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Baiba Skride's Tchaikovsky at the centre of a Russian triple bill in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 14 December 2015
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Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 13 December 2015
Programme
Stravinsky, Concerto in D for Strings
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
Prokofiev, Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, Op.100
Performers
Orchester der Oper Zürich
Gustavo Gimeno, Conductor
Baiba Skride, Violin
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Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.