Nott shapes a visceral arc with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Jonathan Nott conducts the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Inmo Yang and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

By SangKwon Lee, 07 July 2025

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“sound seemed to conquer flesh and bone, leaving the audience ravaged yet exalted”

Reviewed at Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul on 6 July 2025

Blank, Morphosis

Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64

Stravinsky, Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Jonathan Nott, Conductor

Inmo Yang, Violin

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Buniatishvili in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 24th March

Jonathan Nott and the OSR bring surgical precision to Debussy’s vivid sketches, while Khatia Buniatishvili’s Brahms evokes the soulful, improvisational warmth of a pre-war piano legend at the Elbphilharmonie.

****1

Bal Impérial & Boléro: multi-layered work challenges in Geneva

Daniel Pratt, 19th November

The premiere of Bal Impérial by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui challenges and interrogates to great effect in Geneva.

****1

Penthouse decadence for a shattering new Salome in Geneva

Mark Pullinger, 22nd January

The Grand Théâtre de Genève is certainly not risk-averse and Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó controversially translates the action to a penthouse bar in New York.

*****

An arthouse staging for Messiaen's testament of beauty in Geneva

Peter Quantrill, 11th April

Installation art sounds a dissonant note with the sublime harmony of Saint François d’Assise in Adel Abdessemed's creation at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.

****1

Justice in Geneva: musically appealing but missing its mark

David Karlin, 22nd January

Director Milos Rau, composer Hèctor Parra and librettist Fiston Mwanza Mujila put the operatic spotlight on the fight for justice after a mining disaster in the DRC, with mixed results.

**111

Golden Age Spain meets Soviet Russia in Geneva’s season opener

Laura Servidei, 15th September

A grand rendition of Verdi’s Don Carlos opens season at the Grand Théâtre de Genève under the inspired baton of Marc Minkowski, in his first encounter with the opera, directed by Lydia Steier.

***11

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SangKwon Lee

SangKwon Lee is a Seoul-based classical music critic whose writing focuses on concert performances and recordings. A contributor to Gramophone and a member of the Music Critics Association of North America, he covers the classical music scene in Korea and internationally.

Nott shapes a visceral arc with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Seoul