Canada Vancouver New Music’s Quartetti Festival: Black Dog String Quartet (Canada), Quatuor Bozzini (Canada), JACK Quartet (USA), Quartetto Maurice (Italy), Penderecki String Quartet (Canada), Quartetto Noûs (Italy), Mivos Quartet (USA), The Annex, Vancouver, 18-20.10.2018. (RK)
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Scintillating Tchaikovsky from Xian Zhang
Canada Chang, Mozart, Tchaikovsky: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Xian Zhang (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 2.11.2018. (GN)

Striking Coherence and Strength in Karen Gomyo’s Brahms
Canada Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann: Karen Gomyo (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Jeffrey Kahane (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 19.10.2018. (GN)

Delightful Sextets from the Jerusalem Quartet and Friends
Canada R. Strauss, Schoenberg, Tchaikovsky: The Jerusalem String Quartet [Alexander Pavlovsky and Sergei Bresler (violins), Ori Kam (viola), Kyril Zlotnikov (cello)], Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 14.10.2018. (GN)

Reconsidering Kissin
Canada Chopin, Schumann, Rachmaninoff: Evgeny Kissin (piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 9.10.2018. (GN)

Tausk Shines in Beethoven but Tiberghien Is Less Convincing in Bartók
Canada Kodály, Bartók, Beethoven: Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 28.9.2018. (GN)

Inspiring and Memorable Vivaldi from Enrico Onofri and Pacific Baroque
Canada Vivaldi: Enrico Onofri (violin/director), Pacific Baroque Orchestra (Chloe Meyers, leader), Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 29.9.2018. (GN)

VSO’s Centenary Celebrations Begin with Otto Tausk, Renée Fleming and the Jussen Duo
VSO Centenary Opening Concerts – Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, (GN)

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