Master & Students #4 — Festival Academy Budapest, 2018-07-28

Review, Festival Academy Budapest, Day 6: Master and Students concert @ Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Solti Hall, Budapest, 2018-07-28, with Natalie Clein, Razvan Popovici, György Lakatos, Natalia Lomeiko, and Yuri Zhislin — Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, op.70, “Souvenir de Florence”; Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in B♭ major, K.424; Haydn: Trio in A major for Flute, Violin, and Bassoon; Mendelssohn: Octet in E♭ major, op.20; Schumann: Piano Quintet in E♭ major, op.44

Matsuev, Thielemann / Staatskapelle Dresden — KKL, Lucerne, 2018-05-31

Concert review, Denis Matsuev, Christian Thielemann / Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden @ KKL, Lucerne, 2018-05-31 — Weber: Overture to “Oberon”; Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A major, S.125; Brahms: Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98; included: a pre-concert with Chiara Enderle (Bach, Penderecki, Cassadò)

Schumann Quartet — Zurich, 2018-04-08

Concert review, Schumann Quartet @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2018-04-08 — Haydn: String Quartet in B♭ major, op.76/4, Hob III:78, “Sunrise”; Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No.3 in E♭ minor, op.30

Vilde Frang & Friends — Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-03-12

Concert review: Vilde Frang, Tai Murray, Gregory Ahss, Rosanne Philippens, Lawrence Power, Lily Francis, Nicolas Altstaedt, Jan-Erik Gustafsson @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-03-12 — Veress: Trio per archi (1954); Arensky: String Quartet No.2 in A minor, op.35; Enescu: String Octet in C major, op.7

Janke, Simakov, Giraud Ensemble — ETH Zurich, 2018-01-30

Concert review, Andreas Janke, Sergey Simakov / Giraud Ensemble @ Auditorium Maximum, ETH Zurich, 2018-01-30 — Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra, op.48; Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s “Symposion” for solo violin, harp, percussion and strings