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De Haendel à Liszt en passant par Haydn, Beethoven, Silvestrov et Adès, le musicien ukrainien a livré un démonstration de science pianistique, non sans surprendre par certains partis pris interprétatifs.

En trio, le violoniste letton livre une lecture bouleversante d'œuvres de compositeurs contemporains méconnus, avant un Trio « Élégiaque » n° 2 de Rachmaninov plus ordinaire.

Musique russe et ukrainienne au programme de ce soir avec l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France sous la direction d'Andrey Boreyko et Lukas Geniusas au piano : Prokofiev, Tchaïkovsky et Silvestrov, compositeur trop peu joué en France à découvrir de toute urgence.

Two works by Shostakovich sandwiching Rhapsody in Blue made for an exhilerating concert from the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne

In a triple bill of contrasting choreography, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo tackle everything with aplomb.

Dima Slobodeniouk’s Pittsburgh program is centered around ocean-inspired music of Debussy, Sibelius, and Icelandic composer María Sigfúsdóttir.

Hélène Grimaud's Singapore recital sonorously unites Hans von Bülow’s “three Bs of music” – Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. 

A startling, provocative contrast between two works in the Fall for Dance Festival opening program this season. And glimpses of Aran Bell when he's not being princely.

Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra present a day of composers from the former Soviet republics with heroic skill and stamina. 

A dynamic and forceful performance of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto no. 2 is the highlight in a concert that also features an elegant little Sibelius opening and two of Strauss' tone poems.

A superb evening of vivid and involving performances of Mozart, Vasks and Shostakovich, showcasing the very best of this South Coast orchestra.

The Estonian Festival Orchestra revels in Dvořák and Tchaikovsky on the Vienna leg of its European tour with Paavo Järvi. 

Im Konzert der Bamberger Symphoniker in Fürth beeindruckte die Begegnung mit prominenten Gästen an Violine und Dirigentenpult.

Stepping in for Daniil Trifonov, the Ukrainian-born Israeli parries and thrusts in Korngold's Violin Concerto, the highlight of Gustavo Gimeno's Proms debut. 

Ludwig Carrasco dirigió la Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM en una breve obra de Valentyn Sylvestrov seguida de una apasionada interpretación de la Sinfonía Leningrado de Shostakovich.

James Gaffigan proves to be both a master of the intricacies in complex Prokofiev and an attentive accompanist in Rachmaninov.

“Peace Shall Defeat War” is the apposite subtitle of the finale to Boris Lyatoshynsky's Third Symphony, a work championed by Kirill Karabits in a concert featuring his fellow Ukrainian Anna Fedorova playing Rachmaninov. 

Leif Ove Andsnes combines art and contemporary affairs in a brilliant opener to the fall piano festival at Prague's Rudolfinum.

An unusually fresh reading of the Pastoral Symphony complemented a world premiere by Singaporean composer Zechariah Go and an exuberant performance of Shostakovich's Second Violin Concerto.

Bringing a programme of music from their homeland and works with resonance to the people of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra make a strong impression.

A night to remember for Montreal orchestral music devotees as Daniil Trifonov joins the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and conductor Rafael Payare.

Julia Fischer ends her London Philharmonic Orchestra spring residency with Elgar's Violin Concerto and a chamber encore which sees Jurowski turn to the piano.

“A Soviet artist's creative response to justified criticism” and Shostakovich's orchestration of music by Mussorgsky were at the heart of this BBC SO programme at the Barbican. 

Two powerful symphonic statements by a Ukrainian and a Finnish composer flanking a calm and courtly concerto by Mozart: Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, together with the American pianist Richard Goode.

Brilliant singing from the Kiev Chamber Choir, but little light and shade in new works from Valentin Silvestrov

John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic in the premiere of Robin Holloway’s trumpet concerto and Valentin Silvestrov’s Fifth Symphony. 

Prophecies and apocalyptic visions were on the programme as part of the London Philharmonic's Be Moved season.

Balance and transparency may have been in short supply elsewhere Friday afternoon, but not in Symphony Hall where Juanjo Mena led the Boston Symphony in a bracing program of works by Prokofiev, Weinberg and Tchaikovsky.The 26 year-old Prokofiev wrote the Symphony no.

How times change. Only a few decades ago, sacred music, if it was heard at all in Russia, was presented in a strictly secular concert setting, and even in many cases with the texts altered to reduce their religious significance. Today though, the Orthodox Church is an influential and highly visible player in Russian public life.