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Rafael Payare makes an unconvincing Royal Concertgebouw debut

Rafael Payare conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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“in Zimmermann’s hands, Martin’s lyricism entranced”
Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 19 February 2026
Gubaidulina, Fairytale Poem
Martin, Violin Concerto
Ernst, Grand Caprice on Schubert's "Erlkönig", Op.26
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 10 in E minor, Op.93
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Violin
Rafael Payare, Conductor
Chailly makes a highly anticipated return to the Royal Concertgebouw
*****
Jaap van Zweden, Dutch wanderer, rejoins the Concertgebouw Orchestra
*****
Paavo Järvi and Beatrice Rana at the Concertgebouw
***11
Barbara Hannigan conducts the Royal Concertgebouw
*****
Dramatic French flair from Thibaudet, Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw
****1
Magical stillness from the Royal Concertgebouw and Mäkelä at the Proms
****1
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