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Ryan Bancroft conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic © Elizabeth Asher

From ice to fire with Ryan Bancroft and the Los Angeles Philharmonic

By Laurence Vittes, 26 April 2025

Ryan Bancroft leads the LA Phil through Hillborg’s shimmering Sound Atlas, Mozart’s dramatic C minor concerto with Yeol Eum Son, and a fiery, full-throttle performance of Nielsen’s Fourth Symphony.

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Los Angeles

26 Apr 2025

From ice to fire with Ryan Bancroft and the LA Phil

By Laurence Vittes

Anaïs Touret and Douwe Dekkers in Samantha Lynch's Couch © Erik Berg

Oslo

Norwegian National Ballet's Dialogues II: brief but brilliant

By Graham Watts, 03 April 2025

A brief but excellent programme of five duets showcased on the main stage of the Den Norske Opera.

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Oslo

03 Apr 2025

Norwegian National Ballet's Dialogues II: brief but brilliant

By Graham Watts

Edinburgh

Northern Lights: Nordic Music Days festival visits Scotland for the first time

By Simon Thompson, 31 October 2024

Andrew Manze and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra provide Northern Light from two Swedish composers, but sinister darkness from two Scots.

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Edinburgh

31 Oct 2024

Northern Lights: Nordic Music Days festival visits Scotland

By Simon Thompson

Yo-Yo Ma accepting the Birgit Nilsson Prize © Markus Gårder

Stockholm

Music, people, planet: a triumphant celebration in music for Yo-Yo Ma

By Stephen Pritchard, 18 October 2022

The celebrated cellist becomes the first instrumentalist to be presented the Birgit Nilsson Prize by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf at the official Award Ceremony in Stockholm.

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Stockholm

18 Oct 2022

Music, people, planet: a triumphant celebration in music for Yo-Yo Ma

By Stephen Pritchard

Detroit

A triple serving of Salome from Fabien Gabel and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

By Phillip Nones, 22 April 2022

The French conductor leads a “Salome-centric” concert high on drama and color, joined by Nicolas Altstaedt in presenting a cello concerto new to American audiences.

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Detroit

22 Apr 2022

A triple serving of Salome from Fabien Gabel in Detroit

By Phillip Nones

Liverpool

Anders Hillborg's new viola concerto steals the Liverpool limelight

By Leighton Jones, 21 October 2021

Andrew Manze conducts the RLPO in a mostly Scandinavian programme in which the world premiere of a viola concerto proves to be an intriguing listen.

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Liverpool

21 Oct 2021

Anders Hillborg's new viola concerto steals the Liverpool limelight

By Leighton Jones

Stockholm

A Baltic phoenix: Esa-Pekka Salonen brings Stockholm back to life

By Tristan Labouret, 09 September 2021

After hosting 18 months of concerts without audience, Berwaldhallen comes back to life with the Baltic Sea Festival and its phenomenal opening concert as intelligent as it is overwhelming.

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Stockholm

09 Sep 2021

A Baltic phoenix: Esa-Pekka Salonen brings Stockholm back to life

By Tristan Labouret

New York City

Ellen Reid premiere and Renée Fleming steal the show from Bruckner 4

By David Wolfson, 21 February 2020

Ellen Reid’s evocative new work and Renée Fleming’s set of songs from her album “Distant Light” were the highlights of a program that included an uninspiring Bruckner Fourth Symphony.

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New York City

21 Feb 2020

Ellen Reid premiere and Renée Fleming steal the show from Bruckner 4

By David Wolfson

London

A trip down memory lane for Martin Fröst at Wigmore Hall

By Mark Pullinger, 16 December 2019

An evening of “French Beauties and Swedish Beasts” from the Swedish clarinettist, demonstrating phenomenal tone and dare-devil risk-taking.

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London

16 Dec 2019

A trip down memory lane for Martin Fröst at Wigmore Hall

By Mark Pullinger

Dublin

Ailish Tynan steals the show with glorious rendition of Strauss' Four Last Songs

By Andrew Larkin, 22 November 2019

The Irish soprano impresses with her glorious voice in Strauss’ Four Last Songs while conductor Bihlmaier gives a fast-paced and fiery account of Brahms' First Symphony.

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Dublin

22 Nov 2019

Ailish Tynan steals the show with glorious Four Last Songs

By Andrew Larkin

London

SoundState: A bright future for new music at the Southbank

By Timmy Fisher, 16 January 2019

Marin Alsop lead the London Philharmonic in a thrilling showcase for contemporary composition at the Southbank Centre's SoundState festival.

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London

16 Jan 2019

SoundState: A bright future for new music at the Southbank

By Timmy Fisher

London

Fire and ice: striking Sibelius and stunning Hillborg from Oramo, Batiashvili and the BBCSO

By Mark Thomas, 29 November 2017

Sakari Oramo led an inspired BBC Symphony Orchestra in cultured performances of Sibelius, while Lisa Batiashvili produced a monumental UK première of Anders Hillborg’s evocative Violin Concerto No.2.

*****

*****

London

29 Nov 2017

Fire and ice: striking Sibelius and stunning Hillborg

By Mark Thomas

Stockholm

Eternal truths: première of Hillborg's new film collaboration in Stockholm

By Matthew Rye, 23 August 2017

A true audiovisual experience, Anders Hillborg's Aeterna, a collaboration with two Swedish film-makers, results in a compelling portrait of the fragility that underlies our relationship with our planet.

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Stockholm

23 Aug 2017

Eternal truths: Hillborg's film collaboration in Stockholm

By Matthew Rye

London

Prom 18: Pirates, sirens and Sinbad's ship with the BBCSO and James Gaffigan

By Alexander Hall, 28 July 2017

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by James Gaffigan, with two stellar soprano soloists, deliver a maritime-themed programme of pieces by Korngold, Anders Hillborg and Rimsky-Korsakov.

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London

28 Jul 2017

Prom 18: Pirates, sirens and Sinbad's ship

By Alexander Hall

London

Prom 47: Committed performances in Beethoven and Nordic trio

By David Truslove, 21 August 2015

Beethoven may have been the main catch of the day for some but Sibelius, Leifs and Hillborg will have netted many new admirers thanks to Sakari Oramo.

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London

21 Aug 2015

Committed performances in Beethoven and Nordic trio

By David Truslove

Dublin

Magical and mystical: the Latvian Radio Choir impresses in Dublin

By Andrew Larkin, 03 May 2015

LRC give a sublime rendition of Rachmaninov's All Night Vigil and astound with surreal vocal effects in the contemporary music of the second half.

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Dublin

03 May 2015

Latvian Radio Choir impresses in Dublin

By Andrew Larkin

London

Cage and Time: an intriguing multimedia experience

By Katy Wright, 20 January 2015

Where lies the boundary between musical performance and performance art? With more and more musicians choosing to incorporate digital or multimedia elements into their performances, concerts are increasingly defying easy categorisation.

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London

20 Jan 2015

Cage and Time: an intriguing multimedia experience

By Katy Wright

Chicago

Chicago Symphony Orchestra gets contemporary with MusicNOW: Vaporized

By John Dorhauer, 21 October 2013

As a title for the opening performance of MusicNOW’s 2013-2014 season, “Vaporized” is somewhat misleading. It comes from the evening’s first piece, and it makes for a tidy, catchy branding for a new music concert. Yet the other two works are steeped in a density and concreteness that are counterintuitive to the abstract, amorphous implications of that title.

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Chicago

21 Oct 2013

Chicago Symphony Orchestra gets contemporary with MusicNOW: Vaporized

By John Dorhauer

Amsterdam

Sigvards Kļava and Capella Amsterdam experiment

By Rutger Muller, 22 January 2012

For this concert Sigvards Kļava, chief conductor and artistic leader of the Latvian Radio Choir, worked as a guest conductor for the Dutch choir Capella Amsterdam. Modern and contemporary classical music play a significant, but not exclusive, role in the repertoires of both choirs.

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Amsterdam

22 Jan 2012

Sigvards Kļava and Capella Amsterdam experiment

By Rutger Muller

London

Prom 57: Perfect Pires, baffling Beethoven

By Tom Hancox, 27 August 2011

Nothing quite made sense in this programme, but the confusion was impressive nonetheless. The opening, the UK première of Anders Hillborg's 'Cold Heat', was a prime example of post-minimalism: an eclectic assortment of styles, juxtaposed with consideration, but without much sense of unity for the work itself.

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London

27 Aug 2011

Prom 57: Perfect Pires, baffling Beethoven

By Tom Hancox

Paris

Les duos contrastés de « Dialogues II » au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

By Julie Jozwiak, 26 April 2025

L'art du duo est à l'honneur au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées dans le cadre de TranscenDanses, avec des pièces courtes mais intenses de Mats Ek, Samantha Lynch, Akram Khan et Sharon Eyal.

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Paris

26 Apr 2025

Les duos contrastés de « Dialogues II » au TCE

By Julie Jozwiak

Clara-Jumi Kang © Carmen Martínez Torrón | OSG

La Coruña

Reinventando la Sinfónica de Galicia: estimulante arranque de la era González-Monjas

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 07 October 2023

Comienza una nueva y estimulante etapa para la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia con la titularidad de Roberto González-Monjas.

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La Coruña

07 Oct 2023

Estimulante arranque de la era González-Monjas en la OSG

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Hamburg

Große Gefühlswogen: das NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester betört mit Elgars Erster

By Stefan Pillhofer, 16 June 2016

Eine besondere und interessante Werkauswahl erwartete mich an diesem Abend in der Laeiszhalle. Mit der 1. Symphonie von Edward Elgar die das NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester unter der Leitung des finnischen Dirigenten Sakari Oramo spielte. Für das Violinkonzert von Benjamin Britten kam die junge norwegische Geigerin Vilde Frang als Solistin hinzu.

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Hamburg

16 Jun 2016

NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester betört mit Elgar

By Stefan Pillhofer

Gothenburg

Königliches Gastspiel im Konzerthaus Göteborg: die Stockholmer Philharmoniker unter Sakari Oramo

By Katharina Hogrefe, 14 November 2015

Unter dem Taktstock von Sakari Oramo gab die Königliche Philharmonie aus Stockholm ihr jährliches Gastspiel in Göteborg. Neben einem Stück von Anders Hillborg wurde mit der Fünften Symphonie von Sergej Prokofjew und Sibelius' Violinkonzert groß aufgespielt.

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Gothenburg

14 Nov 2015

Königliches Gastspiel

By Katharina Hogrefe