Manfred Honeck brings the Pittsburgh Symphony to Salzburg

AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2024 [6] – Rachmaninov and Mahler: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 22.8.2024. (MB)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Manfred Honeck © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Irish Baroque Orchestra’s delightful potpourri and Midori’s Romantic recital in Edinburgh

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [13]: Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan (director & harpsichord, 22.8); Midori (violin), Özgür Aydin (piano, 23.8). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 22 & 23.8.2024. (SRT)

Midori

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Young talents shine at Verão Clássico: a decade of musical excellence in Lisbon

PortugalPortugal Verão Clássico Festival & Academy 2024 [4] – TalentFest Concerts I-IV: 54 players (violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, flute, accordion, piano). Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon, 24, 25, 26 & 30.7.2024. (LV)

Violinist Filipe Fernandes playing at the Verão Clássico © Andreia Carvalho

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Rossini’s Ermione receives a visually overwhelming production in Pesaro

ItalyItaly Rossini Opera Festival 2024 [2] – Rossini, Ermione: Soloists, Coro del teatro ventidio basso, Orchestra sinfonica nazionale della RAI / Michele Mariotti (conductor). Vitrifrigo Arena, Pesaro, 9.8.2024. (AB)

Anastasia Bartoli (Ermione) and  Juan Diego Flórez (Oreste) © Amati Biaccardi

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Ólafsson and Welser-Möst in a richly played Blossom Festival concert

United StatesUnited States Blossom Festival 2024 [5]: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 17.8.2024. (MSJ)

Conductor Franz Welser-Möst and pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in Schumann’s Piano Concerto © Kevin Libal/CO

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Serebrennikov’s ‘contemporary’ yet disturbing Marriage of Figaro offers fine musical performances

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [11] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra of Komische Oper Berlin / James Gaffigan (conductor). Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 17.8.2024. (GT)

Komische Oper Berlin’s The Marriage of Figaro © Jess Shurte

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