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Geoffrey Newman

An inspired start to Bruckner for Constantin Trinks in Vancouver

24/11/202527/10/2025 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Mendelssohn, Bruckner: Maria Ioudenitch (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Constantin Trinks (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 17.10.2025. (GN)

Constantin Trinks

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Wonderful insight and distinction in Charles Richard-Hamelin’s Chopin in Vancouver

07/10/2025 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Various: Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 28.9.2025. (GN)

Charles Richard-Hamelin

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Pianist Alexander Malofeev’s illuminating Tchaikovsky performance in Vancouver

22/09/202522/09/2025 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Mazzoli, Tchaikovsky, R. Strauss: Alexander Malofeev (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 12.9.2025. (GN)

Pianist Alexander Malofeev, conductor Otto Tausk and the VSO © VSO

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Chopin Competition winner Bruce Liu intrigues with a Prokofiev Concerto in Vancouver

12/06/202510/06/2025 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Prokofiev, R. Strauss: Bruce Liu (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 30.5.2025. (GN)

Pianist Bruce Liu and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra © VSO

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Inspiring, wide-ranging, turn-of-the-century concert from Hampson and Boreyko in Vancouver

21/05/2025 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Rachmaninoff, Mahler, Zemlinsky: Thomas Hampson (baritone), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Andrey Boreyko (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 9.5.2025. (GN)

Thomas Hampson © Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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Formidable Grieg Piano Concerto from Sir Stephen Hough in Vancouver

24/04/2025 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Ravel, Grieg, Rachmaninoff: Sir Stephen Hough (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Stanislav Kochanovsky (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 13.4.2025. (GN)

Sir Stephen Hough and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra © VSO

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Ingrid Fliter and Alpesh Chauhan in a wide-ranging Vancouver concert that promised more than it delivered

09/04/2025 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Almashi, Chopin, Elgar: Ingrid Fliter (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Alpesh Chauhan (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 28.3.2025. (GN)

Alpesh Chauhan (conductor) © Marcello Orselli

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Violinist Johan Dalene lives up to his reputation in his Canadian debut

02/04/2025 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Various: Johan Dalene (violin), Sahun Sam Hong (piano). Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 23.4.2025. (GN)

Johan Dalene

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