A rocky chamber music reunion at the Prague Spring Festival

Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Anna Vinnitskaya and Daniel Müller-Schott

By Frank Kuznik, 23 May 2022

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“Müller-Schott was the anchor, precise and tightly focused”

Reviewed at Rudolfinum: Dvořák Hall, Prague on 22 May 2022

Debussy, Piano Trio in G major

Brahms, Piano Trio no. 3 in C minor, Op.101

Tchaikovsky, Piano Trio in A minor, "In memory of a Great Artist" Op.50

Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Violin

Daniel Müller-Schott, Cello

Anna Vinnitskaya, Piano

Orchestre de Paris and Mäkelä wow Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw

Max Lima, 18th March

Under its Music Director Klaus Mäkelä, the French orchestra returns to the Concertgebouw for an exhilarating concert with pianist Anna Vinnitskaya.

****1

Explosive performances from Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO

Chris Garlick, 21st January

Jurowski took a full-on approach in the first movement, grinding through the discords without shame and only pulling back in those rare moments in the score where everyone is catching their breath.

****1

Two Sergeis with Vinnitskaya and Valčuha at the Elbphilharmonie

Alexander Hall, 14th September

Rachmaninov and Prokofiev not only shared a first name. In their individual ways they helped define Russianness too. Anna Vinnitskaya, Juraj Valčuha and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester are here the exponents.

***11

Russian troika bogged down in the quest for authenticity in Bruges

Marc Haegeman, 29th November

In an all-Russian programme, Jos van Immerseel and Anima Eterna Brugge show the nuts and bolts, but forget the music.

**111

Iván Fischer jumps in to deliver thrills with the Berlin Phil

Hugo Shirley, 26th September

The Hungarian conductor is a late replacement for a satisfying mixed programme in which pianist Anna Vinnitskaya makes a blistering debut.

****1

Good hunting and friendly conversation

Mark Pullinger, 23rd February

A well-balanced programme drew a large crowd to Wigmore Hall for a diet of high fibre Beethoven, crunchy Bartók and, joined by young Russian pianist Anna Vinnitskaya, Schumann’s delicious Piano Quintet.

****1

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Frank Kuznik

Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe’s premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.