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Exciting Tchaikovsky from the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, while Leeds winner Eric Lu is the sensitive soloist in Chopin's Second Concerto.

With duets from Pique Dame and Iolanta, along with set pieces from Eugene Onegin, this gala was packed with Russian passion. 

In an all Tchaikovsky programme, Ray Chen delivers a cracking account of the Violin Concerto while Stutzmann brings out all the drama of his Fifth Symphony.

Mika Eichenholz led the Kungliga Filharmonikerna and Malin Byström in the first concert of 2017 at the Stockholm Concert Hall.