Italy Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor), Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, 12.10.2018. (GT)
Susanna Branchini as Abigaille shines in Verdi’s Nabucco at Teatro di San Carlo
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François Leleux is Transcendent in Haydn, Schubert and Brahms
United Kingdom Haydn, Brahms and Schubert: François Leleux (soloists and conductor), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, City Hall Glasgow, 5.10.2018. (GT)
Vilde Frang’s Graceful Beethoven Opens New SCO Season
United Kingdom Nielsen, Sibelius and Beethoven: Vilde Frang (violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Enrique Mazzola (conductor), City Hall Glasgow, 28.9.2018. (GT)
Closing Concert of the ‘Stars on Baikal’ Festival
Russian Federation ‘Stars on Baikal’ Festival [2] – Verdi, Cilea, Puccini, Saint-Saens, De Curtis, Gershwin, and Tchaikovsky: Hibla Gerzmava (soprano), Denis Matsuev (piano), Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor) Zagursky Musical Theatre, Irkutsk, 12.9.2018. (GT)
Tatarstan National Symphony at ‘Stars of Baikal’ Music Festival
Russian Federation ‘Stars on Baikal’ Festival [1] – Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Ibert, Tchaikovsky: Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor), Alexander Malofeev (piano), Kristine Balanas (violin), Ekaterina Kornishina (flute), Zagursky Music Theatre, Irkutsk, 11.9.2018. (GT)
Valery Gergiev Opens New State-of-the-Art Concert Hall in Moscow
Russian Federation Mussorgsky, Shchedrin, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Albina Shagimuratova (soprano), Ildar Abdrazkov (bass), Mikhail Petrenko (bass), Denis Matsuev (piano), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Anna Netrebko (soprano) Mariinsky Chorus and Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Zaryadye Concert Hall, Moscow, 8.9.2019. (GT)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Brings Grace and Vitality to Edinburgh with the Elgar Cello Concerto
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [10] – Stravinsky, Elgar, Ravel: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Usher Hall Edinburgh, 17.8.2018. (GT)
Simon Rattle and the LSO Astonishes Edinburgh with Mahler’s Ninth Symphony
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [7] – Mahler: London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11.8.2018 (GT)