Skride, Nelsons / Boston Symphony Orchestra — Lucerne, 2018-09-12

Concert review, Baiba Skride, Andris Nelsons / Boston Symphony Orchestra @ Lucerne Festival, KKL, Lucerne, 2018-09-12 — Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s “Symposion”, for solo violin, strings, harp, and percussion; Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43

Jessica Horsley / Basel Sinfonietta — Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2021-06-07

Concert review, ★★★★, Festival “frauenkomponiert”: Jessica Horsley / Basel Sinfonietta @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2021-06-07 — Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 – 1969): Uwertura na Orkiestrę (1943); Ruth Gipps (1921 – 1999): Symphony No.2 in B major (1945); Cécile Marti (*1973): Wave Trip (2011); Dorothy Gertrude Howell (1898 – 1982): Koong Shee (1921); Florence Beatrice Price (1887 – 1953): Ethiopia’s Shadow in America (1932)
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Hodges, Volkov / Basel Sinfonietta — Don Bosco, Basel, 2021-01-24

Concert review, ★★★½, Nicolas Hodges, Ilan Volkov / Basel Sinfonietta @ Paul Sacher Saal, Don Bosco, Basel, 2021-01-24 (ghost concert) — Tania Léon (*1943): “Ácana” for Chamber Orchestra (2008); Linda Catlin Smith (*1957): “Memory Forms” for Orchestra (1995); Christian G. Wolff (*1934): “Mountain Messengers” for Piano and Orchestra (2021)
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Byron Wei-Xin Zhou — Piano Recital, Geneva, 2019-01-04

Concert review, ★★★½, Piano Recital Byron Wei-Xin Zhou @ Victoria Hall, Geneva, 2019-01-04 — Tong Sang (1923 – 2012): Fair Maiden from Afar (1943); Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.4 in E♭ major, op.7; Scriabin: 8 Études, op.42: No.4 (F♯ major) & No.5 (C♯ minor); Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor, op.36
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Yang, Luisi / Philharmonia — Zurich Opera, 2017-07-15

Concert review, InMo Yang, Fabio Luisi / Philharmonia @ Zurich Opera, 2017-07-15 — R. Strauss: Tone Poem “Don Juan”, op.20; Paganini: Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.6; R. Strauss: Tone Poem “Ein Heldenleben”, op.40