Festival Academy Budapest 2018, Day 5 — 2018-07-27

Concert review, Budapest Festival Academy, “The Anchorite Has Gone Back” @ Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Solti Hall, Budapest, 2018-07-27 — Prokofiev: Sonata in C major for two violins, op.56; Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8 in C minor, op.110; Schubert: Allegro for Piano, 4 Hands in A minor, D.947, “Lebensstürme”; Poulenc: Le Bal masqué, secular cantata on poems by Max Jacob, FP 60 (1932)

Belcea Quartet — LAC Lugano, 2018-04-20

Concert review, Belcea Quartet @ LAC / Teatrostudio, Lugano, 2018-04-20 — Haydn: String Quartet in D major, op.20/4, Hob.III/34; Ligeti: String Quartet No.1, “Métamorphoses nocturnes”; Dvořák: String Quartet No.12 in F major, op.96, “American”

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