Edward Sava-Segal

Fragments and monumentality: Mäkelä with the Concertgebouw at the Enescu Festival

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RomaniaRomania George Enescu Festival 2025 [8] – Schubert/Berio, Mahler: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Palace Hall, Bucharest, 20.9.2025. (ES-S)

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra © Andrei Gîndac

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Argerich and Dutoit in a French soundworld at the Enescu Festival

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RomaniaRomania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [6] – Ravel, Debussy: Martha Argerich (piano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Charles Dutoit (conductor). Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, 15.9.2025. (ES-S)

Charles Dutoit conducting the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic © Cristina Tanase

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Tradition and experiment: Jan Lisiecki and ASMF at the Enescu Festival

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RomaniaRomania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [2] – Various: Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Jan Lisiecki (leader, piano), Tomo Keller (leader). Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, 12.9.2025. (ES-S)

Jan Lisiecki with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields © Catalina Filip

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Tarmo Peltokoski’s Die Zauberflöte casts its spell in Bucharest

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RomaniaRomania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [1] – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorwerk Ruhr, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor). Romanian Radio Hall, Bucharest, 7.9.2025. (ES-S)

Tarmo Peltokoski conducting the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen © Petrica Tanase

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An outstanding Janine Jansen joins Klaus Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [21] – Mozart, Prokofiev, Bartók: Janine Jansen (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 24.8.2025. (ES-S)

Violinist Janine Jansen with conductor Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Determined yet flexible, Slobodeniouk and Thibaudet return to Tanglewood

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood 2025 [4] – Still, Liszt, Sibelius: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor). Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 17.8.2025. (ES-S)

Dima Slobodeniouk conducting the BSO in Tanglewood © Hilary Scott

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Anna Handler makes an outstanding debut with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood 2025 [3] – Brahms, R. Schumann, Tchaikovsky: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Anna Handler (conductor). Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 16.8.2025. (ES-S)

Violinist Augustin Hadelich with the BSO conducted by Anna Handler © Hilary Scott

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