Concert Reviews – Page 7 – Seen and Heard International

Carter Johnson’s worthy victory at the Dublin International Piano Competition

20/05/202519/05/2025 by Robert Beattie

Ireland Dublin International Piano Competition 2025 – Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Anson Ying Shun Wong (piano), Young-Ho Shin (piano), Carter Johnson (piano), National Symphony Orchestra / Jonas Alber (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 16.5.2025. (RB)

Carter Johnson (piano), Jonas Alber (conductor) and the National Symphony Orchestra © Joanne Taaffe/NSO

SF Symphony’s world premiere of Icelandic composer Thorvaldsdottir’s cello concerto makes a big impact

18/05/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various: Johannes Moser (cello), San Francisco Symphony / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 16.5.2025. (HS)

Dalia Statevska conducts cellist Johannes Moser and the SFS in Thorvaldsdottir premiere © Kristen Loken

Virtuosic reading of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony from Jaap van Zweden and the Chicago Symphony

16/05/202515/05/2025 by James Zychowicz

United States Mahler, Symphony No.6 in A minor: Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Jaap van Zweden (conductor). Symphony Center, Chicago, 8.5.2025. (JLZ)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jaap van Zweden © Todd Rosenberg Photography

The Barbican performance of Handel’s Jephtha took time to live up to its promise

16/05/202512/05/2025 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom Handel, Jephtha (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Il Pomo d’Oro / Francesco Corti (conductor). Barbican Centre, London, 7.5.2025. (CSa)

Joyce DiDonato (Storgé) with conductor Francesco Corti and Il Pomo d’Oro (chorus and orchestra) © Mark Allan

Stunning Chopin, breezy Mendelssohn, staggering Schumann from Kariv, Forés Veses and the ECO

16/05/202512/05/2025 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Chopin, R. Schumann: Alon Kariv (piano), English Chamber Orchestra / Roberto Forés Veses (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 11.5.2025. (CC)

Pianist Alon Kariv playing Chopin with the English Chamber Orchestra © ECO

Mariotti illuminates the in-between at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

16/05/202512/05/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

Italy Maggio Musicale Festival 2025 – Mozart, Stravinski, Poulenc: Emöke Baráth (soprano), Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Michele Mariotti (conductor). Sala Zubin Mehta, Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence, 8.5.2025. (ES-S)

Michele Mariotti conducting the Maggio Musicale Orchestra © Michele Monasta

Thomas Crawford leads the ACO in fascinating performances of Mozart and Beethoven on period instruments

16/05/202511/05/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Mozart, Beethoven – ‘Magnificently Mozart’: Andrew Schwartz (bassoon), Petra Somlai (fortepiano), American Classical Orchestra / Thomas Crawford (conductor). Alice Tully Hall, New York, 7.5.2025. (RP)

Petra Somlai (fortepiano) with American Classical Orchestra © ACO

Many pleasing surprises in Francesco Piemontesi’s Wigmore Hall recital

16/05/202510/05/2025 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Schubert and Liszt: Francesco Piemontesi (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.5.2025. (MB)

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