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Kirill Karabits conducts the CBSO © Jonathan Ferro

Romeo and Juliet without the tragedy? Prokofiev and Lyatoshynsky at Symphony Hall

By Simon Cummings, 15 January 2025

Kirill Karabits leads the CBSO in an evening exploring Romeo and Juliet that shies away from real tragedy in favour of having fun.

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Birmingham

15 Jan 2025

Romeo and Juliet without the tragedy? Karabits and the CBSO

By Simon Cummings

Kirill Karabits and Emmanuel Ceysson in rehearsal © Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Poole

Eastern Promise delivered with style by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

By David Truslove, 11 October 2023

In Poole, Kirill Karabits combines lesser-known composers with those more familiar and creates an absorbing evening of great music-making.

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Poole

11 Oct 2023

Eastern Promise delivered with style by the BSO and Karabits

By David Truslove

Glasgow

BBC Scottish and RCS in fruitful partnership in epic Shostakovich 11

By David Smythe, 17 June 2023

Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony, in partnership with musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, present a new work from Mingdu Li, Glière’s Horn concerto and an immense Shostakovich 11.

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Glasgow

17 Jun 2023

BBC Scottish and RCS in fruitful partnership in epic Shostakovich 11

By David Smythe

Kirill Karabits and Stefan Jackiw © Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Poole

Glière Violin Concerto receives UK premiere in dazzling Poole concert

By David Truslove, 10 May 2023

A Glière premiere and two French classics showcase the outstanding qualities of the BSO in a night to remember.

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Poole

10 May 2023

Glière Violin Concerto receives UK premiere in dazzling Poole concert

By David Truslove

Felix Klieser in rehearsal with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra © Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Poole

Felix Klieser dazzles in Glière's Horn Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

By David Truslove, 11 January 2023

Once more Kirill Karabits turned eastwards for inspiration and delivered persuasive renditions of two seldom heard works prefaced by a startlingly new work of arresting sonorities.

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Poole

11 Jan 2023

Felix Klieser dazzles in Glière's Horn Concerto with the BSO

By David Truslove

Tokyo

Radek Baborák and friends shine in Suntory Hall's Chamber Music Garden

By Nahoko Gotoh, 18 June 2022

This portrait concert of the well-loved Czech horn player Radek Baborák, devised for Suntory Hall's Chamber Music Garden, was part solo recital, part ensemble concert.

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Tokyo

18 Jun 2022

Radek Baborák and friends shine in Suntory Hall's Chamber Music Garden

By Nahoko Gotoh

Vienna

Heavenly respite in the Golden Hall as Anneleen Lenaerts plays Glière with the Philharmonic

By Chanda VanderHart, 24 April 2022

If in heaven there are indeed harps, then it would be hard to imagine a better angel to recruit than Anneleen Lenaerts, who performed Glière's concerto with her Philharmonic brothers and sisters in arms in the Musikverein.

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Vienna

24 Apr 2022

Heavenly respite in the Golden Hall as Anneleen Lenaerts plays Glière

By Chanda VanderHart

Salzburg

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra shows its stars at the Salzburg Festival

By Alexander Hall, 13 August 2021

Daniel Barenboim offered an unusually Germanic take on César Franck, while section leaders Michael Barenboim and Kian Soltani pulled double duty as soloists in Brahms' Double Concerto.

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Salzburg

13 Aug 2021

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra shows its stars at the Salzburg Festival

By Alexander Hall

New York City

A Rachmaninov evening with the Russian National Orchestra at Lincoln Center

By Edward Sava-Segal, 20 February 2019

A marvelous musician, Mikhail Pletnev, conveyed a fresh perspective on the inner works of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto.

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New York City

20 Feb 2019

A Rachmaninov evening with the Russian National Orchestra

By Edward Sava-Segal

London

Ore-inspiring: the Philharmonia Orchestra mines the Soviet musical legacy

By Matthew Rye, 22 March 2018

Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra excelled in a fascinating exploration of post-revolutionary Russian music under the banner ‘Workers and the State’.

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London

22 Mar 2018

Philharmonia mines the Soviet musical legacy

By Matthew Rye

Belgrade

Glière's Ilya Muromets: an amazing account from Gabriel Feltz and the Belgrade Philharmonic

By Peter Connors, 02 March 2018

Gabriel Feltz and the Belgrade Philharmonic conjured up medieval Russia in the colourful and imaginative tale of Ilya Muromets in Glière's Symphony no. 3.

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Belgrade

02 Mar 2018

Glière's Ilya Muromets: an amazing account from Gabriel Feltz and the Belgrade Philharmonic

By Peter Connors

Liverpool

The RLPO and Vasily Petrenko raise the roof in an all-Russian programme

By Pamela Nash, 10 June 2016

Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO perform an all-Russian programme, with an exceptional Rite of Spring and charismatic playing from solo harpist Catrin Finch.

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Liverpool

10 Jun 2016

All-Russian programme raises the roof in Liverpool

By Pamela Nash

Saanen

Harp and voice at Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad

By David Karlin, 30 January 2015

Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad opens with a programme of beautiful music and a pair of fine soloists, but a concert somewhat let down by a lack of rapport between soloists and orchestra.

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Saanen

30 Jan 2015

Opening concert Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad

By David Karlin

London

Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony on top form

By Nahoko Gotoh, 10 August 2011

Each year, BBC Proms provides a great opportunity for the UK regional orchestras (in particular for the non-BBC orchestras such as the Bournemouth Symphony, the Halle and the Liverpool Philharmonic) to showcase themselves. This year, I decided to sample Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony as I have been hearing good things about this partnership for a while.

London

10 Aug 2011

Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony on top form

By Nahoko Gotoh

London

Russian Ballet Icons Gala; 100-Year Anniversary of Galina Ulanova

By Margaret Willis, 15 May 2011

The Russian ballerina Galina Ulanova is a true legend in the world of classical ballet. Her dramatic interpretations plumbed deep into the human soul and revealed its full gamut of emotion and poetic beauty.

London

15 May 2011

Russian Ballet Icons Gala; 100-Year Anniversary of Galina Ulanova

By Margaret Willis

La Coruña

Gonsalves y Hamburger en el ciclo de cámara de la Sinfónica de Galicia

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 01 October 2025

Música de cámara en distintos lugares de la ciudad, es la propuesta de la Sinfónica de Galicia para comenzar la temporada alcanzando a otros públicos.

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La Coruña

01 Oct 2025

Gonsalves y Hamburger en el ciclo de cámara de la OSG

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Zurich

Starkes Frauenduo: Diana Damrau und Nathalie Stutzmann beim Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

By Thomas Schacher, 21 November 2024

Die berühmte Sopranistin wagte sich an die Ränder ihres Repertoires, die Wagner-Dirigentin legte mit Tschaikowskys Fünfter eine dramatisch inspirierte Interpretation hin.

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Zurich

21 Nov 2024

Starkes Frauenduo: Diana Damrau und Nathalie Stutzmann in Zürich

By Thomas Schacher

© Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Sinfónica de Kiev: emoción y calidad en la clausura del 39 Festival de Canarias

By Francisco Martínez Ramos, 11 February 2023

Emoción y calidad se unieron en el concierto de clausura del 39 FIMC, que contó con la Orquesta Sinfónica de Kiev bajo la dirección de Luigi Gaggero.

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Santa Cruz de Tenerife

11 Feb 2023

Sinfónica de Kiev: emoción y calidad en la clausura del FIMC

By Francisco Martínez Ramos

Graz

Das Recreation-Orchester im Grazer Stefaniensaal - Russische Weihnacht ohne Zuckerguss

By Isabella Steppan, 16 December 2014

Das Recreation-Orchester unter Andreas Stoehr lieferte weihnachtliche Werke von Tschaikowski und Rimski-Korsakow ohne Zauber, doch Emmanuel Ceysson sorgte an der Harfe für magische Momente.

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Graz

16 Dec 2014

Weihnacht ohne Zuckerguss

By Isabella Steppan