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With Emmanuel Macron announcing a return to theatres and concert halls in May, the Orchestre de Paris plays for an exclusive – but silent – audience by the Seine.

Trottmann used profile, posture and facial expression to bring each song to life. 

The Nash Ensemble exploited its versatility in a wide-ranging and enjoyable programme of French chamber music and song featuring soprano Rebecca Evans.

The opening of the Duparc rippled diaphanously in Martineau's hands as the seductive but pure silver of Karg's voice.

Despite an indisposition, Mariella Devia remains a formidable bel canto performer at her much-anticipated Wigmore Hall recital.

Part of Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series, Matthew Polenzani's programme impressed. Beginning with Beethoven, he made his way from German to French by way of Liszt, then carried on with Satie and Ravel, and finally wound down the concert with a set of Samuel Barber songs and some lovely encores.

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.

L'Allgemeine Musikgesellschaft Basel a invité, dans le cadre d'une soirée "Rising Star",  à la fin du mois de janvier 2016, la jeune soprano ukrainienne Olena Tokar, accompagnée par son compatriote, pianiste de la même génération, Igor Gryshyn.