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Rafael Payare boldly programmes Kinan Azmeh's Suite for Improvisor and Orchestra in a diverse concert bill that also features long-standing Principal Flute Timothy Hutchins.

The inaugural mcr:classical weekend comes to a rowdy finish with Stravinsky's Rite of Spring at The Bridgewater Hall.

Tasmin Little's farewell tour yields memorable Bruch in Singapore, with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra led by Gerard Schwarz.

The Swedish clarinetist's recital in Alice Tully Hall, part of the Great Performers at Lincoln Center series, was as thrilling and rewarding as any before. 

As part of the annual Schubertiade festival, clarinettist Martin Fröst and pianist Roland Pöntinin recently gave an unforgettable recital.

Hope can spin high-lying musical phrases with a sweetness and suspension that few of his contemporaries can match.

A sizzling combination of classical, jazz and folk-inspired music from Fröst and the Academy which drifted across continents with consummate skill.

To see three passionate ambassadors of their instruments performing together made a sensationally satisfying evening at St Georges, Bristol.

On Monday, Hampstead Arts Festival hosted the long-overdue debut recital of Paris-based Japanese violinist Sayaka Shoji. 

The youthful duo, British Violinist Thomas Gould and Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova took to the stage at the intimate St George’s Concert Hall for a more relaxed ‘Late Night Classical Café’.

Dans un programme qui va de Haydn à Chostakovitch, la pianiste suscite l'admiration pour la sonorité qu'elle tire de son instrument, mais déçoit par la forme de précipitation qui entrave son discours.

S'il y a des récitals aux Lisztomanias, on y trouve également ce qui fait l'intérêt d'un festival : des cours publics d'interprétation, des conférences, des joutes pianistiques, des « concerts salades »...

C'est un concert très Chostakovitch que le Quatuor Oistrakh propose à la Biennale, avec les Quatuors n° 4 et n° 9, auxquels s'ajoutaient le n° 3 de Beethoven et un arrangement des Danses roumaines de Bartók.