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The Takács Quartet at the reopened Frick: lines of continuity

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United StatesUnited States Spring Music Festival – Beethoven, Janáček, Brahms: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes [violins], Richard O’Neill [viola], András Fejér [cello]), Jeremy Denk (piano). Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium, Frick Collection, New York, 1.5.2025. (ES-S)

The Takács Quartet © George Koelle

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Federica Lombardi shines in a first-class production of Le nozze di Figaro from The Met: Live in HD

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United StatesUnited States Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Joana Mallwitz (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, performance of 26.4.2025, seen at Avenue Cinema, Belfast, 30.4.2025. (RB)

Olga Kulchynska (Susanna), Federica Lombardi (Countess) and Sun-Ly Pierce (lying, Cherubino) © Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra shines under Mäkelä’s baton in Brahms, Boulez and Dvořák

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United StatesUnited States Brahms, Boulez, Dvořák: Daniil Trifonov (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 2.5.2025. (ZC)

Klaus Mäkelä conducts pianist Daniil Trifonov and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra © Todd Rosenberg Photography

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The Jerusalem Quartet brings their Shostakovich cycle to a visionary close in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States Shostakovich Cycle [2]: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler [violins], Ori Kam [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]). Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 30.4.2025. (MSJ)

The Jerusalem Quartet plays Shostakovich as part of the cycle in Cleveland © Ronald Werman/CCMS

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