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A strong showing by Santtu-Matias Rouvali in Cleveland

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts The Cleveland Orchestra
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The Cleveland Orchestra
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By Frank Kuznik, 20 July 2025
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“wields his baton like a wizard casting spells”
Reviewed at Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland on 17 July 2025
Programme
Beethoven, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.36
Stravinsky, Jeu de cartes
Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 2
Performers
The Cleveland Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Conductor
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Frank Kuznik
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.