Canada Various composers: Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne (piano). Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 23.2.2020. (GN)
Delicious French four-hand recital from Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne in Vancouver
Vancouver
Marc-André Hamelin and the Doric String Quartet explore new repertoire in Vancouver
Canada Sibelius, Hamelin, Dvořák: Marc-André Hamelin (piano); Doric String Quartet [Alex Redington and Ying Xue (violins), Hélène Clément (viola), John Myerscough (cello)], Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 16.2.2020. (GN)
PIANIST LOUIS LORTIE IN CONVERSATION WITH GEOFFREY NEWMAN
Louis Lortie talks to Geoffrey Newman
There are few Canadian musicians who have exhibited such consistency, versatility and high standards in performance as Montreal-born pianist Louis Lortie.
Authentic but ambivalent Beethoven from Faust, Queyras and Melnikov in Vancouver
Canada Beethoven: Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano). Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 9.2.2020. (GN)
Faust Queyras Melnikov Trio © Josep Molina
Gidon Kremer returns to Schumann transcriptions in a wide-ranging Vancouver concert
Canada Moussa, Schumann, Bruckner: Gidon Kremer (violin), Michael Abramovich (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 1.2.2020. (GN)
Jun Märkl’s dark Fantastique highlights an all-French evening
Canada Boulez, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Berlioz: István Várdai (cello), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Jun Märkl (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 26.1.2020. (GN)
The joys of ‘(re)-creation’ guide Vancouver’s 2020 New Music Festival
Canada 2020 VSO New Music Festival [1] (GN)
PIANIST ZLATA CHOCHIEVA IN CONVERSATION WITH GEOFFREY NEWMAN
Zlata Chochieva talks to Geoffrey Newman
Since the release of her Piano Classics discs of Chopin and Rachmaninoff five years ago, 34-year-old, Moscow-born Zlata Chochieva has climbed firmly into the international spotlight.