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BirminghamKazuki conducts Grieg's Piano Concerto
Grieg, Bax, Debussy, Clyne
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Alice Sara Ott
CoventryBritten’s War Requiem
Britten: War Requiem, Op.66
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Irina Lungu; Andrew Staples; Christian Gerhaher; CBSO Chorus
LucerneA Call for Peace
Britten: War Requiem, Op.66
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Lukas Sternath; Elena Tsallagova; Christian Gerhaher
StockholmThe Fountains of Rome and Tchaikovsky’s Polish Symphony
Respighi, Szymanowski, Tchaikovsky
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Leonidas Kavakos
BirminghamKazuki Conducts The Nutcrackers
Tchaikovsky, Ellington, Bernstein
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Oliver Janes
BirminghamKazuki conducts Beethoven's Eroica
Beethoven
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada
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Yamada brings impressive solemnity to Mahler 2 at Symphony Hall
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO give an extraordinary performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, avoiding spectacle in favour of solemnity, ceremony and, finally, hard-won glory.
Yamada’s lightning strike electrifies Poulenc and Adams at the Proms
Pianist brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen spar with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Poulenc before John Adams’ epic Harmonium.
Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody
The CBSO present the work of three European émigré composers of the 1930s and 40s, who reimagined their musical influences with contrasting approaches and results.
Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie
In Hamburg, Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO navigate the thorny brilliance of Walton’s First Symphony, proving that ‘difficult’ music can offer an evening’s most profound human connection.
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade
In the CBSO Benevolent Fund concert, the orchestra tells the timeless story, set in Persia, of Scheherazade who, through her storytelling, brings about peace.
Yamada and the CBSO luxuriate in line at Symphony Hall
Mahler’s First Symphony is given a fresh take, revelling in melody, by Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO, while Dai Fujikura’s new Trombone Concerto proves an unsatisfactory indulgence.
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Beethoven and beyond: Migros Classics 2026–27
This season, Switzerland’s premier public-facing concert series juxtaposes several notable Beethoven performances with a variety of other music from around the world.
Kazuki Yamada appointed chief at Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
The sought-after current music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will adopt this new role in Berlin from the 2026–27 season.
RPS Awards announce winners for 2025
Kazuki Yamada, Claire Booth and the Paraorchestra were among the winners announced on Thursday, which also honoured contemporary music record label NMC and Belfast’s Open Arts Community Choir.