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Krzysztof Urbański elects an ideal pace and shape for Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony in a guest conducting appearance with the National Symphony Orchestra, on an evening also featuring Lise de la Salle playing Chopin.

A chamber version of Chopin is outshone by Chausson's compositional ingenuity.

The European Union Youth Orchestra confirms its exceptional quality in Zubel and Tchaikovsky. In Chopin, Seong-Jin Cho shows why he is a rising star of distinction.

With a pianist of the calibre of Jan Lisiecki, Krzysztof Urbański has created an award winning collaboration which puts the two Poles way apart from many other soloist-conductor combinations. 

The Hiroshima Symphony promotes a war-free world through music.

Benjamin Northey and Andrea Lam team up with the MSO for a festive evening of Vaughan Williams, Chopin and Holst.

It may have been an absolutely freezing night in Poole but the BSO treated us to a heart-warming evening of life-affirming music, world-class music-making.

Intelligent and arresting Dvořák, warm and confident Humperdinck from Rory Macdonald's debut with the LPO, marred only by disappointing Chopin.  

The Tonhalle orchestra’s new conductor, Lionel Bringuier, was joined by the venerable Brazilian pianist, Nelson Freire, in a fine programme of Romantic music in Zurich.

His passing last August was no surprise. Anyone who had witnessed Frans Brüggen conduct in recent years knew that he was far from healthy and old for his years.

The LA Phil's "Casual Friday" of works by Chopin and Prokofiev brought music closer to the audience in an informal setting.

Jun Märkl, Ran Dank and the Kansas City Symphony played Chopin and Berlioz in Helzberg Hall, Kansas City, Missouri. This is an institution the city has built out of pure love for music, and its success is well deserved.

In recent years, the virtouso violinist Nikolaj Znaider has diverted some of his attention to conducting. Mentored by such esteemed figures as the late Sir Colin Davis and Valery Gergiev, he made his London conducting debut in 2011 with the London Symphony Orchestra.

This double-bill concert was a fantastic success at Cheltenham’s Town Hall. It had been moved from the main stage to a smaller side-room, but rather than this being to the detriment of the performance, this enhanced it. The performers were up close, which created a personal recital in an intimate setting.

Brahms, Chopin, Beethoven: the programme of he Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's most recent Cadogan Hall concert, under the baton of Fabien Gabel, was unashamedly mainstream. The opening item of the programme was the Brahms Tragic Overture. The opening strident chords managed to be agitated yet pensive, interrupted silence hanging in the air as each note dissipated once more.

A large number of Clevelanders managed to tear themselves away from the post-Thanksgiving “Black Friday” sales to fill Severance Hall to the brim for The Cleveland Orchestra concert on the evening of 23 November.

The Philadelphia Orchestra was at Carnegie Hall this weekend, led by Chief Conductor Charles Dutoit and joined by pianist Maria João Pires, to perform works by Glinka, Chopin, and Ravel. After this season, American audiences will presumably be seeing less of Mr.

Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu made a big impression in his début with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in a colorful program of Ravel, Chopin, and Stravinsky – Le Tombeau de Couperin , the Piano Concerto no. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21, and Petrushka, respectively.

I had never heard any of the music scheduled the evening’s performance and so I was excited by the prospect of the all-French programme, featuring composers whose music I am particularly fond of.

Le pianiste et ses camarades chambristes interprètent les concertos de Chopin dans une version « de salon », sans orchestre. Un succès qui suscite cependant quelques réserves.

L'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France déploie ses ailes dans un programme placé sous le signe des oiseaux. Sous la direction admirable de Mikko Franck et avec la participation exemplaire de Nelson Freire dans Chopin.

La première édition du festival « Pianos, pianos » s'achevait lundi au Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. Retour sur cet ultime concert placé sous le signe de la virtuosité.

Anastasia Kobekina präsentiert sich als gefestigte, überzeugende musikalische Persönlichkeit, während das Orchester an der Grenze der Überforderung arbeitet.

Le pianiste argentin semble à peine tendu, bien qu'il doive jouer les deux concertos de Chopin ! Un exploit tant ces pièces exigent que l'instrumentiste mobilise toutes les ressources physiques dont il dispose.

Pires es de esos músicos excepcionales que obran el milagro de hacer que la música nazca directamente del interior del propio artista y no de su instrumento.

Une belle idée sous-tend cette « Nuit Chopin », en compagnie des deux lauréats du dernier Concours de Varsovie, celle d’en rejouer la Finale. Voilà le public confronté aux mêmes œuvres, aux mêmes musiciens : Charles Richard-Hamelin et Seong-Jin Cho, accompagnés par Aziz Shokhakimov à la tête du Sinfonia Varsovia.

La Philharmonie acceuille l'Orchestre National de Lille et sa fidèle baguette Jean-Claude Casadesus et Boris Berezovsky, dans un programme autour de Verdi, Chopin, Dutilleux et Ravel.

Seit ein paar Tagen ist es in aller Munde – die Hamburger Elbphilharmonie, derzeit noch eine der prominentesten Baustellen der Republik, wird am 11. und 12. Januar 2017 definitiv eröffnet.

Nelson Freire et l’Orquestra simfónica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya au centre du Cercle magique à l’Auditorium de Lyon.

A la tête du LSO, Valery Gergiev a présenté à Paris un programme transeuropéen : Messiaen, Chopin et Scriabine. Mystique dans les Offrandes oubliées et le Divin Poème, il s'est révélé plus terne dans le Deuxième concerto pour piano, interprété par la jeune star Daniil Trifonov.