United Kingdom Various: Laura Van Der Heijden (cello), Sinfonia Cymru / Haim Choi (leader). RWCMD, Cardiff, 28.2.2026. (LJ)
Spirited musicians Laura van der Heijden and Sinfonia Cymru join forces for fairytale and folk medleys
Lucy Jeffery
Gemma New and the BBC NOW perform music by three Russian greats in Cardiff
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky: Vadym Kholodenko (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Gemma New (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 31.1.2026. (LJ)
Ádám Fischer heralds the New Year with an energising rendition of Die Schöpfung
Hungary Haydn: Nikola Hillebrand (soprano), Mauro Peter (tenor), Andreas Bauer Kanabas (bass), Arnold Schoenberg Choir (chorus master: Erwin Ortner), Danish Chamber Orchestra / Ádám Fischer (conductor). Müpa Budapest, 1.1.2026. (LJ)
Jaime Martín conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with touches of brilliance
United Kingdom Grieg, Nielsen, Tchaikovsky, ‘Fairytales & Fantasy’: Elizaveta Ivanova (flute), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jaime Martín (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 11.12.2025. (LJ)
Cardiff’s RWCMD becomes Fibonacci Quartet’s ‘second home’ to the delight of their captivated audience
United Kingdom Various: Fibonacci Quartet (Luna De Mol, Kryštof Kohout [violins], Elliot Kempson [viola], Findlay Spence [cello]). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 27.11.2025. (LJ)
Talent of the Orchesterakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker on show at the Musikverein
Austria Castérède, Wagner, Berio, Spohr, J. Strauss II: Nora Gubisch (mezzo-soprano), Orchesterakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker / Alain Altinoglu (conductor), Brahms-Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, 24.10.2025. (LJ)
Natalya Romaniw shows us why she is the Tosca of the moment at WNO
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / Gergely Madaras (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 14.9.2025. (LJ)
An exciting Prom with Anastasia Kobekina and Delyana Lazarova
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [30] – Boulanger, Shostakovich, and Rachmaninov: Anastasia Kobekina (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Delyana Lazarova (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2025. (LJ)
