Young talents shine at Verão Clássico: a decade of musical excellence in Lisbon

PortugalPortugal Verão Clássico Festival & Academy 2024 [4] – TalentFest Concerts I-IV: 54 players (violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, flute, accordion, piano). Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon, 24, 25, 26 & 30.7.2024. (LV)

Violinist Filipe Fernandes playing at the Verão Clássico © Andreia Carvalho

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Mozart, Richard Strauss and Schwencke – MasterFest Concert III at Verão Clássico in Lisbon

PortugalPortugal Verão Clássico Festival 2024 [3] – MasterFest Concert III: Anna Samuil (soprano), Tedi Papavrami, Alissa Margulis (violins), Jennifer Stumm (viola), Giovanni Gnocchi (cello), Silvia Careddu (flute), Pascal Moraguès (clarinet), Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro, Matthias Samuil (piano). Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon, 31.7.2024. (LV)

Anna Samuil taking a bow at the Verão Clássico Festival © Andreia Carvalho

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Schubert and Gubaidulina open celestial windows at the Verão Classical Festival

PortugalPortugal Verão Clássico Festival 2024 [2] – MasterFest Concert II: Stephan Picard, Eszter Haffner (violins), Miguel da Silva (viola), Patrick Demenga (cello), Janne Saksala (double bass), Geir Draugsvoll (accordion), Eldar Nebolsin, Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano). Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon, 27.7.2024. (LV)

Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro and Eldar Nebolsin playing Schubert © Andreia Carvalho

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Journeys of heart and heritage: the tenth Verão Clássico Festival kicks off

PortugalPortugal Verão Clássico Festival 2024 [1] – MasterFest Concert I: Stephan Picard, Eszter Haffner (violins); Miguel da Silva, Eszter Haffner (violas); Patrick Demenga (cello); Janne Saksala (double bass); Geir Draugsvoll (accordion); Eldar Nebolsin, Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano). Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon, 23.7.2024. (LV) [This performance was reviewed from a video provided by Verão Clássico]

Eldar Nebolsin plays Schumann at the Verão Clássico Festival © Andreia Carvalho

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DSCH – Shostakovich Ensemble play music by Beethoven and Dvořák with nicknames in Lisbon

PortugalPortugal Beethoven, Dvořák, Festival Jovens Músicos 2020: DSCH – Shostakovich Ensemble (Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro [piano], Tedi Papavrami [violin], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]). Live streamed from the Grande Auditório, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, by Radio Televisão Portuguesa RTP, 24.9.2020. (LV)

DSCH – Shostakovich Ensemble

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In Lisbon, TalentFest Final Concerts Give Hope for the Future

PortugalPortugal Portugal Festival Verão Clássico 2019, TalentFest Concerts V-VI: Guilherme Alves, Martim Barbosa (clarinets); Luis Matos (English horn); Niek Baar, Claire Wells (violins); Mathis Rochat (viola); Miguel Braga, Mariona Camats i Torrents, Jeffrey Ho, Florianne Remme (cellos); Domingos Ribeiro (double bass); Roman Fediurko, Florent Ling (piano). Sala Luís de Freitas Branco, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal. 5-6.8.2019. (LV)

Violist Mathis Rochat (c) Rosa Maria Barrantes

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In Lisbon, TalentFest Heats Up Before the Finals

PortugalPortugal Beethoven, Bottesini, Debussy, Françaix, Poulenc, Mozart, Schumann, others: Janina Staub (soprano), Rosanna Cooper (mezzo-soprano), Calvin Kim, João Paiva, Julija Vrabec (clarinets), Charlotte Chahuneau, Lily Higson-Smith, Valerie Kim (violins), Julia Wawrowska (viola), Zhelin Wen, Gustavo Rocha (double basses). Sala Luís de Freitas Branco, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal, 1-4.8.2019. (LV)

Gustavo Rocha (c) Rosa Maria Barrantes

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