SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE
Switzerland Piazzolla, María de Buenos Aires: Soloists, Cercle Bach de Genève, Chorus and Orchestra of the Haute École de Musique de Genève / Facundo Agudin (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Genève, 27.10.2023. (ALL)
Spain Haydn, Orlando paladino (concert version): Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 29.10.2023. (JMI)
United States Various, ‘The Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala 2023’: Angela Meade, Frederica Lombardi, Ailyn Pérez, Liv Redpath (soprano), Ben Bliss, Stephen Costello (tenor), Quinn Kelsey, Sean Michael Plumb (baritone), Soloman Howard (bass), Bryan Wagorn, Howard Watkins (piano). Carnegie Hall, New York, 29.10.2023. (RP)
France Jerome Robbins: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 25.10.2023. (JO’D)
Switzerland Chopin, Beethoven: Bruce Liu (piano), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 4.10.2023. (VL)
Germany Debussy and Manoury: Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (piano), Boulez Ensemble / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 29.10.2023. (MB)
United Kingdom Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart: Matthew Hunt (clarinet), Chiaroscuro Quartet (Alina Ibragimova & Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux [violins], Emilie Hörnlund [viola], Claire Thirion [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 29.10.2023. (CS)
Italian pianist Sandro Russo talks to Robert Beattie
Chetham’s Music School in central Manchester run an International Piano Summer School every year for pianists of varying levels of ability including talented students, teachers and adult amateur pianists. As an enthusiastic amateur pianist, I decided to enrol on the course myself earlier this year. There were many distinguished professional pianists on the course teaching students and giving masterclasses. In the evening a number of the teachers gave concerts in Chetham’s Stoller Hall. It was amazing to hear such a wide and varied range of demanding repertoire being performed to such a high level.
I was struck by one concert, in particular, by the Italian pianist, Sandro Russo. Sandro performed all twelve of Liszt’s Transcendental Études and his performance was deservedly greeted with a standing ovation.