The Serbian-French violinist talks about what makes the George Enescu International Competition special, his experiences winning in 2001, and performing Enescu, Beethoven and Prokofiev.
In Hamburg, Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO navigate the thorny brilliance of Walton’s First Symphony, proving that ‘difficult’ music can offer an evening’s most profound human connection.
Michael Spyres shines in his debut as Tristan alongside powerhouse soprano Lise Davidsen as Isolde in Yuval Sharon's new, beguiling production at the Metropolitan Opera.
Principal clarinettist with the CBSO, Oli Janes talks about the elegies, raucous dances and virtuoso fireworks of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, which the orchestra performs in April.
I start the conversation by asking Wakizono how daunting it was step onto the hallowed La Scala stage to sing Angelina in Cenerentola. “Actually, this was not my first appearance at La Scala. From ...
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra deliver a supreme meditation on the power of music and faith.
Paavo Järvi demonstrates just why the London Philharmonic Orchestra has chosen him as its next Chief Conductor and Artistic ...
Herbert Blomstedt demonstrates the “singability” of Brahms in his latest appearance with the Boston Symphony, concluding with ...
In the CBSO Benevolent Fund concert, the orchestra tells the timeless story, set in Persia, of Scheherazade who, through her storytelling, brings about peace.
Nil Venditti arrives like a small, joyful bomb at The Glasshouse and lights up a familiar Mendelssohn symphony with new ...
Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and was due to be premiered at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center, but was ...
The award is given annually to an outstanding individual or group of musicians who have had a major influence on musical life ...