Fine Debut at the Festival for Marin Alsop and São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
28/08/2016
Lucerne Festival (3) – Nobre, Grieg, Villa-Lobos, Rachmaninov: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Gabriela Montero (piano), Marin Alsop (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL), Lucerne 26.8.2016. (JR)
Gabriela Montero (piano) & Marin Alsop (conductor) (c) Manuela Jans
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Impresses with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
21/08/2016
Lucerne Festival (2) – Šerkšnytė, Beethoven: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL), Lucerne 21.8.2016. (JR)
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (c) Peter Fischli
A Perfect Bruckner Eight from Haitink and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
20/08/2016
Lucerne Festival 1 – Bruckner: Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL), Lucerne, 19.8.2016. (JR)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra & Bernard Haitink (c) Peter Fischli
Cavaliers and Roundheads in Zurich’s I Puritani
20/06/2016
Bellini: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 19.6.16. (JR)
Two Joyous Works Make Perfect Zurich Festival Fare
20/06/2016
Dvorak, Mahler: Tonhalle Orchestra, Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Tonhalle, Zurich 17.6.16 (JR) Read more
Zinman Returns (briefly) to the Tonhalle with Grandiose Bruckner
03/06/2016
Mozart, Bruckner: Tonhalle Orchestra / David Zinman (conductor), Radu Lupu (piano), Tonhalle Zurich 2.6.16. (JR) Read more
Orchestre de Paris Impresses On Tour in Switzerland
29/05/2016
Dubugnon, Schumann and Shostakovich: Orchestre de Paris, Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich 28.5.16. (JR) Read more
NEW! Visiting Orchestras Tour Switzerland 2016/2017
23/05/2016
Visiting Orchestras Tour Switzerland 2016/2017
Courtesy of Migros Kulturprozent Classics a number of prestigious foreign (and Swiss) orchestras will be on tour in a number of major Swiss cities next season. Zurich’s concert life is dominated by its orchestra, the Tonhalle, and Geneva by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, both very fine, but all visitors are always warmly welcomed. Read more
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