International Concerts – Page 10 – Seen and Heard International

Shostakovich Festival Leipzig opens with a remarkable performance of the neglected Fourth Symphony

24/05/202522/05/2025 by Gregor Tassie

Germany Shostakovich Festival Leipzig 2025 [1]: Dmitry Trifonov (piano), Gewandhaus Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Gewandhaus, Leipzig. 15.5.2025. (GT)

Andris Nelsons conducts pianist Dmitry Trifonov and the Gewandhaus Orchestra © Jens Gerber

Inspiring, wide-ranging, turn-of-the-century concert from Hampson and Boreyko in Vancouver

21/05/2025 by Geoffrey Newman

Canada Rachmaninoff, Mahler, Zemlinsky: Thomas Hampson (baritone), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Andrey Boreyko (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 9.5.2025. (GN)

Thomas Hampson © Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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

21/07/202521/05/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United 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

The Calidore and the unending conversation with Beethoven’s quartets

21/05/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States Beethoven: Calidore String Quartet (Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan [violins], Jeremy Berry [viola], Estelle Choi [cello]). Alice Tully Hall, New York, 18.5.2025. (ES-S)

From Bach to Shostakovich and back: Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall

20/05/202519/05/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States Bach, Chopin, Shostakovich: Evgeny Kissin (piano). Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, 17.5.2025. (ES-S)

Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall in 2024 © Steve J. Sherman

A concert version of Handel’s Tamerlano in Madrid falls below expectations

20/05/202519/05/2025 by José Irurzun

Spain Handel, Tamerlano (concert performance): Soloists, Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 16.5.2025. (JMI)

Conductor René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester and Soloists © J. del Real

Carter Johnson’s worthy victory at the Dublin International Piano Competition

20/05/202519/05/2025 by Robert Beattie

Ireland Dublin International Piano Competition 2025 – Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Anson Ying Shun Wong (piano), Young-Ho Shin (piano), Carter Johnson (piano), National Symphony Orchestra / Jonas Alber (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 16.5.2025. (RB)

Carter Johnson (piano), Jonas Alber (conductor) and the National Symphony Orchestra © Joanne Taaffe/NSO

SF Symphony’s world premiere of Icelandic composer Thorvaldsdottir’s cello concerto makes a big impact

18/05/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various: Johannes Moser (cello), San Francisco Symphony / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 16.5.2025. (HS)

Dalia Statevska conducts cellist Johannes Moser and the SFS in Thorvaldsdottir premiere © Kristen Loken

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