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Who needs conductors when you've got synergy? The Camerata Salzburg and Hélène Grimaud bring Mozart and Brahms to Berlin's Philharmonie. 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin smartly surrounds a guaranteed crowd-pleaser – Brahms’ First Piano Concerto – with less familiar works by Julia Wolfe and Louise Farrenc. 

Hélène Grimaud's Singapore recital sonorously unites Hans von Bülow’s “three Bs of music” – Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. 

In his Carnegie Hall debut, the young Czech conductor leads a meaty and memorable program of Brahms and Wagner, with joined by Hélène Grimaud for Robert Schumann’s sole Piano Concerto.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra give the world premiere of Esteban Benzecry’s MUYUY, The circle of life before a performance of Florence Price's Fourth Symphony. 

Two minor key works, performed before a – limited – live audience in Dallas, and streamed online. 

The program also featured a compelling world premiere from composer Valerie Coleman and a stirring performance of Dvořák's “New World” Symphony.

Grimaud married incredible precision and rigour with moving sensitivity and ease. She led the listener clearly through the score without dropping a detail, but never gave the feeling that she was micro-managing.

Bearded Brahms was prolific in the two works in this Boston Symphony program under Andris Nelsons. 

Andris Nelsons, and Hélène Grimaud present a much-anticipated Brahms “mini-fest” of the four symphonies and two piano concertos in Boston. 

A fascinating recital from Hélène Grimaud at the Barbican balanced a first half sequence exploring works with an aquatic theme against some monumental Brahms. 

Helene Grimaud's recital inside Disney Hall mucially captures and captivates nature's terrene elements with a balance of aqueous colouring and deeply grounded terra firma.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic brought a colorful and exciting program to Hill Auditorium, Detroit.

Hélène Grimaud, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and the Rotterdam Philharmonic impress in a colourful programme of 20th century gems. 

Artist Douglas Gordon and pianist Hélène Grimaud literally flooded the Park Avenue Armory with tears become… streams become… 

Both Andris Nelsons and the Philharmonia Orchestra showed total commitment to and immersion in Brahms' music in this instalment in Nelsons' cycle with the orchestra. They were joined by Hélène Grimauld for the Second Piano Concerto, before the Fourth Symphony.

It is often said of British orchestras that their sound lacks the visceral, characterful edge of their colleagues on the continent.

After a summer at the Blossom Music Center, it was good to have The Cleveland Orchestra back in its Severance Hall habitat for the opening on the 2013/14 concert season on Thursday evening.

The Czech Philharmonic has had something of an eventful history since its first concert, given under the baton of Antonín Dvořák in 1896. Since then, the orchestra has been conducted by a number of distinguished musicians, including Gustav Mahler.

The Napa Valley is famous for its picturesque countryside, stunning weather and fine wine. With the ambitious Festival del Sole concluding their seventh season on Sunday night with a concert featuring two titans of classical music - Joshua Bell and Hélène Grimaud – they proved that “wine country” has even more to offer the Northern California region than that which makes them one of the premier de

Two firsts for the price of one. The anticipated Piano Concerto no. 2 by Brahms was replaced by no. 1, as it suited French pianist Hélène Grimaud’s recording commitments with Deutsche Grammophon.

The final week of the 2011 Proms season began with a flamboyant and exhilarating concert given by the superb Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, who celebrate their 110th anniversary this year. They were joined by pianist Hélène Grimaud, playing Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, the piece with which she made her Proms debut in 2001.

The music of Richard Strauss is dramatic, radical and philosophical. It is also a surprisingly good cure for a February cold; its sheer vitality blows away those winter blues.

La magnífica pianista Hélène Grimaud ofreció un programa intenso y audaz el que destacó especialmente su maestría a la hora de abordar Brahms.

Hélène Grimaud begeistert mit einer leichtfüßigen Interpretation von Beethovens Fünftem Klavierkonzert. Und Paavo Järvi bietet mit dem Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich eine politische Deutung von Schostakowitschs Fünfter Symphonie.

Après un Premier Concerto peu concertant et un peu raide sous la baguette d'Edward Gardner, le London Philharmonic Orchestra a paru nettement plus décomplexé dans une Première Symphonie convaincante.

Jakub Hrůša, Hélène Grimaud und Kateřina Kněžíková entdecken Zwischentöne in großer Symphonik.

À l'Opéra de Nice, Hélène Grimaud réalise une superbe performance dans le Concerto en sol de Ravel et parvient à insuffler élégance et expression à l’orchestre philharmonique de la ville.

Dans un programme 100% « Allemagne romantique », le chef québécois et l'orchestre américain délivrent une prestation de référence. Au piano, Hélène Grimaud impressionne mais ne convainc pas totalement.

Grimaud brilló en el Andante con moto, donde asistimos a la gradual fragmentación de la célula inicial, siempre bien arropada por maderas y, especialmente, una maravillosa sección de violas. Por último, el Rondo vivace desprendió energía y confirmó la compenetración entre el discurso pianístico y la Philharmonia.

Hélène Grimaud reizte die Zusammenarbeit mit dem Orchester mit Temposprüngen aus. Dafür präsentierte sich die Philharmonia unter Fabio Luisi bei Tschaikowsky in Bestform.

Tel est le tarif pour quiconque assiste à une performance du chef québécois. Nous autres parisiens, avions eu la chance de l’entendre dans son intégrale Mendelssohn, c’était au tour de Mahler et de sa 1ère Symphonie.

Quoiqu’on l’ait sentie moins à son aise au départ, Hélène Grimaud a livré une performance remarquable et une lecture tout à fait heureuse de la partition.

Hélène Grimaud erweckte Mozart und Bach zum Leben; das Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks verabschiedeten sich mit einem großen Spaß in Essen. 

Répertoire on ne peut plus convenu, petits paraphes obséquieux : difficile de se rendre au concert sans aprioris, dès lors qu'il est question d'aller écouter Hélène Grimaud. Mais le verdict tombe sans tarder : une lecture pleine de fraîcheur de la Symphonie n° 60 de Haydn, par l'Orchestre de Chambre de la Radio Bavaroise, éclipse les deux concertos, pour le moins décevants.

Délicatesse et sens dramatique se conjuguent sous les doigts de la pianiste – Leonard Slatkin coordonne une fête d’anniversaire digne de ce nom.

Hélène Grimaud nous offre un programme dont l’unité réside dans le thème de l’eau, ainsi que la puissante Sonate No.2 de Brahms.