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2025 Chopin Competition laureate and Massachusetts native Eric Lu makes his debut at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home in the Berkshires. 

A world premiere by Wang Chenwei, familiar Chopin and a rare outing for Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta make for satisfying fare in Jahcun Wong’s Singapore Symphony programme.

The London Mozart Players produce effervescence in Prokofiev while cellist Maciej Kulakowski shines in a clean and expressive Schumann Cello Concerto.

Jan Lisiecki opens the third weekend of the Riga Jurmala Music Festival at the Dzintari Concert Hall. 

Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra fills the Royal Albert Hall, while Schumann’s piano concerto is followed by MacMillan’s masterpiece The Confession of Isobel Gowdie. 

The sound in Schumann's “Rhenish” was satisfyingly dense, rich and passionate, and the horns once more made great sailing of all their magnificent solos.

Music Director Ludovic Morlot, known for his intriguing programming, outdid himself with a summery breeze of a program that enchanted from beginning to end.

Stephen Hough stuns with an emotive reading of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, while the Ulster Orchestra under Rafael Payare were on fine form for the season’s finale.

A valiant attempt by Hong Kong Sinfonietta at Sibelius' demanding Fourth Symphony.

Sous la baguette du jeune et talentueux Gustavo Gimeno, les deux compositeurs à l’honneur étaient Beethoven et Ravel, tous deux figures marquantes et révolutionnaires de la forme par le langage, le plus classique des romantiques d’un côté, le plus traditionnel du style français moderne de l’autre.