Looking back, moving forward: Măcelaru opens the Enescu Competition

RomaniaRomania George Enescu Competition 2026 [1] – Various: Mayumi Kanagawa (violin), Yo Kitamura (cello), Roman Lopatynskyi (piano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor). Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, 23.8.2026. (ES-S)

Cristian Măcelaru conducting the Romanian Radio National Orchestra © Cristina and Petrica Tanase

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Exploring mischief and fate with Alina Ibragimova at Lincoln Center

United StatesUnited States Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City [1] – The Play of Fate: Schnittke, Mozart, Schubert: Alina Ibragimova (violin, conductor), Ruggero Allifranchini (violin), Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center. Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York, 28.7.2026. (ES-S)

The Play of Fate (featured, violinist Alina Ibragimova) at Lincoln Center © Lawrence Sumulong

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Les Arts Florissants bring an imaginative Charpentier double bill to Caramoor

United StatesUnited States Caramoor Festival [3] – Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Soloists from Le Jardin des Voix, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor). Venetian Theater, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah, 17.7.2026. (ES-S)

Scene from Les Arts florissants © Gabe Palacio

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Robert Schumann’s chamber music finds its many voices at 92NY

United StatesUnited States R. Schumann: Joshua Bell, Irène Duval (violins), Blythe Teh Engstroem (viola), Steven Isserlis (cello), Jeremy Denk (piano). 92NY, New York, 7 & 9.7.2026. (ES-S)

[l-r] Jeremy Denk (piano), Joshua Bell (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello) and Blythe Teh Engstroem (viola) © Edward Sava-Segal

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A Lincoln triptych as prologue to the Boston Symphony’s Tanglewood summer

United StatesUnited States Tanglewood 2026 [1] – Glass, John Williams, Copland: Zachary James (baritone), Alec Baldwin (narrator), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Karen Kamensek (conductor). Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 5.7.2026. (ES-S)

Philip Glass on stage with baritone Zachary James and conductor Karen Kamensek © Hilary Scott

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