Cuyahoga Falls

Ardent Saint-Saëns from Sheku and a poised Mendelssohn from Childress and the Cleveland Orchestra

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [6]: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Cleveland Orchestra / Stephanie Childress (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 23.8.2025. (MSJ)

Stephanie Childress conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in Britten’s Simple Symphony © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Fierce Mahler from Elim Chan and the Clevelanders and breathtaking Ravel from Christiane Karg

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [5]: Christiane Karg (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 9.8.2025. (MSJ)

Elim Chan conducts The Cleveland Orchestra © Scott Esterly/TCO

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Glitter and skill from Bax and Rustioni at the Blossom Music Festival

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [4]: Alessio Bax (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 2.8.2025. (MSJ)

Daniele Rustioni conducts the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Heyward and Gillam shine in debuts at Cleveland’s Blossom Festival

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [3]: Jess Gillam (soprano saxophone), Cleveland Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 26.7.2025. (MSJ)

Jonathon Heyward conducts the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Music Festival © Kevin Libal/TCO

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Veronika Eberle is breathtaking in Beethoven with Popelka and the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [2]: Veronika Eberle (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Petr Popelka (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 19.7.2025. (MSJ)

Violinist Veronika Eberle and concertmaster Joel Link in a Bartók encore © Esterly Photography/TCO

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Cleveland opens Blossom with Osmo Vänskä leading piercing performances of mythical epics

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [1]: Shelén Hughes (soprano), Reginald Mobley (countertenor), John Brancy (baritone), Blossom Festival Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 12.7.2025. (MSJ)

Osmo Vänskä conducts Carmina Burana with soloists (from l) Reginald Mobley, John Brancy and Shelén Hughes © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Ólafsson and Welser-Möst in a richly played Blossom Festival concert

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Festival 2024 [5]: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 17.8.2024. (MSJ)

Conductor Franz Welser-Möst and pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in Schumann’s Piano Concerto © Kevin Libal/CO

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