Germany Shostakovich Festival Leipzig [4]: Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Gewandhaus, Leipzig. 18.5.2025. (GT)
Nelsons masterfully leads the BSO in superlative Leipzig performances of two Shostakovich symphonies
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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)
Inspiring, wide-ranging, turn-of-the-century concert from Hampson and Boreyko in Vancouver
Canada Rachmaninoff, Mahler, Zemlinsky: Thomas Hampson (baritone), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Andrey Boreyko (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 9.5.2025. (GN)
The Cleveland Orchestra’s festival has Michelle Cann tell stories of the Chicago Black Renaissance
United States Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival: [1] – ‘The Women of Chicago’s Black Renaissance’: Michelle Cann (piano). Rheinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 19.5.2025. (MSJ)
The Calidore and the unending conversation with Beethoven’s quartets
United States Beethoven: Calidore String Quartet (Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan [violins], Jeremy Berry [viola], Estelle Choi [cello]). Alice Tully Hall, New York, 18.5.2025. (ES-S)
From Bach to Shostakovich and back: Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall
United States Bach, Chopin, Shostakovich: Evgeny Kissin (piano). Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, 17.5.2025. (ES-S)
