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LondonRachmaninov’s ‘Paganini’ Variations

BBC Proms
Knussen, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Thomas Søndergård; Kirill Gerstein

AmsterdamKirill Gerstein plays Gershwin's Piano Concerto

© Marco Borggreve
Barber, Gershwin, Bartók
National Youth Orchestra of the USA; Karina Canellakis; Kirill Gerstein

DresdenBrad Mehldau und Kirill Gerstein

© Marco Borggreve
Brad Mehldau; Kirill Gerstein

LondonSoloists of the Kronberg Academy / Kirill Gerstein

Wigmore Hall
Brahms, Dvořák
Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy; Seohyun Kim; Charlotte Spruit; Brian Isaacs

LondonSoloists of the Kronberg Academy / Kirill Gerstein

Wigmore Hall
Debussy, Schumann, Brahms
Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy; Seohyun Kim; Charlotte Spruit; Brian Isaacs

BarcelonaAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Harding

© Julian Hargreaves
Tchaikovsky, Brahms
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Daniel Harding; Kirill Gerstein
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High-caliber Schumann and Mahler at Dvořák’s Prague

Daniele Gatti © Dvořák Prague Festival
Daniele Gatti and Kirill Gerstein offer fresh, invigorating takes on two warhorses with the Staatskapelle Dresden. 
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Gerstein's electricity impresses at the Hollywood Bowl

Thomas Søndergård, Kirill Gerstein and the LA Philharmonic © Elizabeth Asher, courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Thomas Søndergård, great and not so great, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in their first Hollywood Bowl concert of the summer. 
***11
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Ancient Greece and reimagined Tchaikovsky at the Pittsburgh Symphony

Daniele Rustioni conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony © JMilteer Photography
Daniele Rustioni leads the Pittsburgh Symphony in music inspired by Ancient Greece, flanking Kirill Gerstein’s take on Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto that restores the composer’s original intentions.
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Music of the Spheres: stars align for Thomas Adès’ TSO debut

Thomas Adès © Marco Borggreve
Thomas Adès serves up an astronomical programme, pairing his Piano Concerto and Paradiso with Holst’s crowd favourite, The Planets.
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A dynamic debut in Prague by Alan Gilbert

Alan Gilbert conducts the Czech Philharmonic © Petra Hajská
With an assist from soloist Kirill Gerstein, Alan Gilbert holds the audience rapt in his inaugural appearance with the Czech Philharmonic.
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Early 20th-century Russian landmarks at Tanglewood

Alan Gilbert, Kirill Gerstein and the Boston Symphony © Hilary Scott
Blurring boundaries: Romanticism and Modernism in Kirill Gerstein and Alan Gilbert’s Boston Symphony performances at Tanglewood. 
***11
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BerlinIMS Prussia Cove. Masterclass with Kirill Gerstein

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Luca Buratto; Alexandra Stychkina; Raúl da Costa; Yundi Xu

MunichKlassik am Odeonsplatz • BRSO

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Gershwin
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle; Kirill Gerstein

VerbierSimon Rattle / Kirill Gerstein

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Ligeti, Wagner, Rachmaninov, Strauss R.
Verbier Festival Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle; Kirill Gerstein
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