by tenor Andrew Staples, with two complementary sets of orchestral variations.

Unlike many of his peers at the concert grand, Grosvenor kept histrionics to a minimum as he plays a well-programmed London recital. 

One of those performances when the sheer physical beauty of the instruments and the sounds they were making became the organic nature of the music itself.

Jennifer Johnston shone in Respighi's glorious Il tramonto and the RLPO showed off their solo skills in Ginastera's Variaciones concertantes. 

The LA Phil give us plenty of excitement in Stravinsky and Sousa and an orchestral surprise packet from Ginastera; Yuja Wang's superb pianism isn't enough to lift a disappointing Adams concerto.

Malcolm Arnold’s overture Peterloo presents the tragic events of the beginnings of the trade union movement. The melodramatic tragedy of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake closes the evening, after Juan Pérez Floristán makes his Proms debut.

Cellist Sol Gabetta founded the Solsberg Festival to make music with like-minded people in a historically significant space and arranges programmes by, and with, select musicians.

Roberto Plano offered a colorfully diverse selection of solo pieces before joining forces with Cleveland Orchestra members for Brahms' Piano Quintet.

Ken-David Masur and James Burton step in for Gustavo Dudamel in a program featuring Antonio Estévez' Cantata criolla.

The much-loved Sydney cultural institution leaps into its 50th year with this impressive, energising triple bill.

Gustavo Gimeno conducts a program anchored by Scheherazade as well as a cello concerto by Ginastera, featuring Cleveland Orchestra principal Mark Kosower.

Following some rhythmically challenged Ginastera, Horia Andreescu and the Russian National Orchestra impress with confidently played MacMillan and Tchaikovsky.

Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic presented a rarely performed but colourful gem from Ginastera, an effervescent Britten Piano Concerto with Steven Osborne and a rather brisk Schubert symphony.

A recital featuring less familiar music by Ginastera, Turina and Broadstock (leavened only by the bankable Beethoven) provides the visiting Enso Quartet with the opportunity to demonstrate admirable musicianship in Sydney.

A highly memorable all-Chopin evening from Ingrid Fliter, with great physicality, fire and expression.

A successful night of flavorful pieces, including a harp concerto by Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera. 

Often, an enthusiastic response to a performance is nothing remarkable. Here, it certainly was. 

Everybody should visit the 1901 Arts Club at least once. Bulgarian-born pianist Tania Stavreva is exactly the sort of performer these venues need: combining genuine quality with a refreshing approach to programming.

Diego Matheuz convinces the public in his Madrid debut conducting the Orquesta Nacional de España. Krysztof Wisniewski and Cristina Pozas shine as soloists, while Ginastera's Estancia was the highlight of the concert.

High above the Salzach’s east bank towers the Hotel Sacher, and atop it for the last few days has been an unusual standard: the flag of Venezuela.

The Monday Platform at Wigmore Hall, presented by the Park Lane Group, showcased the impressive and varied talents of the Lawson Trio and pianist Clare Hammond. The Park Lane Group provides support, performance platforms, and other creative opportunities for talented young artists.

Caught completely unawares – hearing a group I wasn’t familiar with, and on a Monday evening at that – I ended up seeing the Artemis Quartet give the best performance of any kind that I’ve experienced in quite a while.

Adjectives that come to mind for your typical summer concert: fun, friendly, safe. Would any of those have fit last night’s Hollywood Bowl program? “Fun” absolutely works; maybe “friendly”. But “safe”? The centerpiece of the program – Alberto Ginastera’s wild Piano Concerto no. 1 – was anything but that. Try “daring”. Or even “dangerous”.

It is bold for an Asian orchestra to tackle a programme of works with a strong and vibrant ethnic character. We got far more than we bargained for in the concert titled “Bravo! Piazzolla” by the Hong Kong Philharmonic on Friday, not only in terms of the generous encores but more so of the quality of performance.

Ambassadors of string quartet repertoire, La Catrina Quartet is a dynamic group of musicians. Performing music from Puerto Rico to Mexico to Argentina, La Catrina Quartet presented audiences with a fresh Mexican and Latin American sound.La Catrina Quartet began Thursday night’s concert with Metro Chabacano by one of Mexico’s most prolific composer, Javier Álvarez.

The Royal Overseas League (RSOL), occupies the auspicious address of 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh. It looks out over the city's historic skyline, the most westerly point of which is the prominent Castle Rock.19-year-old local guitarist Sean Shibe is the winner of the 2011 ROSL Annual Music Competition, Strings Section – only the second guitarist in 59 years achieve this.

La Real Filharmonía de Galicia cierra el ciclo en un fiel reflejo de la temporada que termina con un estreno de Octavi Rumbau, el protagonismo de los músicos de la orquesta a través de Ginastera y la presencia del magnífico violonchelista Santiago Cañón-Valencia.

Carlos Miguel Prieto se puso al frente de la Franz Schubert Filharmonia en una lectura sobria y definida en Beethoven que antecedió a la interpretación más colorista, aun ortodoxa, de Ginastera y Márquez. 

Pour son premier récital Salle Cortot, Ryutaro Suzuki a proposé un enchaînement réussi de huit plats à base de Chopin, avec un soupçon de Ginastera et assaisonné de Liszt.

Le week-end de clôture du festival portugais dirigé par Christoph Poppen a fait la part belle aux jeunes interprètes, avec des résultats particulièrement enthousiasmants.

La Orquesta de Extremadura estrenó el potente y cálido Concierto para piano núm. 2 de Ramón Paus con Eduardo Fernández como solista e Iván López Reynoso en la dirección en una velada impregnada de ritmo y entusiasmo.

La energía desbordante y contagiosa de Venditti evoca, junto a la Orquesta de Extremadura y una expresiva Cristina Montes, una riquísima y exuberante atmósfera folclórica.

Le pianiste britannique Benjamin Grosvenor livre au Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier un extraordinaire récital, entre exaltation et intériorité. 

En su segundo concierto de la temporada 2020-2021, la Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife presentó un programa atractivo y ecléctico, bajo la dirección de Juanjo Mena y teniendo como solista a Pablo Ferrández.

Le L.A. Dance Project présente un programme où quatre esthétiques fondamentalement différentes se côtoient : une conception artistique très intéressante. Retour sur la variété de ces écritures contemporaines made in L.A.  

La mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink et le pianiste Roger Vignoles ont proposé à l’Auditorium du Musée d’Orsay un récital qui clôturait la première année de l’Académie Orsay-Royaumont, dédiée à la mélodie et au lied.

Bernarda Fink, acompañada por Anthony Spiri al piano, hizo gala de sus diversas proveniencias confeccionando un programa que fue desde los aires eslavos hasta las pampas argentinas, pasando por la España de Manuel de Falla y Joaquín Rodrigo.

Dans le cadre du Festival Arsmondo, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse dirigé par Ken-David Masur donnait un programme consacré à Golijov, Ginastera et Beethoven, avec le pianiste Gabriel Urgell Reyes.

Dans le cadre du Festival Arsmondo organisé par l'Opéra National du Rhin et consacré à l'Argentine, le dernier opéra de Ginastera, Beatrix Cenci, est donné en création française à Strasbourg. Avec succès.

Tras décadas de olvido en Europa, la obra maestra de Ginastera llega al Teatro Real con una nueva producción de Pierre Audi y la enérgica batuta de David Afkham