Instrument: Viola

Don Quixote provides the inspiration for songs by Ravel and Ibert, the high point of a bitty programme in contrast to an early evening recital which followed the perfect trajectory.

***11

Yehudi Menuhin celebrated at the Edinburgh International Festival

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David Smythe, 11 Aug

Yehudi Menuhin’s former pupils, Nicola Benedetti and Alexander Sitkovetsky celebrate his musical legacy with the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra with Rising Stars side-by-side.

****1

A spectacular swansong for the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival

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Nick Boston, 10 Aug

A fitting farewell for Leif Ove Andsnes' Rosendal Chamber Music Festival: imaginative programming and excellent performances in an inspiring setting.

*****

Sublime Mozart from Ottensamer and the Schumann Quartett at Klosters

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Roy Westbrook, 28 Jul

These charming miniatures sounding overparted snatched from domestic service and pressed into public performance.

****1

Masterly Boulez from Shibe and friends at the BBC Proms in Gateshead

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Nick Butters, 27 Jul

Intimate playing from Sean Shibe, a deconstruction of Maria Callas’ vibrato and a deeply committed Boulez mid 20th-century masterpiece.

****1

Seattle Chamber Music Society launches its 2025 summer festival

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Thomas May, 06 Jul

The Seattle Chamber Music Society opens its 2025 summer festival with a program of striking emotional depth, musical refinement and rapturous ensemble connection.

****1

Performers

Adamopoulos, Dahlia Albarracín, Javier Algot Swensen, Nicholas Altieri, Nikolas Amory, Misha Arias, Joaquín Ashwell, Robin Aspin, David Aubert, Amalia Baillie, Max Banaszek, Maurycy Bardenhagen, Boris Barenboim, Michael Barritt, Jonathan Bauerstatter, Robert Beck, Benjamin Berthaud, Lise Binarová, Věra Biwank, Christina Boală, Traian Bogdanas, Vlad Bougon, Timothé Braconi, Simonide Bradley, Sarah-Jane Brolly, Liam Broman, Malin Brown{Viola}, Jonathan Bryhn, Ida Bryla, Katarzyna Burke, Joe Cardas, Berit Carey, Bridget Carpenter, David Aaron Carr, Molly Casciato, Luca Cassidy, Paul Chancey, Scott Chang, Lou Yung-Hsin Chazal, Raphaël Chevalier, Franck Chibah, Reiad Chilemme, Marie Chorzelski, Krzysztof Cid, Alberto Clément, Hélène Clément, Maria Colberg, Christian Cooper, Gina Cordero, Cristina Cords, Nicholas Cousineau, Yukari Cuvelier, Aurore Dann, Steven Debono, Nadia {viola}Despeyroux, Violaine Deyneka, Yulia Diaz, Roberto Duchesne, François Dähler, Jürg Ehlers, Ralf Ehnes, James Ella, Carol Emerson, Chris Eyb, Sebastian Ezra Woo Fernández, Lara Ferrández, Sara Fialová, Kristina Finkentey, Stephan Flade, Martin Forni, Martina Fournelle-Blain, Victor Francis, Edgar Frank-Muntean, Daniela Franke, Hannah François, Emmanuel Frömbling, Sascha García, Paula Gartemann, Julia Gibson-Cornish, Bryony Gieler, Michael Glidden, David Glöckler, Ricarda Maria Gordon, Alexander Gordon, Clemens Gribajcevic, Anna Kreetta Groblewski, Ryszard Grosz, Amihai Guaita Igual, Victor Guo, Yitong Guterman Chu, Beth Götzel, Peter Hagen, Veronika Hames, Benedict Hammer, Christoph{viola}Hatton, Celia Hauser, Wolfram Heidemeier, Wiebke Hellemans, Kris Hennino, Léa Hertenstein, Veit Benedikt Hickey, Séamus Hinzpeter, Wolfgang Hood, Federico Hosprova, Jitka Howe, Jamie Huang, Chin-Ting Huang, Hsin-Yun Hunter, Matthew Hörnlund, Emilie Hörr-Kalmer, Christiane Icellioglu, Iris Improta, Luca Jacobsen, Volker Jardine, Christa Jiang, Wenhan Jones, Matthew Jones, Rachel Juda, Iris Kadarauch, Katie Kam, Ori Kamei, Ayano Kasai, Hiroki Kashkashian, Kim Keizer, Joost Kempton, Elliot Killius, Ruth Kilpeläinen, Atte King, Christina Kirs, Pavel Klava, Ilze Klava, Liene Knörzer, Ulrich Konoe, Mayu Korinth, Felix Kovalev, Georgy Krapikaite, Ivona Krunnies, Sebastian Krämer, Roland Kubina, Johanna Kuen, Christof Kufchak, Meredith Kyoungmin Park Körner, Maria Helen La Marca, Adrien Lai, Danny Landerer, Elmar Lansdown, Louise Larivière, Sào Soulez Larsen, Jan Lee, Juhee Lee, Julianne Lee, Samuel Lenz, Christoph Li, Teng Liao-Zottl, Cynthia Lindner de Azevedo Conte, Julia Liu, Laura Livieratos, Ilias Lockie, Charles Lorenz, Karen Loughran, Natalie Magnon, Jean-Baptiste Malov, Sergey Marfaing, Laurent Mariani, Francesco Marock, Sebastian Mastrolorenzi, Ruggero Maurer, Johanna McElravy, Sarah Mei, Diyang Meilink, Vidar Andersson Menna, Giovanni Merlet, Claire Michal, Weijing Mitt-Bronikowska, Mairit Mitterer, Anita Moerschel, Jonathan Moore, Devin Mosca, Natalia Musker, Kate Mustea, Adrian Muthelet, Béatrice Méreaux, François Mönkemeyer, Nils Neubauer, Paul Ng, Jarita Nilles, Allan Nimylowycz, Pierre-Éric Nirta, Marco Norris, Ben Nägeli, Manuel Nørgaard {Asbjorn Norgaard}, Asbjørn O'Neill, Richard Ogura, Yukiko Olsson, Håkan Ono, Wakana Otero, Lorena Ott, David Pagnon, Raphaël Pajaro-van de Stadt, Milena Parisot, Tanguy Parruitte, Claire Pelletier, Rémi Pelnena, Katrina Peng, Ao Perks, Elliott Pfeffer, Torron Pilon, Charles Pinkas, Jiří Pitts, Erin Plagens, Katja Plashinov-Johnson, Leonid Pogossian, Cara Power, Lawrence Pryshlyak, Valentyna Rallo Muguruza, Maria Randall, Eilidh Reifland, Tobias Reuter, Sophia Richards, John Pickford Ridout, Timothy Ringstad, Eivind Holtsmark Riquelme Díaz, Paulina Riquelme, Joaquín Roberts, Rachel Rohde, Hartmut Rosenthal, Samuel Rühl, Bettina Salas, Alicia Sandoval Rodriguez, Moises Daniel Santarone, Martina Sanxis, Daniel Scheindlin, Dov Schessl, Mathias Schindel, Ruth Elena Schlage, David Schmidt, Ernst-Martin Schmidt, Harald Schmitt, Daniel Schmitt, Lara Sophie Schram, Nathan Schwartz, Felix Schweizer, Verena Sedmidubský, Radim Shaham, Noga Shardlow, Nicholas Shepley, Robert Slenczka, Christoph Soulez-Larivière, Sào Souppaya, Stéphie Specjal, Krzysztof Stenlund, Arne Stoykova, Stanislava Strasser, Michael Stuart, Sander Stumm, Jennifer Sugatski, Kal Suzuki, Aine Sypniewski, Anna Szücs, Máté TBC Tabata, Otoha Talirz, Wolfgang Tamestit, Antoine Tan, Edward Tatarinov, Aleksandr Tavenier, Elisa Karen Thorette, Arnaud Timphus, Martin Tometten Molino, Frauke Tourville, Pierre Truszka, Šimon Trygstad, Anne Tsai, Hsiang-Hsiang Tunicliffe, Luba Tunnicliffe, Luba Unknown Uusijärvi, Albin Val, Irene Varela, Martí Vecchioni, Grégoire Ventris, Rosalind Vilkman, Camilla Villanueva, Isabel Vilu, Rain Vinocour, Jonathan Wernig, Emma Woudstra, Jeroen Xiang Lyu Xu, Peijun Yang Meng, Harrison Yuasa, Emiko Zannoni, Benjamin Zemtsov, Dana Zheng Wenxiao Zheng, Wen Xiao Zhou, Xunyu Ziegler, Jaren Zimmermann, Tabea Zolfaghari, Emad da Silva, Miguel van Keulen, Isabelle van der Giessen, Simone von der Nahmer, Martin Álvarez, Silvina Özdemir, Nilay