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Cleveland

An auspicious debut for the new director of CityMusic Cleveland

08/11/201924/10/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Bruch, Montgomery, Haydn: Amit Peled (cello), CityMusic Cleveland / Amit Peled (conductor), St. Stanislaus Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 19.10.2019 (MSJ)

Amit Peled rehearsing CityMusic Cleveland
in St. Stanislaus Church (c) Mark S. Jordan

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In Cleveland, bold rethinking— in the second half, anyway

04/11/201914/10/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Brahms, Adés, Bach: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 11.10.2019. (MSJ)

Kirill Gerstein
Photo: Marco Borggreve

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With the Cleveland Orchestra, Welser-Möst’s expertise is growing

26/10/201904/10/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Neuwirth, Mahler: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 26.9.2019. (MSJ)

The Cleveland Orchestra, Nathaniel Silberschlag (principal horn), and Franz Welser-Möst (conductor)
(c) Roger Mastroianni

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Welser-Möst opens Cleveland’s new season with two classics

29/09/201921/09/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Schubert, Prokofiev: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 19.9.2019. (MSJ)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra © Roger Mastroianni,

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An Intimate Cleveland Setting for Keenlyside’s Winterreise

19/06/201923/05/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Schubert: Sir Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Natalia Katyukova (piano), Reinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. 19.5.2019. (MSJ)

Sir Simon Keenlyside © Uwe Arens
Sir Simon Keenlyside © Uwe Arens

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Charming Rarities from CityMusic Cleveland

08/06/201921/05/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States F. Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Kodály: Amit Peled (cello), CityMusic Cleveland / Mélisse Brunet (conductor), St. Jerome Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 19.5.2019. (MSJ)

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A Cleveland Debut and a Powerful Partnership

24/05/201907/05/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Vadim Gluzman (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Michail Jurowski (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 2.5.2019. (MSJ)

Michail Jurowski

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A MacMillan Piano Concerto Makes Its Cleveland Debut

19/05/201929/04/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Higdon, MacMillan, Debussy, Scriabin: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Cleveland Orchestra / Stéphane Denève (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 25.4.2019. (MSJ)

Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Jean-Yves Thibaudet

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