SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, THEATRE , BROADCASTS AND FILMS
France International Piano Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron – Rachmaninoff: Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor). Parc du Château de Florans, France. (GT)
United Kingdom Various: Yuja Wang (piano), Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Queens Hall, Edinburgh, 3.8.2019. (GT)
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2019 [2] – Barber, Adams, Tchaikovsky: Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 4.8.2019. (GT)
United Kingdom Bach, Beethoven, J. Strauss II, R. Strauss, Adams, Williams, and Holst: Sopranos and Altos of the RSNO Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Ben Palmer (conductor), Usher Hall, 16.6.2019. (GT)
Italy Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Dancers, Orchestra of San Carlo Theatre / Juraj Valčuha (conductor), Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, 18.5.2019. (GT)
Alexandra Dovgan in conversation with Gregor Tassie
The eleven-year-old Alexandra Dovgan was honoured by opening the Ninth Rakhlin International Music Festival in Kazan playing Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concerto together with Alexander Sladkovsky’s outstanding Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, an event (review click here) which I attended together with journalists from Israel, St Petersburg, and Moscow.
United Kingdom Rautavaara, Beethoven, Takemitsu and Sibelius: John Lill (piano), Japan Philharmonic Orchestra / Pietari Inkinen (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.4.2019. (GT)
