International Concerts

All non-UK concert reviews

Landshut’s first three concerts has chamber music players operating at an elevated level

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GermanyGermany Landshut Chamber Music Festival 2026 [1]: Chamber Soloists, Rathausprunksaal, Landshut, Lower Bavaria, 25-30.8.2026. (MC)

Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Mikhail Pochekin (violin), Simon Tetzlaff (cello), WenXiao Zheng (viola), Jano Lisboa (viola) © Oliver Röckle.jpeg

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Violinist Miranda Liu is an extraordinary force of musical presence at her Miratone Festival

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HungaryHungary Miratone Festival – Beethoven, Janáček: Miranda Liu (violin), László Borbély (piano), V4 String Quartet. Miratone Festival and Academy, Budapest, 23.8.2026. (AK)

Miranda Liu (violin) and László Borbély (piano) © MiraTone Festival and Academy 2026/Eszter Takács

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The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra’s Verdi’s Requiem resounds with terror, beauty and hope

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United StatesUnited States Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra 2026 Invincible Tour [2] – Frolyak, Verdi: Ailyn Pérez (soprano), Natalie Lewis (mezzo-soprano), René Barbera (tenor), Soloman Howard (bass), Met Chorus Artists (chorus director: Tilman Michael), Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra / Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor). David Geffen Hall, New York. 26.8.2026. (RP)

Keri-Lynn Wilson leads Ailyn Pérez (soprano), Natalie Lewis (mezzo-soprano), René Barbera (tenor), Soloman Howard (bass), Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and Met Chorus Artists in Verdi’s Requiem © Richard Termine/Met Opera

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The intensity of Deutsch’s Intensity steals the show during Welser-Möst’s return to Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States Summers at Severance [4] – Various: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 27.8.2026. (MSJ)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra © Aireonna McCall-Dubé/TCO

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Salzburg’s further homage to Kurtág let down by utterly misconceived Mozart

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2026 [7] – ‘Hommage à Kurtág’: Bartók, Kurtág, and Mozart: Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), Sol Gabetta (cello), Reto Bieri (clarinet), Olga Pashchenko (piano). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 25.8.2026. (MB)

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), Sol Gabetta (cello), Reto Bieri (clarinet) and Olga Pashchenko (piano) © SF/Marco Borrelli

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