Quatuor Modigliani — Lugano, 2019-03-17

Concert review, ★★★★½, Quatuor Modigliani (Amaury Coeytaux, Loïc Rio, Laurent Marfaing, François Kieffer) @ LAC / Teatrostudio, Lugano, 2019-03-17 — Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, op.76/2, “Fifths”; Kaija Saariaho (1952 – 2023): “Terra memoria”, for String Quartet (2007); Brahms: String Quartet No.2 in A minor, op.51/2
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Orion String Trio — Brugg, 2019-03-02

Concert review, ★★★½, Orion String Trio @ Zimmermannhaus, Brugg, 2019-03-02 — Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in C minor, op.9/3; Alfred Schnittke: String Trio (1985); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in E♭ major, K.563
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Sebastian Bohren & José Gallardo — Lucerne, 2018-09-13

Concert review, Sebastian Bohren & José Gallardo @ Lukaskirche, Lucerne, 2018-09-13 — Stravinsky: Divertimento from “Le Baiser de la Fée”, for Violin and Piano; Beethoven: 12 Variations on Mozart’s aria “Se vuol ballare”, WoO 40; Bach: Chaconne from the Partita in D minor for Violin solo, BWV 1004; Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E♭ major, op.18

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

Renaud Capuçon, ZKO — Zurich, 2017-03-26

Concert review: Renaud Capuçon, Zurich Chamber Orchestra (ZKO), Schauspielhaus Pfauen, Zurich, 2017-03-26 — Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K.136 (K.125a); Schumann: Violin Concerto in A minor, after the Cello Concerto, op.129; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings in C major, op.48