Barber’s Violin Concerto Shows Cleveland’s Depth of Talent
12/08/2019
Blossom Festival 5: Jung-Min Amy Lee (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Asher Fisch (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 10.8.2019. (MSJ) Read more
Three Concerts from Early Music Vancouver’s 2019 Bach Festival
12/08/2019
Vancouver Bach Festival – J. S. Bach, Telemann: Chan Centre and Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 30/31.7.2019 & 2.8.2019 (GN)
Dorothee Mields, Alex Potter, Samuel Boden and Matthew Brook at the Bach Festival © Jan Gates
In Lisbon, TalentFest Final Concerts Give Hope for the Future
12/08/2019
Portugal Festival Verão Clássico 2019, TalentFest Concerts V-VI: Guilherme Alves, Martim Barbosa (clarinets); Luis Matos (English horn); Niek Baar, Claire Wells (violins); Mathis Rochat (viola); Miguel Braga, Mariona Camats i Torrents, Jeffrey Ho, Florianne Remme (cellos); Domingos Ribeiro (double bass); Roman Fediurko, Florent Ling (piano). Sala Luís de Freitas Branco, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal. 5-6.8.2019. (LV)
Violist Mathis Rochat (c) Rosa Maria Barrantes
Lugansky and Hadelich Deliver a One-Two Punch in Aspen
11/08/2019
Aspen Music Festival [7]: Aspen, Colorado. (HS)
Nicola Benedetti (c) Simon Fowler
Sladkovsky Showcases Russia’s Continuing Conveyor Belt of Musical Talent.
10/08/2019
International Piano Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron – Rachmaninoff: Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor). Parc du Château de Florans, France. (GT)
Varvara Nepomnaschnaya (c) Jordi Roca
In Lisbon, TalentFest Heats Up Before the Finals
09/08/2019
Beethoven, Bottesini, Debussy, Françaix, Poulenc, Mozart, Schumann, others: Janina Staub (soprano), Rosanna Cooper (mezzo-soprano), Calvin Kim, João Paiva, Julija Vrabec (clarinets), Charlotte Chahuneau, Lily Higson-Smith, Valerie Kim (violins), Julia Wawrowska (viola), Zhelin Wen, Gustavo Rocha (double basses). Sala Luís de Freitas Branco, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal, 1-4.8.2019. (LV)
Gustavo Rocha (c) Rosa Maria Barrantes
At Blossom, a Zemlinsky Rarity Outshines a Usual Suspect
07/08/2019
Blossom Festival [4]: Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Andrey Boreyko (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 3.8.2019. (MSJ) Read more
Joseph Calleja Shines in Tchaikovsky and Tosti at the Peralada Festival
07/08/2019
Festival Castell de Peralada [1] – Various: Joseph Calleja (tenor), Vincenzo Scalera (piano), Iglesia del Carme, Peralada, 4.8.2019. (JMI)
Joseph Calleja (tenor) & Vincenzo Scalera (piano) (c) J. Castro
Latest Classical Music News and Reviews
- NPR
- NY Times
- BBC
- Independent News
Ten years ago, Costanzo had surgery that threatened to destroy his singing voice. Now the counterten [...]
It's the latest release from his forthcoming score to The Decalogue, the artist's latest c [...]
Joker is a psychological character study of a disturbed man who turns violent. To give the comic boo [...]
One of the most prominent composers of the late 20th century has died. Georgia's Giya Kancheli [...]
The announcement that the opera megastar is stepping down as the company's general director com [...]
In her third appearance with the orchestra, she proved once again why she’s one of the most exciting [...]
The composer died last month. But not before finishing his Sixth Symphony, which premiered on Friday [...]
Peoples’ Symphony Concerts quietly offers Carnegie Hall-quality artists for less than a Manhattan mo [...]
The Geneva Camerata has won over audiences in Europe with a genre-blurring mix of music and movement [...]
Our guide to the city’s best classical music and opera happening this weekend and in the week ahead. [...]
This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best. [...]
In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater. [...]
This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation. [...]
The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances. [...]
A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers. [...]
Don Pasquale has always invited playfulness, but Damiano Michieletto's take might be an experim [...]
All the voices in this production are big, finds Michael Church, with Pasha Selim's roars of fr [...]
Domingo says allegations have 'created an atmosphere in which my ability to serve this company [...]
Gluck's account of the Orpheus myth stars mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, but this incarnation fatal [...]
Vincent Deane's libretto offers a convoluted plot concerning a composer in 18th century Dublin [...]
