United States ‘Tan Dun Conducts Tan Dun’: Marc Damoulakis (water percussion), Cleveland Orchestra / Tan Dun (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 31.10.2024. (MSJ)
Tan Dun’s Water Concerto enchants in Cleveland
International Concerts
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Eliesha Nelson premieres chamber version of Margaret Brouwer’s Viola Concerto with CityMusic Cleveland
United States Bach, Brouwer, Brahms: Eliesha Nelson (viola), CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra / Lorenzo Lopez (conductor). Our Lady of Angels Church, Cleveland, 27.10.2024. (MSJ)
Kopatchinskaja in a daring Carnegie Hall debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
United States Various: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 19.10.2024. (DS)
Disappointing Beethoven Ninth from Eun Sun Kim Sun and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
United States Beethoven, Symphony No.9 in D minor: Jennifer Holloway (soprano), Annika Schlicht (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Kwangchul Youn (bass), Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 26.10.2024. (HS)
Sandbox Percussion light up Beijing’s Forbidden City with an electrifying quartet by Andy Akiho
China Beijing Music Festival – Andy Akiho, Seven Pillars: Sandbox Percussion: Ian Rosenbaum, Jonny Allen, Terry Sweeney, Victor Caccese. Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, 11.10.2024. (TS)
Thomas Wilkins, Michelle Cann and the SF Symphony transmit the juice in Gershwin and Bernstein
United States Bernstein, Gershwin, Still: Michelle Cann (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Thomas Wilkins (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 25.10.2024. (HS)
Eschenbach and Mutter add luster to a Ukraine benefit concert at Carnegie Hall
United States Various, Concert for the Children and Youth of Ukraine: Liev Schreiber (host), Olga Kulchynska (soprano), Emily D’Angelo (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Vladyslav Buialskyi (bass-baritone), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York / Vasyl Hrechynsky (conductor), Oratorio Society of New York, Members of the Dessoff Choirs, Orchestra for Ukraine, Members of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 23.10.2024. (RP)
Anne Akiko Meyers and Andrew Litton take on Márquez’s Fandango in Vancouver
Canada Márquez, Stravinsky, Ravel: Anne Akiko Meyers (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 18.10.2024. (GN)
