Christian Dierstein, Baldur Brönnimann / Basel Sinfonietta — Basel, 2018-10-21

Concert review, Christian Dierstein, Baldur Brönnimann / Basel Sinfonietta @ Musical Theater Basel, 2018-10-21 — Aleksandr Lazarevich Lokshin (1920 – 1987): Symphony No.4, “Sinfonia stretta” (1968, Swiss Premiere); Emmanuel Nuñes (1941 – 2012): “Wandlungen”, Five Passacaglias (1986, Swiss Premiere); Michel Roth (*1976): “Die letzte Welt” (“The last world”, 2018, World Premiere)

Redkin, Temirkanov / Saint Petersburg Philharmonic — Lucerne, 2018-09-04

Concert review, Sergei Redkin, Yuri Temirkanov / Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra @ Lucerne Festival, KKL, Lucerne, 2018-09-04 — Rimsky-Korsakov: “The Three Miracles” from the opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18; Tchaikovsky: Suite from Act II of the ballet “The Nutcracker,” op.71 (arr. Temirkanov)

Kanneh-Mason, Tjeknavorian, Sanderling / TOZ — Zurich, 2018-03-14

Concert review, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Michael Sanderling / Tonhalle Orchestra @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-03-14 — Dvořák: Carnival Overture, op.92; Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 in E♭ major, op.107; Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, op.77; includes a brief review of Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s debut CD

Baráti, Bringuier — Tonhalle Zurich, 2017-06-15

Concert Review: Kristóf Baráti (stepping in for Leonidas Kavakos), Lionel Bringuier / Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich @ Tonhalle Zurich, 2017-06-15 — Peter Eötvös (*1944): zeroPoints (1999); Igor Stravinsky: “Pétrouchka” Suite (version 1947); Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.77 (op.99)