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The art of connection: Toronto Symphony, Gimeno, Kopatchinskaja and Prohaska in Vienna

Anna Prohaska and Patricia Kopatchinskaja
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Gustavo Gimeno, Anna Prohaska and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
© Allan Cabral
By Chanda VanderHart, 11 February 2026
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“one composer’s anxieties bleeding into another’s unrequited love”
Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna on 9 February 2026
Programme
Murphy, Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark
Kurtág, Kafka Fragments, Op.24 (selection)
Bartók, Violin Concerto no. 1, Sz 36
Mahler, Symphony no. 4 in G major
Performers
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violin
Anna Prohaska, Soprano
Gustavo Gimeno, Conductor
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Chanda VanderHart
Chanda VanderHart
Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.