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A talented ensemble proves pays testament to the heritage, vitality and continuing inventiveness of Finnish folk music. 

Waltzes and Turkish folk dances energise spirited piano duet recital

While maybe not for the musical puritans, this was the perfect showcase for an exceptional group of musicians to demonstrate their formidable technical and interpretative talents and to respectfully give some new vitality to the magical works of Purcell.

Dutch National Ballet proves its innovative tradition of modern ballet with playful, serious, subtle and powerful pieces.

Challenging musical norms and blurring the lines between genres, Manchester Camerata shows off its "restless ambition" at the RNCM.

The 2016 Proms come to a riotous close at the Royal Albert Hall.

Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto is anything other than ordinary in a concert that shows off the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at their best.

The flagship National Youth Orchestra of Scotland delights the home crowd in a Road to the Proms concert with impressive dance from Romeo and Juliet, the complete Firebird and an astonishing performance of Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto.  

The grand finale to Müpa's mini-festival to celebrate ten years since the installation of the organ in its concert hallwas as spectacular a musical event as you could wish for. 

Miami City Ballet bears a marked resemblance to the New York City Ballet under Balanchine.

New works for orchestra from the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra directed by Anu Tali

In 12 highly dynamic and buoyant scenes, Alexander Ekman’s new ballet COW is at once theater, dance, social commentary and divine comedy. 

If there’s no surefire, bankable star without Körbes then there is more time to reflect on some of Pacific Northwest Ballet's other wonderful dancers.

Instrumental ensemble eighth blackbird performed Hand Eye, a new work by a group of young composers Sleeping Giant, accompanied by stunning visual images.

Sounds of Mali, Brazil, Spain, Mexico and Madagascar blended to perfection with Colombia to create a masterpiece. 

Hashimoto is clearly a brilliant technician, but often felt overly cautious in this St John's Smith Square programme.

Where lies the boundary between musical performance and performance art? With more and more musicians choosing to incorporate digital or multimedia elements into their performances, concerts are increasingly defying easy categorisation.

Gerd Schaller, the Munich Philharmonic Choir and Philharmonie Festiva present a successful revival of an almost forgotten Mass by Johann Herbeck, and Olga Pogorelova plays heavenly Mozart at the spa town of Bad Kissingen.

Paloma Faith makes brings the party to her first late night prom, a cabaret of the sassy and sexy influences on her vintage musical persona.

New Year’s Day falls at the end of August in Utrecht! We gather, we drink, we kiss, we wish each other well while opening the Festival of Early Music.

The enthusiasm with which Laura Mvula had promoted her Late Night Prom on the radio, in the press and on Twitter in the preceding few days was tangible the minute she walked on stage at the Royal Albert Hall, resplendent in a black gown with silver embellishments. 

Marketed under the tagline: “42,000 years of music – 213 works – 1 performance”, Timeline is a hyper-ambitious production. At times history lesson, at times creative mash-up, it was both a highly stimulating and a frustrating experience, with outstanding performances from the instrumentalists and singers.

Five short, exciting new works created in response to images by William Hogarth, showcasing a plethora of upcoming talent which already has lots to say about love, life, unkind critics and rave culture.

On Saturday evening, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta with soloist Ronald Brautigam presented a splendidly varied programme including pieces by Webern, Mozart and Bach.The Sinfonietta began their programme with a thrilling adaptation of Webern’s Langsamer Satz, an early neo-Romantic piece originally written for string quartet.

Das Konzert des Ensemble Modern beim Holland Festival war ein Augen- und Ohrenschmaus und gleichzeitig ein Paradebeispiel für wirklichen interkulturellen Austausch.

Pour les clarinettistes, le concerto de Mozart constitue sans hésitation le classique des classiques. D’où la difficulté pour ses interprètes d'y glisser un vent de fraîcheur. Difficulté dont Martin Fröst fait fi : car il est de ces musiciens qui ne se sentent à l’aise que dans un univers sonore minutieusement construit et extrêmement personnel.

Desde el pódium, el director exhibió un severo control de los complejos ritmos de la obra, así como una cuidadísima integración entre la orquesta y el grupo de 12 solistas

En el Concierto núm. 1 de Shostakovich, Horacio Lavandera y John Aigi dieron una lección de electrizante virtuosismo

Kissin court hardiment le clavier, toucher fantastique en prime, et ce sont certainement pas les idées qui manquent. Mais comment est-il encore possible, à ce niveau, de commettre pareilles fautes de goût, de pratiquer aussi éhontément l’emphase ?

Lahav Shani springt kurzfristig für Welser-Möst ein und präsentiert Mahlers Erste detailreich mit den Wiener Philharmonikern.

Une interprétation sensible qui fit de cette soirée une façon de transcender l’inhumanité de l’esclavage.

Le 16 mai, Carolyn Sampson et l'Ex Cathedra Consort and Baroque Orchestra donnaient un programme construit autour de la figure de Marie Fel, grande soprano du 18ème siècle. Un hommage tout à fait intéressant malgré une interprétation un peu monochrome.