Few halls would be ambitious enough to fill an entire Saturday with three consecutive concerts of György Kurtág’s piano music, but Wigmore Hall does just that, presenting three “Breaths” with the splendid Pierre-Laurent Aimard to celebrate the centenary of this

Complete Bach Cello Suites are not foreign to concert halls, but playing all six in one concert in sequential order remains rare. I have always believed that the six suites progress sequentially in difficulty and depth, and it is unusual

Right on the heels of an exceptional performance by the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko and violinist Augustin Hadelich, the Lucerne Festival served up another gem. Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson joined Finnish conductor and percussionist Santtu-Matias Rouvali and the Royal

Throughout its long and celebrated history, the Lucerne Festival has consistently supported young and emerging talent. And such was once again the case on 27 August 2026, as Malaysian-born pianist Bridget Yee made her Festival debut in a lunchtime concert

Sir András Schiff now rarely announces his recital programmes in advance; he reveals them on stage, or via a sheet of paper outside the hall after the concert, although what he plays is not unpredictable to those familiar with his

Two farewell-themed concerts took place at the Shanghai Concert Hall on 3 and 4 April. The first saw Mark Padmore and Dame Imogen Cooper perform Winterreise, Schubert’s bleak song cycle of departure. The following evening, Cooper gave a pre-retirement recital,

It has become increasingly rare to hear Krystian Zimerman live – and to listen to him in person is always something to remember. This winter in Japan, Zimerman ventured into a rather experimental programme, featuring Schubert Impromptus Op. 90, Debussy

Ping Pong Gintonería welcomes violinist Abylay Nurlybek for The Odyssey, Book VIII, a solo recital taking place on November 27th, that brings Homer’s timeless epic into dialogue with music. Abylay Nurlybek is an award winning musician whose training spans the