Laurence Vittes

A winter carnival of chamber music devoted to romance

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United StatesUnited States Various, LyricaFest ‘Winterfest’ 2023: Sophia Molina, Jubilee Chen, Miclen LaiPang, Kali Bate, Bebe Seidenberg, Jordan Bartel, Patrick Shaugnessy (violins), Andrew Gretzinger, Jungahn Shin, Alexandre Roderick, Alexi Whitsel, Josue Negrete (violas), Ella Tomko, Sammy Wetstein, Luca Giovannini, Josephina Kim, Mars Tiancheng, Tyler James (cellos). Lyrica Boston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1.14.2023. (LV)

LyricFest 2023 participants © Miclen LaiPang

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Hometown hero Jonathon Heyward returns to Charleston in triumph

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United StatesUnited States Price, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Vadim Gluzman (violin), Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra [for the Price], Charleston Symphony Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor). Gaillard Hall, Charleston, South Carolina, 7.1.2023. (LV)

Jonathon Heyward conducts the Charleston Symphony © Alyona Photography

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Gustavo Dudamel’s first Tristan und Isolde is immersed in Bill Viola’s video

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United StatesUnited States Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 15-17.12.2022. (LV)

Michael Weinius as Tristan © Mathew Imaging/Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

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Yukine Kuroki’s Liszt/Schubert Symphonic Fantasy wins the 2022 Utrecht Competition

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NetherlandsNetherlands Liszt Utrecht 2022 [2], Grand Finale – Schubert, Liszt: Yukine Kuroki, Yeon-min Park, Derek Wang, Radu Ratering (piano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Christien Reif (conductor). Grote Zaal, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 29.9.2022. (LV)

Yukine Kuroki and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic © Allard Willemse

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Three finalists set for the Grand Finale in the 2022 Liszt Competition

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NetherlandsNetherlands Liszt Utrecht 2022 [1] – Festival Phase: Liszt, Schubert, Schubert/Liszt, Wantenaar: Lea Hausmann (violin); Judith Wijzenbeek (viola); Samuel Shephard (cello); Roberto di Ronza (double bass); Viktoria Baskakova, Minkyu Kim, Yukine Kuroki, Tamta Magradze, Matyáš Novák, Yeon-min Park, Leonardo Pierdomenico, Vitaly Starikov, Derek Wang, KaJeng Wong (piano); Bernadeta Astari (soprano). Hertz Hall, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 22-24.9.2022. (LV)

The three finalists at Liszt Utrecht 2022: Derek Wang, Yukine Kuroki, Yeon-Min Park © Allard Willemse

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Battle of the bands at the Banff International String Quartet Competition

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CanadaCanada Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) – 21st Century / Haydn and Romantic rounds: Abeo Quartet, Animato Kwartet, Balourdet Quartet, Dior Quartet, Isidore String Quartet, Karski Quartet, Opus13, Quatuor Agate, Terra String Quartet. Jenny Belzberg Theatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff. 29.8.-1.9.2022. (LV)

Quatuor Agate at the BISQC © Rita Taylor

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The Vienna Chamber Orchestra and a troupe of fun-loving virtuosos at the Festival de Música dos Capuchos

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PortugalPortugal Festival de Música dos Capuchos – Mozart, Haydn: Diana Tishchenko (violin), Gérard Caussé (viola), Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano), Vienna Chamber Orchestra / Victor Julien-Laferrière (conductor). Watched on private video feeds provided by the Festival from the Grande Auditório Universidade Nova FCT (Caparica), Almada, Portugal, 17 & 18.6.2022.  (LV)

Victor Julien-Laferrière playing Haydn with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra © Festival de Música dos Capuchos

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Previewing the Festival de Música dos Capuchos 2022 with artistic director Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro

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Festival de Música dos Capuchos 2022 Beginning in 1980 the Festival de Música dos Capuchos was a major event on the international landscape. After a silence of two decades, the Festival was reborn in 2021 in a beautiful monastery in Almada across the Tagus River from Lisbon, with the hall at the University of Lisbon’s … Read more