Mark S. Jordan

Veronika Eberle is breathtaking in Beethoven with Popelka and the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [2]: Veronika Eberle (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Petr Popelka (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 19.7.2025. (MSJ)

Violinist Veronika Eberle and concertmaster Joel Link in a Bartók encore © Esterly Photography/TCO

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Rouvali triumphs in a sparkling ‘Summers at Severance’ program in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States ‘Summers at Severance’ 2025 [2]: Cleveland Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 17.7.2025. (MSJ)

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts the Cleveland Orchestra © Aireonna McCall-Dube/TCO

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Cleveland opens Blossom with Osmo Vänskä leading piercing performances of mythical epics

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [1]: Shelén Hughes (soprano), Reginald Mobley (countertenor), John Brancy (baritone), Blossom Festival Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 12.7.2025. (MSJ)

Osmo Vänskä conducts Carmina Burana with soloists (from l) Reginald Mobley, John Brancy and Shelén Hughes © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Marie Jacquot pairs rare Richard Strauss with Goosby’s Mozart in 2025’s first ‘Summers at Severance’

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United StatesUnited States ‘Summers at Severance’ 2025 [1]: Randall Goosby (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Marie Jacquot (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 10.7.2025. (MSJ)

Randall Goosby plays Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.3 with the Cleveland Orchestra © Yevhen Gulenko/TCO

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Apollo’s Fire sizzles in the Avon Lake performance of a revamped ¡Hispania! program

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United StatesUnited States ‘¡Hispania!: Tangos y Fandangos’: Alan Choo, Emi Tanabe (violins), Jeremías García (guitar), René Schiffer, Rebecca Landell (violas da gamba), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Avon Lake United Church of Christ, Avon Lake, Ohio, 6.9.2025. (MSJ)

Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire in ¡Hispania! © Apollo’s Fire

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Jenůfa brings to life the emotions and difficulties of reconciliation in Cleveland Orchestra presentation

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United StatesUnited States Mandel Opera & Humanities Festiva; [2] – Janáček, Jenůfa (concert performance): Soloists, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 22.5.2025. (MSJ)

Latonia Moore (Jenůfa) © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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The Cleveland Orchestra’s festival has Michelle Cann tell stories of the Chicago Black Renaissance

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United StatesUnited States Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival: [1] – ‘The Women of Chicago’s Black Renaissance’: Michelle Cann (piano). Rheinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 19.5.2025. (MSJ)

Michelle Cann told stories of the Chicago Black Renaissance © Roger Mastroianni/CO

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