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Elisabeth Leonskaja Celebrates 70th Birthday with Friends at the Wigmore Hall

05/12/201525/11/2015 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Brahms. Jörg Widmann, Mendelssohn, Schubert:  Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) and other musicians – 70th Birthday Concert, Wigmore Hall, London, 22.11.2015. (RB)

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Elisabeth Leonskaja © Julia Wesely

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Igor Levit in Superb Form at Wigmore Hall

09/11/201506/11/2015 by Robert Beattie

[flag code=”gb” size=”24″ text=”yes”] Muffat, Shostakovich, Beethoven:  Igor Levit (Piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 5.11.2015 (RB)

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Emerging Talent from the Samling Artist Programme on Show at Wigmore Hall

09/11/201506/11/2015 by Robert Beattie

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Samling Showcase: Joan Rodgers (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Wigmore Hall, London (RB) 

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Interview with Bertrand Chamayou

02/03/202304/11/2015 by Robert Beattie

INTERVIEW WITH BERTRAND CHAMAYOU

Bertrand Chamayou (c) Marco Borggreve

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High Voltage Virtuosity and Cultivated Musicianship from Bertrand Chamayou

08/11/201526/10/2015 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ravel:  Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 23.10.2015 (RB)

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The Belcea Quartet Continue Their Twentieth Anniversary Celebrations

14/08/202014/10/2015 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Webern, Schubert: Belcea Quartet, Valentin Erben (cello), Wigmore Hall, London, 11.10. 2015 (RB)

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ETO Recreates the Age of Silent Films in Tales of Hoffmann

14/10/201512/10/2015 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann: English Touring Opera and Orchestra /Philip Sunderland (conductor), Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 10.10.15 (RB)

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Outstanding Sibelius and Scriabin from Kavakos and Jurowski

14/10/201505/10/2015 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Knussen, Sibelius, Scriabin. Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.10.2015 (RB)

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