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Dans un récital d'apparence décousu (mais d'apparence seulement), le pianiste semble élargir les possibilités expressives de son instrument, clouant sur place l'auditoire.

Dans la Grange au Lac, la jeune pianiste s'aventure pour la première fois dans le post-romantisme russe avec Rachmaninov et Scriabine, sans tapage mais non sans réussite. 

À la Halle au Blé d'Altkirch, la pianiste Célia Oneto Bensaid commence une prometteuse tournée alsacienne, avec de belles transcriptions originales servies par un jeu d'une grande netteté.

Herbert Blomstedt returns to the Philharmonia for Mahler's great symphony of farewell. 

Un magnífico y cuidado recital de piano y violín a cargo de Alexandra Conunova y Christian Zacharias cierra la temporada del Círculo de Cámara en el Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid.

Die Romanische Nacht verbindet Bach-Partiten und -Sonaten mit Musik der senegalesischen Griots.

Fabio Biondi acomete la solitaria y titánica tarea de interpretar las sonatas y partitas de violín de Johann Sebastian Bach.

Two giants of the Romantic repertoire that were met with disdain by Eduard Hanslick at their premieres are given persuasive readings in Bucharest. 

From Isolation Rag to Bach, Tanglewood veteran Gil Shaham delights even on video.

The Hong Kong Phil and Long Yu crossing the cultural divide in a trio of Slavic works.

Gil Shaham and Juraj Valčuha join the San Francisco Symphony for electrifying performances reminding listeners of the true joy of dialogic music-making and the excitement of high-caliber ensemble collaboration.

Modern vs Baroque violin? Vibrato vs non-vibrato? Listening to Alina Ibragimova’s performance in this year’s Late Night Bach Prom series, such simplistic distinctions seemed meaningless.

With a programme spanning from Bach through Schumann, Cage, all the way to Lera Auerbach and David Lang, Hilary Hahn shows she is on top form alongside pianist Cory Smythe.

A powerful piano and a tendency towards fortissimo dynamics disappoints at this recital of baroque piano transcriptions.

A series of three concerts over the course of one weekend, designed to reflect upon and champion the work of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, which has supported a significant number of worthy performers in its first ten years, was always going to present an interesting range of repertoire – if not something of a conundrum for those planning the programming of the concerts.

A stunning Amandine Beyer courageously took the stage this weekend during a string of concerts surrounding the theme of J.S. Bach during Utrecht’s Bach Dag (Bach Day). Comprising seven concerts on Saturday alone in churches inside the beautiful city of Utrecht, this two-day event was produced by the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht (Utrecht Early Music Festival).

There is a rare beauty to be found in the “normality” of human nature, in which the sense of just “being” transcends any degree of artificial decoration or finery.

You might think that a programme containing Bach and 20th/21st century composers would suggest an evening of unconnected extremes. Nothing could be further from the truth in the case of Jennifer Koh's Bach and Beyond recital, given in Lennoxlove House, Haddington as part of the Lammermuir Festival.