International Concerts – Page 11 – Seen and Heard International

Who knew the sarabande came from Africa? Angélique Kidjo and Yo-Yo Ma at Berkeley

01/09/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States ‘Sarabande Africaine’: Yo-Yo Ma (cellist), Angélique Kidjo (singer), Thierry Vaton (piano), David Donatien (percussion). Cal Performances, Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, 30.8.2025. (HS)

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and singer/composer Angélique Kidjo in ‘Sarabande Africaine’ © Drew Altizer

Young talent on display at Gstaad: violinist Georgii Moroz and pianist Marco Scilironi

28/08/202527/08/2025 by Colin Clarke

Switzerland Gstaad Menuhin Festival [2] – Matinée des Jeunes Étoiles VI: Georgii Moroz (violin), Marco Scilironi (piano). Gstaad Chapel, Gstaad, 23.8.2025. (CC)

Aspen Festival finale meets expectations with Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto and The Planets

26/08/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [15]: Klein Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)

Concertmaster Alexander Kerr beams as pianist Yefim Bronfman and conductor Robert Spano celebrate the concerto performance © Diego Redel

Music-making of the highest possible standard from the Hagens in Gstaad

26/08/2025 by Colin Clarke

Switzerland Gstaad Menuhin Festival 2025 [1] – Ernster Humor: Hagen String Quartet with Mao Fujita (piano). Saanen Church, Switzerland, 21.8.2025. (CC)

Hagen String Quartet and pianist Mao Fujita © Gstaad Menuhin Festival/Raphael Faux

Ardent Saint-Saëns from Sheku and a poised Mendelssohn from Childress and the Cleveland Orchestra

26/08/202525/08/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [6]: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Cleveland Orchestra / Stephanie Childress (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 23.8.2025. (MSJ)

Stephanie Childress conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in Britten’s *Simple Symphony* © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

Another splendidly Boulezian programme at the Salzburg Festival

25/08/2025 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Salzburg Festival 2025 [6] – Ravel, Boulez, Varèse: Sarah Aristidou (soprano), Klangforum Wien / Sylvain Cambreling (conductor). Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 23.8.2025. (MB)

Klangforum Wien, soprano Sarah Aristidou and conductor Sylvain Cambreling © SF/Jan Friese

A breath of fresh air blows through St Florian Bruckner Days with Katharina Wincor

30/08/202525/08/2025 by Ken Ward

Austria St Florianer Brucknertage 2025 – Brahms, Bruckner: Altomonte Orchestra / Katharina Wincor (conductor). Sankt Florian, 22.8.2025. (KW)

Conductor Katharina Wincor © Reinhard Winkler

An ‘arena’ La bohème, a rock concerto and a glistening violin debut in Aspen

24/08/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [14]: Klein Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)

Mike Mills (bass guitar) and Robert McDuffie (violin) play Mills’s concerto © Diego Redel

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