Laurence Vittes

Mikhail Pletnev, Respighi and the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini score at the Dresden Music Festival

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GermanyGermany Dresden Music Festival 2023 [10] – 6.9.2023, Kulturpalast, Dresden: Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor). (LV)

Omer Meir Wellber conducts the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini © Oliver Killig

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A winter carnival of chamber music devoted to romance

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United StatesUnited States Various, LyricaFest ‘Winterfest’ 2023: Sophia Molina, Jubilee Chen, Miclen LaiPang, Kali Bate, Bebe Seidenberg, Jordan Bartel, Patrick Shaugnessy (violins), Andrew Gretzinger, Jungahn Shin, Alexandre Roderick, Alexi Whitsel, Josue Negrete (violas), Ella Tomko, Sammy Wetstein, Luca Giovannini, Josephina Kim, Mars Tiancheng, Tyler James (cellos). Lyrica Boston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1.14.2023. (LV)

LyricFest 2023 participants © Miclen LaiPang

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Hometown hero Jonathon Heyward returns to Charleston in triumph

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United StatesUnited States Price, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Vadim Gluzman (violin), Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra [for the Price], Charleston Symphony Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor). Gaillard Hall, Charleston, South Carolina, 7.1.2023. (LV)

Jonathon Heyward conducts the Charleston Symphony © Alyona Photography

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Gustavo Dudamel’s first Tristan und Isolde is immersed in Bill Viola’s video

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United StatesUnited States Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 15-17.12.2022. (LV)

Michael Weinius as Tristan © Mathew Imaging/Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

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Yukine Kuroki’s Liszt/Schubert Symphonic Fantasy wins the 2022 Utrecht Competition

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NetherlandsNetherlands Liszt Utrecht 2022 [2], Grand Finale – Schubert, Liszt: Yukine Kuroki, Yeon-min Park, Derek Wang, Radu Ratering (piano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Christien Reif (conductor). Grote Zaal, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 29.9.2022. (LV)

Yukine Kuroki and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic © Allard Willemse

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

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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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