Kagel Trios at "Terra Nova", Lockenhaus

By Alexandra Ivanoff, 19 July 2016

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Kagel, Piano Trio no. 1

Kagel, Piano Trio no. 2

Kagel, Piano Trio no. 3

Trio Imàge

Gergana Gergova, Violin

Thomas Kaufmann, Cello

Pavlin Nechev, Piano

Moonstruck! Patricia Kopatchinskaja sings Pierrot lunaire

Christopher Woodley, 2nd December

Schoenberg's modernist masterpiece gets lost in a fog of words and feral newsprint at the Southbank Centre's Purcell Room.

***11

Pierrot lunaire dans tous ses éclats par Kopatchinskaja au Louvre

Chloë Rouge, 20th November

Habité par son personnage, la violoniste, chanteuse, compositrice et comédienne livre une performance de premier choix avec des partenaires au diapason.

*****

Joie de vivre in Dvořák and Schubert at the Schubertiade

Sarah Batschelet, 29th August

A Dvořák-Schubert double bill at this year’s celebrated Schubertiade featured a host of extraordinary artists in a tight and dynamic performance.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Picture postcard Spain from the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

Phil Parker, 17th April

Vibrant, colourful music is played with every last ounce of enthusiasm as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia rounds off its UK tour at Sheffield City Hall.

****1

Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell

Charlotte Gardner, 16th April

Vilde Frang joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican for transcendent Korngold alongside darker fare.

****1

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Alexandra Ivanoff

Alexandra Ivanoff is an American journalist who, after singing for five seasons with the San Francisco Opera, lived for eight years in Istanbul, where she began her career as a music journalist with Time Out magazine and Today's Zaman newspaper in that city. After one year in Berlin and now in Budapest, she reviews from various cities and festivals in Europe, as well as Istanbul, New York, and Los Angeles. She has degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music in NY and Yale University Graduate School of Music.

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