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)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2017-05-23

Concert Review, Pierre-Laurent Aimard @ Tonhalle Zurich, 2017-05-23 — Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828): Piano Sonata No.18 in G major, D.894; György Kurtág (*1926): “Passio sine nomine” and other works; Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827): Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, op.57, “Appassionata”

Barbara Hannigan / Tonhalle Orchestra — Zurich, 2017-04-02

Concert review: Barbara Hannigan, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, 2017-04-02 — Ligeti: “Atmosphères” for grand orchestra; Berg: Symphonic pieces from “Lulu”; Debussy: “Nuages” from “Trois Nocturnes”, L.91; Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements

Boulez Memorial Concert — KKL Lucerne, 2016-03-20

Concert report: Pierre Boulez Memorial at KKL Lucerne, 2016-03-20, with Matthias Pintscher / Alumni of the Lucerne Festival Academy, Yeree Suh — Boulez: “Don”, from “Pli selon pli”; Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra, op.6; Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps; Boulez: Mémoriale (… explosante-fixe … Originel)

Julia Fischer & Oliver Schnyder — Zurich, 2015-04-21

Review of a concert at the Zurich Tonhalle, on 2015-04-21, with Julia Fischer, Oliver Schnyder, and the Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields, featuring Joseph Haydn’s Violin Concerto in G, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Double Concerto for Violin and Piano in d, and Arnold Schönberg’s “Verklärte Nacht” (Transfigured Night) op.4 — a very enjoyable concert experience, indeed!