United States Lindberg, Berg, Stravinsky: Isabelle Faust (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 23.5.2025. (HS)
Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony ignite a fiery Firebird
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Jenůfa brings to life the emotions and difficulties of reconciliation in Cleveland Orchestra presentation
United States Mandel Opera & Humanities Festiva; [2] – Janáček, Jenůfa (concert performance): Soloists, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 22.5.2025. (MSJ)
The Festival Orchestra is conducted by an outstanding Anna Rakitina at the Shostakovich Festival Leipzig
Germany Shostakovich Festival Leipzig [5]: Gautier Capuçon (cello), Festival Orchestra / Anna Rakitina (conductor), Gewandhaus, Leipzig. 19.5.2025. (GT)
Paul Appleby in the premiere of Jessica Meyer’s Shadow Songs at Music Mondays in New York
United States Music Mondays – Fauré, Meyer, Schubert: Paul Appleby (tenor), Claremont Trio. Advent Lutheran Church, New York, 19.5.2025. (RP)
Nelsons masterfully leads the BSO in superlative Leipzig performances of two Shostakovich symphonies
Germany Shostakovich Festival Leipzig [4]: Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Gewandhaus, Leipzig. 18.5.2025. (GT)
Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony gets a glorious performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig
Germany Shostakovich Festival Leipzig [3]: Gautier Capuçon (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Gewandhaus, Leipzig. 17.5.2025. (GT)
Andris Nelsons directs a revelatory Eleventh Symphony in Leipzig’s Shostakovich Festival
Germany Shostakovich Festival Leipzig 2025 [2]: Baiba Skride (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Gewandhaus, Leipzig. 16.5.2025. (GT)
Shostakovich Festival Leipzig opens with a remarkable performance of the neglected Fourth Symphony
Germany Shostakovich Festival Leipzig 2025 [1]: Dmitry Trifonov (piano), Gewandhaus Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Gewandhaus, Leipzig. 15.5.2025. (GT)
