United States Richard Strauss, Sibelius: Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, 25.2.2026. (ES-S)
Mäkelä and the Chicago Symphony present two fin-de-siècle heroes at Carnegie Hall
Edward Sava-Segal
Reframing memory in Fiennes and Bychkov’s Eugene Onegin at the Paris Opera
France Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Paris National Opera / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 15.2.2026. (ES-S)
Toward complex forms of balance: Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
United States Various: Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 6 & 7.2.2026. (ES-S)
Heartbeat Opera distills Massenet’s Manon to its essentials
United States MANON!: Soloists, Musicians of the Heartbeat Opera / Dan Schlosberg (conductor). The Space at Irondale, Brooklyn, 3.2.2026. (ES-S)
Rarely heard Shostakovich chamber music at Alice Tully Hall
United States Shostakovich: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Andriana Chuchman (soprano), Sitkovetsky Trio (Wu Qian [piano], Alexander Sitkovetsky [violin], Isang Enders [cello]); Inon Barnatan (piano/celesta), Paul Huang (violin), Jonathan Swensen (cello), Victor Caccese, Ayano Kataoka, Ian Rosenbaum (percussion). Alice Tully Hall, New York, 1.2.2026. (ES-S)
Shostakovich in the 1950s: private voice, public memorial
United States Various: (1) The Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, 21.1.2026. (2) Boris Giltburg (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at Long Island University, Brookville, NY, 24.1.2026. (ES-S)
Beyond ornament: Igor Levit in Beethoven’s and Rzewski’s variations
United States Beethoven, Rzewski: Igor Levit (piano). Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, 22.1.2026. (ES-S)
In a rare New York recital, Boris Giltburg crisscrosses Romantic strands
United States Various: Boris Giltburg (piano). Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium, Frick Collection, New York, 18.1.2026. (ES-S)
