Cleveland opens Blossom with Osmo Vänskä leading piercing performances of mythical epics

United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [1]: Shelén Hughes (soprano), Reginald Mobley (countertenor), John Brancy (baritone), Blossom Festival Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 12.7.2025. (MSJ)

Osmo Vänskä conducts Carmina Burana with soloists (from l) Reginald Mobley, John Brancy and Shelén Hughes © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Marie Jacquot pairs rare Richard Strauss with Goosby’s Mozart in 2025’s first ‘Summers at Severance’

United StatesUnited States ‘Summers at Severance’ 2025 [1]: Randall Goosby (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Marie Jacquot (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 10.7.2025. (MSJ)

Randall Goosby plays Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.3 with the Cleveland Orchestra © Yevhen Gulenko/TCO

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Apollo’s Fire sizzles in the Avon Lake performance of a revamped ¡Hispania! program

United StatesUnited States ‘¡Hispania!: Tangos y Fandangos’: Alan Choo, Emi Tanabe (violins), Jeremías García (guitar), René Schiffer, Rebecca Landell (violas da gamba), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Avon Lake United Church of Christ, Avon Lake, Ohio, 6.9.2025. (MSJ)

Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire in ¡Hispania! © Apollo’s Fire

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Jenůfa brings to life the emotions and difficulties of reconciliation in Cleveland Orchestra presentation

United StatesUnited States Mandel Opera & Humanities Festiva; [2] – Janáček, Jenůfa (concert performance): Soloists, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 22.5.2025. (MSJ)

Latonia Moore (Jenůfa) © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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The Cleveland Orchestra’s festival has Michelle Cann tell stories of the Chicago Black Renaissance

United StatesUnited States Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival: [1] – ‘The Women of Chicago’s Black Renaissance’: Michelle Cann (piano). Rheinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 19.5.2025. (MSJ)

Michelle Cann told stories of the Chicago Black Renaissance © Roger Mastroianni/CO

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A vivid premiere caps Loggins-Hull’s tenure as Composer Fellow for Cleveland Orchestra

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Loggins-Hull, Prokofiev: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor).  Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 8.5.2025. (MSJ)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra © Extraordinaire Photos/TCO

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The Jerusalem Quartet brings their Shostakovich cycle to a visionary close in Cleveland

United StatesUnited States Shostakovich Cycle [2]: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler [violins], Ori Kam [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]). Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 30.4.2025. (MSJ)

The Jerusalem Quartet plays Shostakovich as part of the cycle in Cleveland © Ronald Werman/CCMS

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