Germany Dresden Music Festival 2023 [14] – 6.9.2023, Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden: Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet and flugelhorn), Maria Meerovitch (piano). (LV)
Nakariakov and Meerovitch in Dresden: a musical match made in heaven
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Martin Helmchen’s sublime artistry shone through in Brahms’s First Piano Concerto in Dresden
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2023 [13] – 7.6.2023, Kulturpalast, Dresden: Martin Helmchen (piano), Dresden Festival Orchestra / Ivor Bolton (conductor). (MC)
In Dresden: Till Brönner’s contemporary groove and virtuosic percussionist Martin Grubinger
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2023 [11] – 5.6.2023, Kulturpalast, Dresden: Till Brönner and Band (Till Brönner [trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals], Olaf Polziehn [piano], Christian von Kaphengst [double bass, bass guitar, keyboard], Bruno Müller [guitar], David ‘Fingers’ Haynes [drums], Jan Miserre [keyboards] and Mark Wyand [saxophone])
Mikhail Pletnev, Respighi and the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini score at the Dresden Music Festival
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2023 [10] – 6.9.2023, Kulturpalast, Dresden: Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor). (LV)
Janowski’s appealing Strauss and the compelling Hagen Quartet prove highlights of the Dresden Festival
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2023 [8] – 2.6.2023, Kulturpalast, Dresden: Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Dresdner Philharmonie / Marek Janowski (conductor). (MC)
Determined and earnest Dovgan and a memorable Kreuzchor concert in Dresden
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2023 [6] – 31.5.2023, Kulturpalast, Dresden: Piano Recital – Alexandra Dovgan (piano). (MC)
Laurence Equilbey’s Insula Orchestra gives a brilliant historically informed concert at Dresden’s Frauenkirche
Germany Dresden Music Festival [5]– Mozart: Pierre Génisson (clarinet), Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor), Frauenkirche, Dresden, 24.5.2023. (GT)
In Dresden: Nils Landgren’s R&B, funk and jazz and David Garrett’s miniatures, lollipops and encores
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2023 [3] – 29.5.2023, Semperoper, Dresden: ‘Nils Landgren & Friends’: Nils Landgren (trombone, vocals), Viktoria Tolstoy (vocals), Ida Sand (vocals, keyboard), Joel Lyssarides (piano), Simon Oslender (Hammond organ), Wolfgang Haffner (drummer), Thomas Stieger (bass). (MC)
