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In their duo debut at Carnegie Hall, violinist and pianist offered a dialogue of many contrasts.

A rapt audience witnessed a very special musical event where superficial differences in musical style and personal presentation counted for nothing with musicianship of the highest order.

An effortless evening of Brahms, Bartók and Schubert: high-class chamber music making from Benjamin Grosvenor and others.

American–Armenian viola player Kim Kashkashian and Hungarian pianist Peter Nagy included a world première performance of Tigran Mansurian in their recital programme in Istanbul.

Members of Royal Northern Sinfonia and John Reid take us on an intoxicating trip round the cafés of Central Europe with chamber music by Enescu, Martinů, Bartók, Dvořák and Kodály.

Each piece in Nicolas Alstaedt and José Gallardo's programme was re-imagined for the cello as a direct response to existing musical material. The original music either came from a different genre, or was composed for a different instrument. Four significant works in the cello repertoire emerged.

Zwei facettenreiche Liederzyklen der Sängerin Hannigan machen den Abend zur berührenden Kurtág-Hommage