International Concerts

All non-UK concert reviews

Warmth, grace and a scientist’s orchestral lab: old and new works glow in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States ‘Ohlsson Plays Mozart’: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 30.10.2025. (MSJ)

Tyler Taylor bows after the performance of Permissions © Yevhen Gulenko/Human Artist Photography

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A new cohort of Ensemble Connect brings verve and virtuosity to their Carnegie Hall debut

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United StatesUnited States Pärt, Janáček, Shostakovich: Ensemble Connect. Carnegie Hall, New York, 28.10.2025. (RP)

[l-r] Laurel Gagnon (violin), Coco Mi (violin), Joseph Vaz (piano), Elena Ariza (cello) & Abby Smith (viola) in Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet © Richard Termine

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Tõnu Kaljuste brings transcendent beauty and emotion to Pärt at Carnegie Hall

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United StatesUnited States Pärt: Maria Listra (soprano), Annika Lõhmus (soprano), Danila Frantou (countertenor), Raul Mikson (tenor), Toomas Tohert (tenor), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra / Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 24.10.2025. (RP)

Maria Listra (soprano), Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra © Jennifer Taylor

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Talent of the Orchesterakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker on show at the Musikverein

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AustriaAustria Castérède, Wagner, Berio, Spohr, J. Strauss II: Nora Gubisch (mezzo-soprano), Orchesterakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker / Alain Altinoglu (conductor), Brahms-Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, 24.10.2025. (LJ)

Members of the Orchesterakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker in the Brahms-Saal © Barbara Wirl

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