All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★½, Claire Huangci, Heiko Mathias Förster / Prague Royal Philharmonic @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2020-01-05 — Dvořák: Symphony No.9 in e-moll, op.95, B.178, “From the New World”; Mozart: Piano Concerto No.25 in C major, K.503; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
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Concert review, ★★★½, Claire Huangci, Heiko Mathias Förster / Prague Royal Philharmonic @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2020-01-04 — Beethoven New Year’s Concert: Overture to the Opera “Fidelio”, op.72; Piano Concerto No.5 in E♭ major, op.73, “Emperor”; Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica“
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Concert review, Claire Huangci, Heiko Mathias Förster / Prague Royal Philharmonic @ Zurich, 2018-10-20 — Works by Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture “Leonore” No.3 in C major, op.72b / Piano Concerto No.5 in E♭ major, op.73, “Emperor” / Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68, “Pastorale”
Concert review, ★★★★½, Claire Huangci @ Lukaskirche, Lucerne, 2019-11-20 (Lucerne Piano Festival, Debut Series) — D.Scarlatti: 4 Sonatas; Schubert: 4 Impromptus, op.posth.142, D.935; Rachmaninoff: Preludes op.3/2, op.23/1-7
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Concert review, Aleksandr Shaikin, Anastasia Kobekina, Heiko Mathias Förster / Zürcher Symphoniker @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-07-02 — Mendelssohn: Overture “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, op.21; Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21; Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129; Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F major, op.93
With the entrance of the solo violin, though, the attention turned towards Sophia Jaffé, who presented herself as an experienced, expressive violinist, with a sonorous, full tone, delivering a solid, convincing interpretation.