CONCERT REVIEWS
2024
31 December Hamburg - Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Bryce Dessner's Violin Concerto
31 October Weimar - Zhonghua Wei
9 October Budapest - Liszt Fest
12 September London Prom 71 ~ Cho
5 August London Prom 23 ~ London Philharmonic Orchestra - Gardner, Grosvenor
29 July London Prom 14 ~ BBC Symphony Orchestra - Järvi, Lim
2023
22 January Cambridge ~ Chapel Perilous
22 January London ~ London Philharmonic, Tan Dun's Buddha Passion UK premiere
11 February Cleveland ~ Cleveland Orchestra - Mäkelä
16 February London ~ London Symphony Orchestra - Roth, Kopatchinskaja
11 March Hanover ~ NDR Radiophilharmonie - Manze
4 May Bremen ~ Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Järvi, Gabetta
25 May Dortmund ~ Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Blomstedt
27 May Cologne ~ WDR Sinfonieorchester - Bringuier, Piemontesi
29, 30 May London, Oxford ~ Batsashvili
16 July Pärnu Music Festival ~ Estonian Festival Orchestra - Järvi, Mesak
21 July Pärnu Music Festival ~ Estonian Festival Orchestra - Järvi, Say
29 September Frankfurt ~ Frankfurt Radio Symphony - Suzuki
8 October London ~ London Symphony Orchestra - Pappano, Kopatchinskaja
20 October Limerick ~ Irish Chamber Orchestra - Bezuidenhout
2022
12 January ~ Winter Downloads, New Year Diversions - Franck, Celibidache, Antonini, Savall
26 January Basel ~ Il Giardino Armonico & Kammerorchester Basel - Antonini
6 February London ~ Philharmonia - Rouvali, Kantorow
12 February Berlin ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Petrenko, Schiff
27 February London ~ Babayan, Argerich
13 March London ~ Ukrainians, Russians, Mozart at St Mary's Perivale
27 March Berlin ~ For Freedom and Peace - Nodoka Okisawa, Kissin, Pogossov, Kashimoto, Sinkevich,
members of Berliner Philharmoniker
1 May Liepāja ~ Berliner Philharmoniker European Concert - Petrenko, Garanča
6 May Berlin ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Manacorda, Gerhaher
7 May Berlin ~ Karajan Academy 50th Anniversary - Petrenko, Okisawa, Delepelaire
26 May London ~ Philharmonia - Blomstedt, Pires
3 June London ~ Oslo Philharmonic - Mäkelä, Davidsen
6 June London ~ Guildhall School of Music & Drama Summer Opera double-bill
10 June Valletta ~ Music for a While - Ghigo, Camilleri Podesta, Fiorini
25 June Rheingau Music Festival ~ Frankfurt Radio Symphony - Altinoğlu
25 July Pärnu Music Festival 2022
7 August London BBC Proms ~ Mahler Chamber Orchestra - Andsnes
12 August London BBC Proms ~ Oslo Philharmonic - Mäkelä, Wang
28 August London BBC Proms ~ Nathan Laube [editorial]
31 August Warsaw ~ Chopin & His Europe Festival - RPO, Petrenko, Liu
4 September London BBC Proms ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Harding, Zimmermann
29 October Cologne ~ WDR Sinfonieorchester 75th-Anniversary Concert - Măcelaru
19 November Cologne ~ WDR Sinfonieorchester - Slobodeniouk, Helmchen
2021
22 January Zürich ~ Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich - Järvi
29 January Berlin ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Petrenko, Trifonov
29 July Battle Festival - Kosyakov
7 August London BBC Proms ~ Jonathon Heyward's Eroica
28 August Bucharest George Enescu Festival ~ George Enesco PO - Järvi, Hahn
7 September Bucharest George Enescu Festival ~ Münchner Philharmoniker - Gergiev, Capuçon
8 September Bucharest George Enescu Festival ~ RPO - Petrenko, Fischer
15 September Zürich Tonhalle inauguration ~ Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich - Järvi, Lehmkuhl
18 September Berlin ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Petrenko, Kopatchinskaja
21 September Bucharest George Enescu Festival ~ East-West CO - Krimer, Dautricourt
22 September Bucharest George Enescu Festival ~ Romanian YO – Mandeal, Volodin
24 September Bucharest George Enescu Festival – Orchestra di Santa Cecilia – Gatti, Harnisch
25 September Berlin ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Sokhiev, Lugansky
4 November London ~ KaJeng Wong
14 November Warsaw ~ Gevorgyan
25 November Budapest ~ Frankl, Keleman Quartet
8 December Stockholm ~ Royal Stockholm Philharmonic - Bancroft, Gabetta
10 December Tallinn ~ Estonian National Symphony Orchestra - Elts, Ruubel
2020
May 9 Gothenburg ~ Göteborgs Symfoniker - Rouvali
May 13, 15 Gothenburg ~ Göteborgs Symfoniker - Rouvali
May 27 Paris ~ Orchestre de Paris
June 3 Bergen International Festival ~ Oslo Philharmonic - Andsnes
June 5 Amsterdam ~ Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Gimeno
June 7 Dortmund ~ Konzerthausorchester Berlin - Gražinytė-Tyla, Soltani
June 10 Stockholm ~ Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra - Gilbert
June 13 Berlin ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Petrenko
15 June London ~ BBC Wigmore - Cooper
19 June Cologne, Amsterdam ~ Măcelaru, Levit, Bychkov
25 June Sychrov Castle ~ Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Bychkov, Masaryk
26 June Hamburg ~ Argerich, Capuçon
27 June Toulouse ~ L’Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse - Sokhiev, Chamayou
6 July Rencontres Musicales d’Évian ~ Quatuor Modigliani - Chamayou, Dubost, Capuçon
22 July Festival Wanderer 1 ~ Solsberg Festival: Solsberg - Gabetta, Meyer, Cho
30 July Festival Wanderer 2 ~ Pärnu Music Festival
22 August Festival Wanderer 3 ~ Salzburg Festival: Wiener Philharmoniker - Thielemann
[26 August] Festival Wanderer 4 ~ Chopin and His Europe: Baeva, Kholodenko
6 September Festival Wanderer 6 ~ Musikfest Berlin: Altstaedt
CD DVD REVIEWS
MISCELLANEOUS
2025
5 January ~ Alfred Brendel @ 94
2024
1 September ~ Leonard Slatkin at Eighty
4 May ~ Bruckner Eight - Context, Videography, Discography
2023
2 November ~ Ichmouratov's Piano and Viola Concertos
2022
5 May ~ Paavo Järvi’s Tchaikovsky Symphonies - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
23 May ~ Norma Fisher's BBC Recordings Vols 1-3
25 May ~ Jerfi Aji's Poems, Colours, Flames
11 September ~ Estonian Premieres - Estonian Festival Orchestra
28 September ~ Eric Tungay's In a Dream
2020
May 31 ~ Neglected British Composers - Adrian Williams, Havergal Brian
May 31 ~ Celibidache's Bruckner Four
June 4 ~ Colour and Light - Williamson
9 June ~ Homage to Godowsky - Gugnin
19 June ~ Celibidache's Enescu
4 August ~ Leon Fleisher - obituary