Claire Huangci / Heiko Mathias Förster — Zurich, 2020-01-05

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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Claire Huangci / Heiko Mathias Förster — Zurich, 2020-01-04

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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Shaikin, Kobekina, Förster — Zurich, 2018-07-02

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

Konstantin Scherbakov — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2015-12-12

Piano Recital by Konstantin Scherbakov at Zurich Tonhalle, 2015-12-12 — Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C♯ minor, op.27/2, “Moonlight” / Variations with Fugue in E♭ major, op.35, “Eroica”; Liszt: Transcription of L.v.Beethoven’s Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica”

Sophia Jaffé / H.M. Förster — Zurich, 2015-02-15

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.