Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

Yukine Kuroki’s Liszt/Schubert Symphonic Fantasy wins the 2022 Utrecht Competition

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NetherlandsNetherlands Liszt Utrecht 2022 [2], Grand Finale – Schubert, Liszt: Yukine Kuroki, Yeon-min Park, Derek Wang, Radu Ratering (piano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Christien Reif (conductor). Grote Zaal, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 29.9.2022. (LV)

Yukine Kuroki and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic © Allard Willemse

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Glorious Mahler ‘Resurrection’ Symphony and Weston’s new Push is great fun in San Francisco

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United StatesUnited States Mahler, Weston: Golda Schultz (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 29.9.2022. (HS)

Composer Trevor Weston acknowledges ovation after world premiere of Push © Stefan Cohen

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Three finalists set for the Grand Finale in the 2022 Liszt Competition

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NetherlandsNetherlands Liszt Utrecht 2022 [1] – Festival Phase: Liszt, Schubert, Schubert/Liszt, Wantenaar: Lea Hausmann (violin); Judith Wijzenbeek (viola); Samuel Shephard (cello); Roberto di Ronza (double bass); Viktoria Baskakova, Minkyu Kim, Yukine Kuroki, Tamta Magradze, Matyáš Novák, Yeon-min Park, Leonardo Pierdomenico, Vitaly Starikov, Derek Wang, KaJeng Wong (piano); Bernadeta Astari (soprano). Hertz Hall, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 22-24.9.2022. (LV)

The three finalists at Liszt Utrecht 2022: Derek Wang, Yukine Kuroki, Yeon-Min Park © Allard Willemse

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Superb Wigmore Hall concert – educational and viscerally exciting – celebrates 25 years of The Mozartists

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart’s Czech Mates – Vanhal, Gluck, Mozart, Mysliveček, G. A. Benda, Kozeluch: Chiara Skerath (soprano), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 26.9.2022. (CC)

Claudia Skerath, Ian Page and The Mozartists previously at the Wigmore Hall

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