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A high-octane collaboration between María Dueñas and Alexander Malofeev at Carnegie Hall, featuring the US premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’ De Cuerda y Madera. 

Anastasia Kobekina and Cedric Tiberghien treat Wigmore Hall to a night of flair, flitting between their two homelands. 

The French pianist steps in to join the American diva in the Musikverein for a program of French and German art song. 

The South African soprano wows the audience with astonishing vocal and dramatic qualities – but do they stretch to a programme of art song?

The second half was all about Ravel and Adrian Brendel.

Pretty Yende makes a successful New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall with a diverse selection of songs and arias.

In Amsterdam, the Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin, accompanied by pianist Maciej Pikulski, delighted the Concertgebouw audience with a varied program of English and French songs.

Bass-baritone Eric Owens is no stranger to Bay Area voice aficionados. After making his local debut as Lodovico in Otello with San Francisco Opera in 2002, Owens memorably created the diet-regiment-reciting General Leslie Groves there in the world première of John Adams’ Doctor Atomic in 2005. Most recently he did yeoman's work with a smaller role in Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi in October.

One would think that either Renée Fleming or Susan Graham alone would be reason enough to sell out a large venue such as Disney Hall. But everything is bigger in Hollywood, and the LA Phil brought both artists together for a one-night recital of French art song. But even that wasn’t enough.

What’s in a name, or for that matter, a label? Why does music “sound” German, American, French, or Russian? Violinist Cho-Liang Lin and pianist Jon Kimura Parker presented a duo recital at Fort Worth’s Bass Hall Tuesday evening, titled “An Evening in Paris”. Their thoughtful program consisted of works by French composers of the early twentieth century, and also by (long-time Parisian) Stravinsky.