Festival 2025

Close encounters with Yuja Wang and infernal spirits on a Sunday afternoon at Tanglewood

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood 2025 [2] – Various: Yuja Wang (piano), Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 20.7.2025. (ES-S)

Andris Nelsons conducts the TMCO in the Koussevitzky Shed © Hilary Scott

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From Haydn to tomorrow: Beatrice Rana and the Chaos Quartet under southern stars

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ItalyItaly Classiche Forme 2025 [1] – (tra parentesi): Chaos String Quartet (Susanne Schäffer and Eszter Kruchió [violins], Sara Marzadori [viola], Bas Jongen [cello]), Beatrice Rana (piano). Masseria Le Stanzie, Supersano, 19.7.2025. (LV)

Beatrice Rana playing Robert Schumann with the Chaos Quartet at Supersano © Flavio Ianniello

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Veronika Eberle is breathtaking in Beethoven with Popelka and the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [2]: Veronika Eberle (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Petr Popelka (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 19.7.2025. (MSJ)

Violinist Veronika Eberle and concertmaster Joel Link in a Bartók encore © Esterly Photography/TCO

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Henze’s Das Floss der Medusa provides an outstanding opening to the 2025 Salzburg Festival

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2025 [1] – Henze, Das Floss der Medusa: Soloists, Bavarian Radio Chorus (chorus director: Max Hanft), WRD Radio Chorus (chorus directors: Paul Krämer, Alexander Lüken), Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children’s Choir (chorus directors: Regina Sgier, Wolfgang Götz), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ingo Metzmacher (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 18.7.2025. (MB)

Kathrin Zukowski (La Mort) © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Rouvali triumphs in a sparkling ‘Summers at Severance’ program in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States ‘Summers at Severance’ 2025 [2]: Cleveland Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 17.7.2025. (MSJ)

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts the Cleveland Orchestra © Aireonna McCall-Dube/TCO

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Cleveland opens Blossom with Osmo Vänskä leading piercing performances of mythical epics

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [1]: Shelén Hughes (soprano), Reginald Mobley (countertenor), John Brancy (baritone), Blossom Festival Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 12.7.2025. (MSJ)

Osmo Vänskä conducts Carmina Burana with soloists (from l) Reginald Mobley, John Brancy and Shelén Hughes © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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