Orchestre de Paris and Mäkelä wow Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw

By Max Lima, 19 March 2026

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Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 18 March 2026

Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18

Rachmaninov, Études-tableau in C major, Op.33 no.2

Franck, Symphony in D minor, Op.48

Bizet, Symphony in C major (Scherzo: Allegro vivace)

Anna Vinnitskaya, Piano

Orchestre de Paris

Klaus Mäkelä, Conductor

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In Yunchan Lim’s hands the score to Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto emerges as a small revelation, conspicuously succeeding where so many others have floundered.

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Maurice Ravel the orchestrator takes centre stage at the Musikverein in an evening of descriptive aural painting.

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Klaus Mäkelä presents fresh and dynamic takes on French masterpieces from Debussy and Berlioz, the Orchestre de Paris providing colour and vigour in Stravinsky.

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Max Lima

Max Lima is a Brazilian author, music critic and programme annotator based in the Netherlands. Over the past 10 years, he has collaborated with orchestras, concert halls and artists across Brazil and Europe, having written over 100 programme notes for the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra alone. He holds a Master's in Brazilian Literature with a thesis on music and poetry, and has published a poetry collection as well as work in literary magazines. In his free time, he enjoys playing the piano and painting, though not as much as spending time with his cats.

Orchestre de Paris and Mäkelä wow Amsterdam with Rachmaninov and Franck