International Concerts

All non-UK concert reviews

Determined yet flexible, Slobodeniouk and Thibaudet return to Tanglewood

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood 2025 [4] – Still, Liszt, Sibelius: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor). Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 17.8.2025. (ES-S)

Dima Slobodeniouk conducting the BSO in Tanglewood © Hilary Scott

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Anna Handler makes an outstanding debut with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood 2025 [3] – Brahms, R. Schumann, Tchaikovsky: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Anna Handler (conductor). Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 16.8.2025. (ES-S)

Violinist Augustin Hadelich with the BSO conducted by Anna Handler © Hilary Scott

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Ensemble Amarine Belladiva’s concert was an absolute joy: my preferred event of L’Itinéraire

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FranceFrance Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [7]: L’Itinéraire [5]: Les Délices de l’Âme: Ensemble Amarine Belladiva (Zuzana Badárová [soprano], Michaela Ambrosi [transverse flute], Barbara Maria Willi [harpsichord]). Rauzet Priory, Combiers, France, 2.8.2025. (CC)

Zuzana Badárová (soprano)

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L’Itinéraire explores music by Hellendaal, Ruloffs, Focking and de Fesch from Dutch Baroque

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FranceFrance Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [6]: L’Itinéraire [4] – Dutch Baroque plays Dutch Baroque: Dutch Baroque (Ivan Iliev [violin], Beniamino Paganini [transverse flute], Anne-Linde Visser [cello], Gerard de Wit [organ/harpsichord/director]). Église Saint-Pierre d’Edon, France, 2.8.2025. (CC)

Gerard de Wit playing during an earlier concert

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Fierce Mahler from Elim Chan and the Clevelanders and breathtaking Ravel from Christiane Karg

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [5]: Christiane Karg (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 9.8.2025. (MSJ)

Elim Chan conducts The Cleveland Orchestra © Scott Esterly/TCO

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