Mark S. Jordan

Welser-Möst leads a new Deutsch work to open the Cleveland Orchestra’s season auspiciously

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United StatesUnited States Various: Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (chorus director: Lisa Wong), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 26.9.2025. (MSJ)

Franz Welser-Möst conducted the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus in the US premiere of Deutsch’s Urworte © Extraordinaire Photos/TCO

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Hisaishi leads the US premiere of an evocative The Boy and the Heron Suite in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States ‘Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi’: Antoine Tamestit (viola), Cleveland Orchestra / Joe Hisaishi (conductor, piano). Mandel Concert Hall, Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 4.9.2025. (MSJ)

Joe Hisaishi directing The Cleveland Orchestra from the piano in the suite from The Boy and the Heron © Julian Dubé/TCO

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Ardent Saint-Saëns from Sheku and a poised Mendelssohn from Childress and the Cleveland Orchestra

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [6]: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Cleveland Orchestra / Stephanie Childress (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 23.8.2025. (MSJ)

Stephanie Childress conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in Britten’s Simple Symphony © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Fierce Mahler from Elim Chan and the Clevelanders and breathtaking Ravel from Christiane Karg

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [5]: Christiane Karg (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 9.8.2025. (MSJ)

Elim Chan conducts The Cleveland Orchestra © Scott Esterly/TCO

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Apollo’s Fire blazes in dueling concertos to open Ohio season

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United StatesUnited States ‘Fencing Match, Round One’ – Various: Kathie Stewart (flute), Daphna Mor (recorder), Alan Choo, Susanna Perry Gilmore, Emi Tanabe (violins), René Schiffer, Rebecca Landell (violas da gamba), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Bath Church, Ohio, 8.8.2025. (MSJ)

Apollo’s Fire led by Jeannette Sorrell © Apollo’s Fire

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Glitter and skill from Bax and Rustioni at the Blossom Music Festival

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [4]: Alessio Bax (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 2.8.2025. (MSJ)

Daniele Rustioni conducts the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Heyward and Gillam shine in debuts at Cleveland’s Blossom Festival

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [3]: Jess Gillam (soprano saxophone), Cleveland Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 26.7.2025. (MSJ)

Jonathon Heyward conducts the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Music Festival © Kevin Libal/TCO

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