Festivals – Page 4 – Seen and Heard International

The ninth revival of Zeffirelli’s 2010 Turandot is still impressive in the Verona Arena

08/09/202605/09/2026 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Italy 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 [1] – Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Fondazione Arena di Verona / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor), Verona Arena, 27.8.2026. (DM-D)

Lise Lindstrom (Turandot) and Yusif Eyvazov (Calaf) © Ennevi Foto/Fondazione Arena di Verona

The Proms audience show great enthusiam for a high-profile orchestral visit

07/09/202605/09/2026 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [26] – Elgar and Tchaikovsky: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2026. (MB)

Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic at the BBC Proms © Lena Laine

Impressive sounds from Jakub Hrůša, Lukáš Vondráček and the BBC SO in Kaprálová, Rachmaninov and Janáček

08/09/202605/09/2026 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [25] – Kaprálová, Rachmaninov, Janáček: Lukáš Vondráček (piano). BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2026. (CK)

Pianist Lukáš Vondráček, BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jakub Hrůša © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Freshness, refinement and joy on the closing day of the Presteigne Festival

10/09/202605/09/2026 by Paul Conway

United Kingdom Day Five of the Presteigne Festival 2026 [5]: Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bleddfa; St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne 31.8.2026. (PC)

Violinist Fenella Humphreys and harpist Sally Pryce © Peter West

More playing that was deserving high praise in Landshut’s final three concerts

08/09/202604/09/2026 by Michael Cookson

Germany Landshut Chamber Music Festival 2026: Chamber Soloists, Rathausprunksaal, Landshut, Lower Bavaria, 25-30.8.2026. (MC)

Diana Tishchenko (violin), Luis Suarez (violin), Martina Consonni (piano), Jano Lisboa (viola) & Simon Tetzlaff (cello) © Oliver Röckle

Further instrumental, chamber, choral and orchestral gems at the Presteigne Festival

08/09/202604/09/2026 by Paul Conway

United Kingdom Day Three of the Presteigne Festival 2026 [3]: (PC)

Soprano Rowan Pierce with members of the Choir of King’s College, London and the Presteigne Festival Orchestra, conducted by George Vass © Peter West

Welser-Möst charms with a Viennese evening for his Blossom farewell

08/09/202604/09/2026 by Mark S Jordan

United States Blossom Music Festival [8] – ‘Summer in Vienna’: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 29.8.2026. (MSJ)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra © Yevhen Gulenko/TCO

Landshut’s first three concerts has chamber music players operating at an elevated level

08/09/202603/09/2026 by Michael Cookson

Germany Landshut Chamber Music Festival 2026 [1]: Chamber Soloists, Rathausprunksaal, Landshut, Lower Bavaria, 25-30.8.2026. (MC)

Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Mikhail Pochekin (violin), Simon Tetzlaff (cello), WenXiao Zheng (viola), Jano Lisboa (viola) © Oliver Röckle.jpeg

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