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At the Festival Ravel, Bertrand Chamayou, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Hyunji Kim perform all the solo piano works at the Église Saint-Vincent, a stone’s throw from the house where Ravel was born.

Alongside works by Bernstein and Copland, conductor David Robertson and pianist Nicolas Hodges give the US premiere of Jolas's cheeky concerto bTunes.

John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic in two colourful works for large orchestra, while Håkan Hardenberger demonstrates the versatility of the trumpet in two works, one familiar, the other not.

Betsy Jolas delivers a farewell gift – at 96, her own final orchestral work – to Sir Simon Rattle on the occasion of his final Barbican concerts as the LSO's Music Director. 

Expect the unexpected when Sir Simon Rattle conducts the LSO. There will always be something that works, and sharpens your musical sensibilities, and something that doesn't. Ligeti, Wagner and Jolas vie for attention with Brahms.

A programme of works by living composers showcases a dazzling new violin concerto.

Guest conductor Susanna Mälkki also showed her mettle in a fully realized performance of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony.

Nelsons and the Boston Symphony  present an American premiere, Shostakovich’s Twelth, and dazzling Ravel with Dame Mitsuko Uchida

The LSO saved their best till last, for La Valse was superb in both sensuous atmosphere and devastating execution.

La Orquesta Sinfónica de la Radio Sueca ofreció un excelente concierto bajo la dirección de Daniel Harding.

Dans la belle acoustique du Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers, l’Orchestre de Chambre de Nouvelle-Aquitaine et son directeur musical Jean-François Heisser ont déçu, au contraire de l'excellent guitariste.

Pleine d'effets, de pétarades de trombones, de sifflements acérés de la petite harmonie, de contrebasses sauvages, la Deuxième Symphonie de Mahler proposée à la Philharmonie a cependant manqué de cohésion.

Véritable Fête de la musique avant l'heure, le concert du London Symphony Orchestra a mis à l'honneur la faculté de la formation britannique à se transformer en ensemble de chambristes de premier ordre.

Respiration dans cette Biennale Beethoven : le Quatuor Arditti explore avec une palette infinie d'effets l'imaginaire de Clara Maïda, la poésie de Christian Mason et le théâtre de Betsy Jolas.