Mark S. Jordan

The intensity of Deutsch’s Intensity steals the show during Welser-Möst’s return to Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States Summers at Severance [4] – Various: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 27.8.2026. (MSJ)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra © Aireonna McCall-Dubé/TCO

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Nelson Goerner captures magic in Ravel in his Cleveland Orchestra debut at Blossom

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival [7] – Various: Nelson Goerner (piano), Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus (chorus director: Daniel J. Singer), The Cleveland Orchestra / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 22.8.2026. (MSJ)

Pianist Nelson Goerner plays Ravel with conductor Antonello Manacorda and The Cleveland Orchestra © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Lamsma and Berglund balance icy fire and melting lyricism with The Cleveland Orchestra

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival [6] – Sibelius and Prokofiev: Simone Lamsma (violin), The Cleveland Orchestra / Tabita Berglund (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 15.8.2026. (MSJ)

Conductor Tabita Berglund © Aireonna McCall-Dubé/TCO

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Latonia Moore’s star power shines and Russell Thomas saves the game (again) in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States Summers at Severance [3]: A Night at the Opera – Various: Latonia Moore (soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Blossom Festival Chorus (chorus director: Lisa Wong), The Cleveland Orchestra / John Fiore (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 13.8.2026. (MSJ)

Latonia Moore and Russell Thomas sing Verdi with John Fiore and the Cleveland Orchestra © Yevhen Gulenko/TCO

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Wendel savors Rota’s wry lyricism and Yamada takes ownership of Saint-Saëns in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States Summers at Severance 2026 [2] – Various: Brian Wendel (trombone), The Cleveland Orchestra / Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 30.7.2026. (MSJ)

Kazuki Yamada conducts the Cleveland Orchestra © Julian Dubé/TCO

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An elegant Edusei leads Rachmaninoff and Mark Kosower’s latest Cleveland cello treasure hunt

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2026 [4] – Various: Mark Kosower (cello), The Cleveland Orchestra / Kevin John Edusei (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 25.7.2026. (MSJ)

Cellist Mark Kosower and the Cleveland Orchestra in Martinů’s Cello Concerto No.1 © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Gomyo and Bychkov are stunning in a relocated Blossom Festival concert

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2026 [3] – Shostakovich, Brahms: Karen Gomyo (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 18.7.2026. (MSJ)

Semyon Bychkov directs the Cleveland Orchestra in Brahms’s Symphony No.4 © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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