Laurence Vittes

From Montréal with pleasure: Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Strauss’s Le bourgeois gentilhomme

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CanadaCanada Mozart, Richard Strauss: Todd Cope (clarinet), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). 6.10.2020 performance from Montréal’s Maison symphonique, reviewed when streamed live on the OSM website. (LV)

Todd Cope and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (c) Antoine Saito

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

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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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Playing Beethoven the good old modern way in Montréal’s audiophile Maison symphonique

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CanadaCanada Mozart, Beethoven: James Ehnes (violin), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal / Bernard Labadie (conductor). 22.9.2020 performance from Montréal’s Maison symphonique, reviewed when streamed live on the OSM website. (LV)

James Ehnes

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The Dresden Festival Orchestra’s Beethoven shows all you need is the right players and a sympathetic conductor

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GermanyGermany Beethoven: Dresden Festival Orchestra / Josep Caballé Domenech (conductor). 12.9.2020 performance from Löwensaal, Dresden, reviewed when streamed live on Dreamstage. (LV)

Josep Caballé Domenech (conductor)

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In Utrecht, three finalists at the Nederlands Vioolconcours

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NetherlandsNetherlands Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Ravel – Nederlands Vioolconcours [2]: Leon Blekh, Charlotte Spruit, Coraline Groen (violins); Residentie Orkest The Hague / Anja Bihlmaier (conductor). TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands. 2.2.2020. (LV)

Coraline Groen (violin), Residentie Orchestra, & Anja Bihlmaier (conductor)
(c) Foppe Schut

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2020 Netherlands Violin Competition has an intriguing mix of contemporary and traditional music

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NetherlandsNetherlands Various composers, Nederlands Vioolconcours [1] (curated by Emmy Storms): Emmy Storms, Lenneke van Staalen (violins), Cynthia Liem (piano), Heiko Dijker (tabla). Podium Hoge Woerd, Utrecht, 29.1.2020. (LV)

Vioolconcours 2020 © Foppe Schut

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In Los Angeles, a Beethoven rarity from Camerata Pacifica

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United StatesUnited States Beethoven, Nielsen, Dvořák: Camerata Pacifica (Jasmine Choi [flute], Nicholas Daniel and Claire Brazeau [oboe], Jose Franch-Ballester and Pascal Archer [clarinet], Judith Farmer and William Short [bassoon], William Wood [contrabassoon], Martin Owen, Steven Becknell and Amy Sanchez [French horn], Ani Aznavoorian [cello], Timothy Eckert [bass]), Zipper Concert Hall, The Colburn School, Los Angeles. 16.1.2020. (LV)

Camerata Pacifica (c) Timothy Norris

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Unusual programme enlivens Cartagena Music Festival

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ColombiaColombia Martinus, Pinzón, Victoria: Santiago Cañón–Valencia (cello), Orquesta de Cámara de Colombia / Federico Hoyos (conductor), Julio Victoria Live Band. Auditorio Getsemaní, Cartagena, Columbia, 11.1.2020. (LV)

Santiago Cañón–Valencia (cello), Orquesta de Cámara de Colombia & Federico Hoyos (conductor)
(c) Diego Vega

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