International Concerts

All non-UK concert reviews

Olga Kern and Colorado Music Festival musicians in a musical triumph at Boulder

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United StatesUnited States Colorado Music Festival 2024 [1] – Various: Olga Kern (piano), Kabin Thomas (narrator), Colorado Festival Orchestra / Gemma New (director). Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, Colorado, 19.7.2024. (DS)

Gemma New conducts pianist Olga Kern and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra © Geremy Kornreich

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A quartet of conductors celebrate Beethoven at Verbier

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Verbier Festival 2024 – Beethoven: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Klaus Mäkelä (cello), Lahav Shani (piano), Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland, 23.7.2024. (LV)

Sir Simon Rattle conducting Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony © Nicolas Brodard

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Impressive Blossom debut by Antonello Manacorda, joined by a vivid Véronique Gens

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Festival 2024 [3] – Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Beethoven: Véronique Gens (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 20.7.2024. (MSJ)

Antonello Manacorda conducts Véronique Gens in her Cleveland Orchestra debut © Roger Mastroianni/CO

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Beethoven for the ages from Veronika Eberle at Marvão Castle

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PortugalPortugal Marvão International Music Festival [1]: Veronika Eberle (violin), Juliane Banse (soprano), Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Christoph Poppen (conductor). Castelo de Marvão, Portugal, 20.7.2024. (LV)

Juliane Banse, Christoph Poppen, Konrad Elias-Trostmann and the Cologne Chamber Orchestra © Paulo Gouveia & Estela Alvarez Ruiz

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