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Tom Borrow makes brilliant Cleveland Orchestra debut with Ravel's G major concerto

By Timothy Robson, 11 November 2021

Conductor Thierry Fischer steps in at short notice to conduct an early work by Messiaen, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major – a triumph for all concerned.

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Cleveland

11 Nov 2021

Tom Borrow makes brilliant Cleveland Orchestra debut with Ravel

By Timothy Robson

Poole

French Connections: the Bournemouth SO looks across the Channel

By Matthew Rye, 28 October 2020

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Thierry Fischer explore Gallic music both familiar and unfamiliar.

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Poole

28 Oct 2020

French Connections: the Bournemouth SO looks across the Channel

By Matthew Rye

London

A polished Rite from Thierry Fischer and the RPO

By Mark Pullinger, 10 March 2020

An evening of Russian classics at the Royal Festival Hall, where Esther Yoo joins the RPO to play Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

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London

10 Mar 2020

A polished Rite from Thierry Fischer and the RPO

By Mark Pullinger

Cleveland

Pepe Romero highlights Cleveland Orchestra’s mostly Spanish program

By Sam Jacobson, 19 July 2019

Thierry Fischer led The Cleveland Orchestra in works of Bizet and Debussy flanking Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with Pepe Romero.

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Cleveland

19 Jul 2019

Pepe Romero highlights Cleveland Orchestra’s mostly Spanish program

By Sam Jacobson

London

Mixed performances from a mélange of French composers at the Festival Hall

By David Truslove, 23 October 2015

Last Friday evening’s well-planned concert mostly produced some fine playing from both the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Benjamin Grosvenor but had the occasional misfire.

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London

23 Oct 2015

A mélange of French composers from the LPO

By David Truslove

London

Frivolity, tragedy and serenity: the many sides of BBC NOW at the Proms

By Hazel Rowland, 27 July 2014

Thierry Fischer and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales presented an eclectic programme, with an exciting première by Simon Holt and the many different facets of 20th century French orchestral music.

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London

27 Jul 2014

Frivolity, tragedy and serenity: BBC NOW at the Proms

By Hazel Rowland

London

Thierry Fischer shines in Messiaen's Eclairs sur l’au-delà

By Chris Garlick, 19 March 2014

Messiaen's massive Eclairs sur l’au-delà is given a superb performance by the BBCSO under Thierry Fischer.

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London

19 Mar 2014

Thierry Fischer shines in Messiaen's Eclairs sur l’au-delà

By Chris Garlick

London

Mauricio Kagel's The Pieces of the Compass Rose with the London Sinfonietta and Thierry Fischer

By Paul Kilbey, 01 June 2013

How strange. I was engrossed throughout the London Sinfonietta’s performance of Mauricio Kagel’s The Pieces of the Compass Rose last night, and I have no idea how to describe it. Each of the eight pieces in this remarkable cycle for “salon band” is titled after a point on the compass – and each is, essentially, an evocation of that point. Or perhaps I mean “direction”, or “place”.

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London

01 Jun 2013

Mauricio Kagel's The Pieces of the Compass Rose with the London Sinfonietta and Thierry Fischer

By Paul Kilbey

Perth

Scottish première of James MacMillan's Oboe Concerto with the SCO

By David Smythe, 30 January 2013

Written for oboist Nicholas Daniel and first performed in Birmingham in 2010, there was excitement and anticipation in Perth for James MacMillan’s Oboe Concerto receiving its Scottish première.The Scottish Chamber Orchestra with soloist François Leleux gave a virtuosic performance of this thought-provoking work, conducted by Thierry Fischer.

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Perth

30 Jan 2013

Scottish première of James MacMillan's Oboe Concerto with the SCO

By David Smythe

London

Prom 39: Thierry Fischer ends his BBC NOW tenure with the Berlioz Requiem

By David Allen, 11 August 2012

It’s been a busy couple of months for Berlioz’s Requiem in London. First there was Sir Colin Davis’s June performance at St. Paul’s, with the reinforced London Symphony Orchestra’s brass bands arrayed around the dome. Now, on an unofficial Big Choral Weekend at the Proms there was this valedictory effort from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and their outgoing music director, Thierry Fischer.

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London

11 Aug 2012

Prom 39: Thierry Fischer ends his BBC NOW tenure with the Berlioz Requiem

By David Allen

Cardiff

BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thierry Fischer: Strauss' Alpine Symphony

By Rohan Shotton, 15 June 2012

A lengthy standing ovation followed Thierry Fischer’s final St David’s Hall concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, concluding his sixth season with Richard Strauss’ monumental Alpine Symphony after a refined performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 22 with pianist Angela Hewitt.

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Cardiff

15 Jun 2012

BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thierry Fischer: Strauss' Alpine Symphony

By Rohan Shotton

London

Of Rihm: A 60th birthday gift from the London Sinfonietta

By David Fay, 24 January 2012

It’s quite rare nowadays to rock up to a concert having absolutely no prior knowledge of the music you’re about to hear. Ticket prices, an abundance of established concert repertoire, and an understandable reflex to ‘play it safe’ all contribute to our penchant for the known in the concert hall.

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London

24 Jan 2012

Of Rihm: A 60th birthday gift from the London Sinfonietta

By David Fay

Gateshead

Northern Sinfonia and Thierry Fischer serve up a colourful programme inspired by jazz

By Jane Shuttleworth, 15 December 2011

At first glance, Beethoven isn’t an obvious composer to match up with Ravel and Stravinsky, but Northern Sinfonia’s concert this evening with guest conductor Thierry Fischer did draw out a few surprising parallels.

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Gateshead

15 Dec 2011

Northern Sinfonia and Thierry Fischer serve up a colourful programme inspired by jazz

By Jane Shuttleworth

Cardiff

BBC NOW perform colourful all-French programme

By Hannah Gill, 06 April 2011

A rare sunny afternoon in Cardiff Bay was the ideal setting for this afternoon’s concert: an all-French programme in the intimate surroundings of the Wales Millennium Centre’s Hoddinott Hall.Having long been overshadowed by the Rite of Spring (which received its premiere two weeks later), Debussy’s ballet Jeux has been unjustly neglected.

Cardiff

06 Apr 2011

BBC NOW perform colourful all-French programme

By Hannah Gill

Valladolid

Kožená, Fischer y la OSCyL: variedad y energía en el inicio de temporada

By Francisco Martínez Ramos, 03 October 2025

La OSCyL comienza su temporada 2025-2026 con éxito, en un concierto que tuvo como director a su titular Thierry Fischer y como artista invitada a la mezzo Magdalena Kožená.

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Valladolid

03 Oct 2025

Variedad y energía en el inicio de temporada de la OSCyL

By Francisco Martínez Ramos

Valladolid

Tamestit, Fischer y la OSCyL cautivan en un programa de obras británicas

By Francisco Martínez Ramos, 28 November 2024

Con un programa enteramente británico, la OSCyL ofreció una velada cautivadora de idiomática interpretación, mostrando, además, el buen entendimiento con el director titular Thierry Fischer.

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Valladolid

28 Nov 2024

Cautivador concierto de repertorio británico con la OSCyL

By Francisco Martínez Ramos

Thierry Fischer y Leticia Moreno © Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León

Valladolid

La OSCyL comienza la temporada con un programa brillante y atractivo

By Francisco Martínez Ramos, 26 September 2024

La OSCyL y Thierry Fischer han comenzado la temporada en excelente forma y con un programa atractivo, contando con Leticia Moreno como solista al violín.

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Valladolid

26 Sep 2024

La OSCyL comienza la temporada con un programa brillante y atractivo

By Francisco Martínez Ramos

Daniel Lozakovich © Martin Raphaël Martiq

Amsterdam

Daniel Lozakovich zieht das Amsterdamer Concertgebouw mit Saint-Saëns in seinen Bann

By Michael Klier, 21 August 2024

Der junge schwedische Ausnahmegeiger ist mit dem São Paulo Symphony Orchestra unter Thierry Fischer auf Europatournee.

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Amsterdam

21 Aug 2024

Daniel Lozakovich zieht das Amsterdamer Concertgebouw in seinen Bann

By Michael Klier

Valladolid

La OSCyL clausura su temporada con espléndidos Beethoven, Granados y Falla

By Francisco Martínez Ramos, 14 June 2024

Brillante cierre de temporada de Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León con obras de Beethoven, Granados y Falla.

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Valladolid

14 Jun 2024

Espléndido concierto de la OSCyL para cerrar la temporada

By Francisco Martínez Ramos

Valladolid

Park, Fischer y la OSCyL: espléndido concierto celebratorio en Valladolid

By Francisco Martínez Ramos, 12 April 2024

La OSCyL y su titular Thierry Fischer ofrecieron un espléndido concierto, con obras de Mozart y Mahler, además de un magnífico debut de la soprano coreana Hera Hyesang Park.

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Valladolid

12 Apr 2024

Espléndido concierto celebratorio en Valladolid con la OSCyL

By Francisco Martínez Ramos

Brussels

Thierry Fischer, magicien des Nuits d’été au Klarafestival

By Valentin Gautron Lavarone, 24 March 2022

Au Klarafestival, les univers de Mendelssohn et de Berlioz s'entremêlent avec bonheur grâce à Reinoud Van Mechelen et au Brussels Philharmonic sous la baguette de Thierry Fischer.

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Brussels

24 Mar 2022

Thierry Fischer, magicien des Nuits d’été au Klarafestival

By Valentin Gautron Lavarone

Madrid

Una gran sinfonía para un gran final: la OAE interpreta Sibelius

By David Santana Cañas, 30 May 2019

Elgar, Strauss y el Sibelius más épico son el repertorio elegido por Ibermúsica para cerrar su Serie Barbieri de la mano de Thierry Fischer.

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Madrid

30 May 2019

Una gran sinfonía para un gran final

By David Santana Cañas

Paris

Recomposed by Hans Zender : Winterreise à l’Opéra Comique

By Julien Hanck, 23 November 2017

Décrite comme “totalement inintéressante, hormis du point de vue commercial” par Matthias Goerne, l’idée initiale est pourtant défendable en soit : transmuer le sang et la bile Schubertienne en un soyeux tissu orchestral, plus aisément appréhendable du grand public.

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Paris

23 Nov 2017

Recomposed by Hans Zender : Winterreise à l’Opéra Comique

By Julien Hanck

Bilbao

Thierry Fischer dirige una preciosista Cuarta de Mahler

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 03 March 2017

Es Musika-Música una gran fiesta de la música clásica en la que el protagonista número uno es el público. En todos los conciertos sinfónicos se vive una asistencia masiva de espectadores de todas las edades y condiciones.

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Bilbao

03 Mar 2017

Fischer dirige una preciosista Cuarta de Mahler

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Zurich

Hinreißend engagiert: Patricia Kopatchinskaja mit dem COE in Zürich

By Rolf Kyburz, 09 May 2016

Kopatchinskaja brachte Prokofjews wunderbare Melodien intensiv zum Leuchten, konnte aber auch gegen Ende des ersten Satzes eine Spannung aufbauen, die es mit jedem Krimi aufnahm.

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Zurich

09 May 2016

Hinreißend engagiert

By Rolf Kyburz

London

PSM4: Un anniversaire célébré avec brio

By Nicolas Schotter, 29 August 2015

Les concerts de musique d’avant-garde sont réputés difficiles. Pourtant, le concert donné à l’occasion du 90e anniversaire de Pierre Boulez s’est déroulé devant une salle pleine, ou presque, d’un public manifestement enthousiaste.

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London

29 Aug 2015

PSM4: Un anniversaire célébré avec brio

By Nicolas Schotter

Geneva

Fischer dirige l'OSR dans un concert d'oeuvres rares

By Johann Vacher, 04 June 2014

Un programme original, un orchestre compétent et des musiciens invités reconnus : tous les ingrédients étaient réunis pour un grand concert, mais quelques petits problèmes dans la réalisation ou choix artistiques étonnants vinrent nuancer l'impression générale.

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Geneva

04 Jun 2014

L'OSR et Queyras au Victoria Hall

By Johann Vacher