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Baritone Konstantin Krimmel and pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz blaze gloriously in New York recital

27/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Schubert, Loewe, Vaughan Williams: Konstantin Krimmel (baritone), Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano). Park Avenue Armory, New York, 24.2.2025. (RP)

Konstantin Krimmel (baritone) © Da Ping Luo

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Lunchtime at Wigmore Hall: Steven Osborne’s Schubert restored the spirits and nourished the soul

27/02/2025 by Christopher Sallon

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, MacMillan, Weir and Schubert: Steven Osborne (piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 24.2.2025. (CSa)

Steven Osborne © Ryan Buchanan

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Thomas Søndergård directs the RSNO in a masterly Mahler Ninth in Glasgow

27/02/202526/02/2025 by Gregor Tassie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 22.2.2025. (GT)

Thomas Søndergård conducts the RSNO © Sally Jubb

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Aristocratic Prokofiev and dark Rachmaninoff from Daniel Lozakovich and Tugan Sokhiev

26/02/2025 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff: Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 20.2.2025. (MBr)

Daniel Lozakovich © Martin Raphaël Martiq

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When audiences roar: Yunchan Lim’s triumph with the LSO in Costa Mesa

25/02/2025 by Laurence Vittes

United StatesUnited States Rachmaninoff, Mahler: Yunchan Lim (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa, 20.2.2025. (LV)

Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO at Segerstrom Hall © Philharmonic Society of Orange County/Drew A. Kelley

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Wang and Ólafsson contrast and complement in Cleveland

25/02/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Various: Yuja Wang, Víkingur Ólafsson (pianos). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 23.2.2025. (MSJ)

Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólaffson at Severance Music Center in Cleveland © Human Artist Photography/TCO

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Viennese classics and a world premiere by Jay Capperauld brings a glow to a freezing evening in Glasgow

27/02/202524/02/2025 by Gregor Tassie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart, Capperauld, Schubert: Ivan Podyomov (soloist), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). City Hall, Glasgow, 21.2.2025. (GT)

Maxim Emelyanychev conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

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Daniil Trifonov’s Prokofiev concerto tops a generous menu of big music in San Francisco

23/02/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Muzik, Prokofiev, Stravinsky: Daniil Trifonov (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 21.2.2025. (HS)

Pianist Daniil Trifonov at the climax of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.2 © Kristen Loken

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