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Virtuosity and volume: Oslo Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich

Lisa Batiashvili and the Oslo Philharmonic
© John-Halvdan Olsen-Halvorsen | Oslo Philharmonic
Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Oslo Philharmonic
© John-Halvdan Olsen-Halvorsen | Oslo Philharmonic
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“an evening of immense engagement and virtuosic force”
Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna on 22 January 2026
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
Bull, Säterjäntans söndag (The Herd Maidens Sunday)
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 8 in C minor, Op.65
Lisa Batiashvili, Violin
Oslo Philharmonic
Klaus Mäkelä, Conductor
Batiashvili, Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic in Hamburg
****1
A high Klaus operation: Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic
****1
Superstar performances from Yuja Wang and Klaus Mäkelä in Edinburgh
*****
Mäkelä leads his Oslo troops in a gripping Shostakovich 5
****1
With a fine Oslo Philharmonic, Yuja Wang wows the Proms
****1
Majestic swans in flight close Mäkelä's Sibelius cycle in Vienna
*****
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