Performer: Ilya Gringolts

Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO are in their element in rich repertoire including Szymanowski, Pejačević, Wagner and Strauss. 

The world premiere of a violin concerto by Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski takes centre stage, performed by Ilya Gringolts. 

The Tonhalle Zürich performs a major work by American composer John Adams alongside the first of Gustav Mahler’s great symphonies. 

Ilya Gringolts is the soloist is Sergei Taneyev's Concert Suite, the composer's only concertante work for violin.

Ilya Gringolts brings his brand of unspectacular virtuosity to the ACO's latest programme, with the Paganini Violin Concerto no. 1 and Bartók's Divertimento clear highlights.

Ilya Gringolts and Maxim Vengerov gave world-class performances of landmark pieces by Bach and Bartók, with a generous sprinkling of Prokofiev and Wieniawski giving extra sparkle.

This summer marks the tenth anniversary of the Chigiana International Festival, but its origins go back a century to the founder of the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Count Guido Chigi Saracini.