Concerts, Upcoming & Past…
Below you find a list of concerts that I consider attending (or have attended); this is merely for information. The occurrence of an event does not imply endorsement or promotion (nor do I promise reviewing each and every one of these concerts). All concerts are in Switzerland, unless noted otherwise.
Note that at this time of the pandemic, I have stopped mid- and long-term planning for upcoming events.
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| Any | Upcoming | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | All |
| Chamber Music | Upcoming | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | All |
| Chamber Play | — | — | — | — | — | 2019 | — | 2017 | — | — | — | All |
| Choir / Oratorio | — | — | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | All |
| Lied Recital | Upcoming | 2023 | — | — | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | — | — | All |
| Opera | — | — | — | — | — | 2019 | — | 2017 | 2016 | — | — | All |
| Orchestra | Upcoming | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | All |
| Piano Recital | Upcoming | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | All |
| Solo Recital | — | — | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | — | — | — | — | All |
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Tue28Mar201719:30Zurich, Semper-Aula / ETH
Musik an der ETH
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 in E minor, op.38
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): Suite Italienne
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor, D.821, "Arpeggione"
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): "The Love for the three Oranges"
Rodion Shchedrin (*1932): "In the Style of Albéniz"
Christoph Croisé — cello
Oxana Shevchenko — piano
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Fri21Apr201720:30Lugano, LAC
Lugano Musica — Weekend Quartetti d'archi
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.6 in B♭ major, op.18/6
Henri Dutilleux (1916 - 2013): "Ainsi la Nuit", for string quartet
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.8 in E minor, op.59/2, "Razumovsky"
Gringolts Quartet:
- Ilya Gringolts, violin
- Anahit Kurtikyan, violin
- Silvia Simionescu, viola
- Claudius Herrmann, cello
→ Blog Review (★★★★★ / English)
→ Bachtrack Review (★★★★★ / German)
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Sat22Apr201720:30Lugano, LAC
Lugano Musica — Weekend Quartetti d'archi
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.1 in F major, op.18/1
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): String Quartet No.10 in A♭ major, op.118
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.16 in F major, op.135
Cuarteto Casals:
- Abel Tomàs, violin
- Vera Martínez, violin
- Jonathan Brown, viola
- Arnau Tomàs, cello
→ Blog Review (★★★½ / English)
→ Bachtrack Review (★★★★ / German)
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Sun23Apr201717:00Lugano, LAC
Lugano Musica — Weekend Quartetti d'archi
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): String Quartet No.1 in B minor, op.50
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.11 in F minor, op.95, "Serioso"
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.7 in F major, op.59/1, "Razumovsky"
Jerusalem Quartet:
- Alexander Pavlovsky, violin
- Sergei Bresler, violin
- Ori Kam, viola
- Kyril Zlotnikov, cello
→ Blog Review (★★★★½ / English)
→ Bachtrack Review (★★★★★ / German)
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Mon15May201719:30Bern, Konservatorium
Konzert Theater Bern — Kammermusik Bern
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Piano Trio No.4 in B♭ major, op.11
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Piano Trio No.2 in E minor, op.67
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Piano Trio No.1 in B major, op.8
Oliver Schnyder Trio:
- Andreas Janke, violin
- Benjamin Nyffenegger, cello
- Oliver Schnyder, piano
→ Blog Review (★★★★ / English)
→ Bachtrack Review (★★★★ / German)
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Sat10Jun201719:45Budapest — Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music
Festival Academy Budapest 2017
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Two songs for voice, viola and piano, op.91
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): Metamorphosen (arr. Rudolf Leopold)
Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967): Ave Maria
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): L'histoire du soldat
Brahms: Ildikó Komlósi, mezzo-soprano
Katalin Kokas, viola
Shai Wosner, piano
Strauss: Aleksey Semenenko, Gábor Homoki, Gareth Lubbe, Atar Arad, László Fenyő, Andreas Brantelid, Knut Erik Sundquist
Kodály: Andrea Vigh, harp
Cantemus choir
Stravinsky: Pál Mácsai, Barnabás Kelemen, Knut Erik Sundquist, Thorsten Johanns, Attila Jankó, Balázs Nemes, Róbert Káip, Zoltán Rácz
Maxim Rysanov, conductor→ Blog Review (★★★½ / English)
→ Bachtrack Review (★★★ / German)
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Sun11Jun201719:45Budapest — Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music
Festival Academy Budapest 2017
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Fantasy in C major, D.934
Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967): 16 Songs on Hungarian Popular Words, op.1 (excerpts)
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): Ma mère l'Oye
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.7 in F major, op.59/1, "Razumovsky"
Schubert: Vilde Frang, violin
José Gallardo, piano
Kodály: Ildikó Komlósi, mezzo-soprano
József Balog - piano
Ravel: Shai Wosner & József Balog, piano
Beethoven: Kelemen Quartet→ Blog Review (★★★★ / English)
→ Bachtrack Review (★★★★ / German)
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Tue13Jun201719:45Budapest — Pesti Vigadó Grand Hall
Festival Academy Budapest 2017
Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967): Sonata for cello and piano, op.4
Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967): Duo for violin and cello, op.7
Georges Enescu (1881 - 1955): Octet, op.7
Kodály op.4:
Andreas Brantelid, cello
Shai Wosner, piano
Kodály op.7:
Barnabás Kelemen, violin
László Fenyő, cello
Enescu:
Vilde Frang, Gábor Homoki, Aleksey Semenenko, and Alexandre Dimcevski, violin
Gareth Lubbe & Maxim Rysanov, viola
Andreas Brantelid & Dóra Kokas, cello→ Blog Review (★★★★½ / English)
→ Bachtrack Review (★★★★★ / German)
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Sat23Sep201719:30Schaffhausen, Kirche St.Johann
Schaffhauser Meisterkonzerte 2017
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, op.78
Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928): Violin Sonata
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): Sonata for violin and piano in E♭ major, op.18
Carolin Widmann, violin
Alexander Lonquich, piano→ Blog Review (★★★ / English)
→ Bachtrack Review (★★★ / German)
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Sun01Oct201717:00Stein am Rhein / SH, Kirche Burg
Schaffhauser Meisterkonzerte 2017
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): "The Art of the Fugue", BWV 1080, Contrapunctus I, II, III,IV
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): String Quartet No.15 in E♭ minor, op.144
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D.810, "Death and the Maiden"
Hagen Quartet::
- Lukas Hagen, violin
- Rainer Schmidt, violin
- Veronika Hagen, viola
- Clemens Hagen, cello
→ Blog Review (★★★★½ / English)
→ Bachtrack Review (★★★★ / German)
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Mon02Oct201719:30Zurich, Opera
Philharmonic Concert @ Zurich Opera
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Overture to "Egmont", op.84
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Wind octet in E♭ major, op.posth.103
Jonathan Dove (*1959): Figures in the Garden (1991), Serenade for wind octet after Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Serenade in C minor for wind instruments, KV 388 (384a)
Philipp Mahrenholz — La Scintilla dei Fiati
→ Blog Review (★★★ / English)
→ Bachtrack Review (★★★ / German)
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Sun08Oct201717:00Zurich, Kirche St.Peter
Neue Konzertreihe Zürich — Streichquartette in der Kirche St.Peter
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): String Quartet in D major, op.20/4
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.15 in A minor, op.132
Signum Quartett:
- Florian Donderer, violin
- Annette Walther, violin
- Xandi van Dijk, viola
- Thomas Schmitz, cello
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Sat18Nov201719:30Zurich, Tonhalle Maag
Neue Konzertreihe Zürich — Kammermusik @ Tonhalle Maag
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): The 5 Sonatas for Piano and Cello
Sonata No.1 in F major, op.5/1
Sonata No.2 in G minor, op.5/2
Sonata No.3 in A major, op.69
Sonata No.4 in C major, op.102/1
Sonata No.5 in D major, op.102/2
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
Alexander Lonquich, piano→ Blog Review (★★★½ / English)
→ Bachtrack Review (★★★ / German)
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Tue21Nov201719:30Zurich, Semper-Aula / ETH
Musik an der ETH
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Sonata No.2 in E♭ major, op.120/2
John Dowland (1563 - 1626): "Flow my Tears"
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Lachrymae, op.48a (Reflection about a song by J. Dowland)
César Franck (1822 - 1890): Sonata in A major, FWV 8
Isabel Villanueva — viola
François Dumont — piano
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Mon04Dec201719:30Bern, Konservatorium
Konzert Theater Bern — Kammermusik Bern
Igor Stravinksky (1882 - 1971): Concertino for String Quartet (1920)
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): String Quartet in F major, M.35 (1902/03)
Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): String Quartet No.14 in A♭ major, op.105
Pavel Haas Quartet:
- Veronika Jarůšková, violin
- Marek Zwiebel, violin
- Radim Sedmidubský, viola
- Peter Jarůšek, cello
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Tue12Dec201719:30Zurich, Tonhalle Maag
Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich — Kammermusik-Soirée
Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928): Violin Sonata
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Fantasy in C major, D.934
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Violin Sonata in G minor, L.140
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945): Violin Sonata No.1, op.21, Sz.75, BB 84
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Yuja Wang, piano
