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Cardiff

Catrin Finch bares her soul in a deeply personal recital

26/10/202625/10/2026 by Lucy Jeffery

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Catrin Finch, Notes to Self: Catrin Finch (harp), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 23.10.2026. (LJ)

Harpist Catrin Finch at Dora Stoutzker Hall

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The Fibonacci Quartet’s welcome return to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

23/10/202622/10/2026 by Lucy Jeffery

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart and Tchaikovsky: Fibonacci Quartet (Luna De Mol, Kryštof Kohout [violins], Elliot Kempson [viola], Findlay Spence [cello]). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 22.10.2026. (LJ)

Fibonacci Quartet

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NOYO break down barriers with a truly inclusive Cardiff performance

02/08/202601/08/2026 by Lucy Jeffery

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various: Members of the National Open Youth Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Alice Farnham (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 30.7.2026. (LJ)

Conductor Alice Farnham © Kirsten McTernan

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Veronika Eberle knocks Beethoven’s Violin Concerto out of the park

16/05/2026 by Lucy Jeffery

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Benjamin, R. Strauss: Veronika Eberle (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Alexandre Bloch (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 14.5.2026. (LJ)

Violinist Veronika Eberle, conductor Alexandre Bloch and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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Alim Beisembayev bowls over a Sunday morning audience with Liszt’s Sonata in B minor

30/03/2026 by Lucy Jeffery

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Chopin, Liszt: Alim Beisembayev (piano). Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 29.3.2026. (LJ)

Alim Beisembayev at Cardiff’s Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

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Steven Banks steals the show in Joan Tower’s Love Returns

14/03/202613/03/2026 by Lucy Jeffery

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Tower, Weber, Hindemith: Steven Banks (saxophone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Tomas Djupsjöbacka (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 12.3.2026. (LJ)

Saxophonist Steven Banks and conductor Tomas Djupsjöbacka © Kirsten McTernan

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Like fine wine, the Carduccis only get better over time

07/03/202606/03/2026 by Lucy Jeffery

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glass, Lamagna, Reich: Carducci Quartet (Matthew Denton, Michelle Fleming [violins], Eoin Schmidt-Martin [viola], Emma Denton [cello]). RWCMD, Cardiff, 5.3.2026. (LJ)

Carducci Quartet

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Spirited musicians Laura van der Heijden and Sinfonia Cymru join forces for fairytale and folk medleys

04/03/2026 by Lucy Jeffery

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various: Laura Van Der Heijden (cello), Sinfonia Cymru / Haim Choi (leader). RWCMD, Cardiff, 28.2.2026. (LJ)

Cellist Laura van der Heijden and Sinfonia Cymru © David Edmunds

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