United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [6] – Bernstein, Dvořák and Janáček: Krystian Zimerman (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.8.2018. (GT)
Gregor Tassie
THE PIANIST GEORGE HARLIONO IN CONVERSATION WITH GREGOR TASSIE
George Harliono talks with Gregor Tassie
Among the finalists for the 2018 Brit Awards was the brilliant young pianist George Harliono, unfortunately he didn’t win an award but certainly this seventeen-year-old has already been causing a stir in the classical music world. The young teenager George Harliono from Cambridge became a media celebrity a couple of years ago when he was invited to play with the Mariinsky Orchestra in Russia, and since which he has given several high-profile concerts in Russia and has played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, played at the Wigmore Hall, and this autumn will play at the Berlin Philharmonic. But he comes from a musical family for his older brother Joshua is studying violin at the Guildhall School of Music and his sister Adelaide plays cello in the National Children’s Orchestra.
Sladkovsky’s Tatarstan Musicians Amaze at a Piano Festival in Provence
France Various composers, La Roque D’Anthéron International Piano Festival 2018: Parc du Chateau Florans, 26 & 27.7.2018. (GT)
THE CONDUCTOR ALEXANDER SLADKOVSKY IN CONVERSATION WITH GREGOR TASSIE
Alexander Sladkovsky Talks to Gregor Tassie
The recent highly praised recordings on Melodiya of Mahler and Shostakovich by Sladkovsky’s Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra reveal they are a top-class ensemble sharing comparisons with the finest Russian orchestras in Moscow and St Petersburg.
Matsuev and Sladkovsky’s World-class Rachmaninov at Kazan’s ‘White Lilacs’ Festival
Russian Federation Gershwin, Rachmaninov: Denis Matsuev (piano), Andrey Ivanov (bass), Alexander Zinger (drums), Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor), Saideshev Concert Hall, Kazan, 16.6.2018. (GT)
Maxim Vengerov Delights as Conductor and Soloist in Shostakovich and Bruch
United Kingdom Johann Strauss II, Bruch, Saint-Saëns, Shostakovich: The Würth Philharmonic / Stamatia Karampini (conductor) and Maxim Vengerov (conductor and soloist), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3.6.2018. (GT)
Edinburgh Sunday International Concerts Series in 2018/19
2018/19 Edinburgh Sunday International Concerts Series
Edinburgh City Council’s new 2018-2019 season of Sunday Classics International Concerts Series will include world-class orchestras and a multitude of top-class soloists renowned by music lovers.
Scottish Opera’s Outstanding Performances of Rare Rachmaninov Operas
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Aleko and Francesca da Rimini: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Theatre Royal Glasgow, 6.5.2018. (GT)
