Venue: LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura

The Van Kuijks communicated with great directness the obsessive nature of Bartók’s music in his Fourth Quartet.

Krzysztof Urbański gives neat and tidy performances of three Tchaikovsky works with the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, but are they a little too anaemic?

An ideal homage to the "Swiss Stravinsky" on the 50th anniversary of his death.

Ion Marin and the St Petersburg Philharmonic perform in the beautiful LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura.

So full of youthful vigor was this concert that it was hard to believe that Haitink is now 90 years old.

Two young, widely championed string players – violinist/pianist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott – recently joined to perform an eclectic concert at the city’s stunning new concert hall.

Charles Dutoit, still sporting his trademark slick of black hair and a 79-year-old whirlwind of francophone charisma, clearly brings this band's playing to a new level, especially when the repertoire happens to be French and Russian music of the 20th century.

Man könnte ihn als den Daniel Barenboim der Jetztzeit bezeichnen. Mit dem Israelischen Spitzenorchester präsentierte sich Lahav Shani als begnadeter Pianist und Dirigent.