Three finalists set for the Grand Finale in the 2022 Liszt Competition

NetherlandsNetherlands Liszt Utrecht 2022 [1] – Festival Phase: Liszt, Schubert, Schubert/Liszt, Wantenaar: Lea Hausmann (violin); Judith Wijzenbeek (viola); Samuel Shephard (cello); Roberto di Ronza (double bass); Viktoria Baskakova, Minkyu Kim, Yukine Kuroki, Tamta Magradze, Matyáš Novák, Yeon-min Park, Leonardo Pierdomenico, Vitaly Starikov, Derek Wang, KaJeng Wong (piano); Bernadeta Astari (soprano). Hertz Hall, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 22-24.9.2022. (LV)

The three finalists at Liszt Utrecht 2022: Derek Wang, Yukine Kuroki, Yeon-Min Park © Allard Willemse

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Resounding success for three avant-garde masterpieces at Musikfest Berlin 2022

GermanyGermany Musikfest Berlin 2022 [12] – Xenakis, Zimmermann, Dallapiccola: Wolfgang Koch (baritone), Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (tenor), Caspar Singh (tenor), Oliver Boyd (baritone), Rundfunkchor Berlin (chorusmaster: Gijs Leenaars), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Livestreamed on Digital Concert Hall from the Philharmonie Berlin, 17.9.2022. (GT)

Kirill Petrenko conducts Wolfgang Koch (The Prisoner) and the Berlin Philharmonic © Bettina Stoss

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Vale of Glamorgan Festival opens with three orchestral premieres and a Grace Williams rarity

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan 2022 Festival [1] – Opening Concert: Clare Hammond (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jac van Steen (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 22.9.2022. (PCG)

Clare Hammond © Julie Kim

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Ambitious Musikfest concert from Jurowski and the RSB: Xenakis and Bartók will live long in the memory

GermanyGermany Musikfest Berlin 2022 [11] – Xenakis, Bartók, Mahler: Georg Nigl (baritone), Dirk Rothbrust (percussion), Vilde Frang (violin), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 13.9.2022. (CC)

Vilde Frang © Peter Meisel

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