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Yunchan Lim review – piano prodigy puts his brilliance on full display

The Korean teenager dazzled with Byrd and Bach but his raging Beethoven showed he could still reach further, subtler heights

The Guardian - UK

Karim Kamar: the TikTok star who gave it all up for music - ‘I had to decide, do I get the bus home or eat?’

‘I was waking up at five every morning and playing for eight hours a day. Because I had to make it work, didn’t I?’

Evening Standard

Quirky, revelatory, intimate … the best classical releases of 2022

From live Tippett, locked-down Debussy and luminous Charles Koechlin to dazzling Szymanowski and dextrous Beethoven, we pick the outstanding releases of the past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 101 & 106, review – a reminder of the power of Pollini

The pianist’s severe, analytical style engages with two of the most challenging works in the repertoire to produce a disc of compelling, muscular authority

The Guardian - UK

Huge puppy made homeless 3 times is terrified of everything

She was found for sale on Gumtree and rescued by a Derry-based animal charity

Belfast Live

Polish piano legend conquers Bangkok stage with RBSO

As with all of the truly great pianists, touch is absolutely key when it comes to delivering their excelsior interpretations of the immortal classics. This was demonstrated recently in impeccable, consummate fashion by legendary Polish soloist Krystian Zimerman, who appeared at the Thailand Cultural Centre earlier this month to a…

Bangkok Post

Manuscript treasure trove may offer fresh understanding of Hegel

Discovery of undocumented transcripts of German philosopher’s lectures like ‘finding new Beethoven score’

The Guardian - UK

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Reaching kids, including Ukrainian refugees in Chicago, through Beethoven

Seven members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra played Friday for kids at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Ukrainian Village.

Chicago Sun-Times

Toy piano virtuoso Margaret Leng Tan: ‘I played Beethoven in Beethoven’s house – eat that, Schroeder’

The 76-year-old has played everything from toys to teapots to become a famed avant-garde musician. Ahead of Australian shows she speaks about her toy piano collection, OCD and believing in fate

The Guardian - AU

Black conductors are picking up the baton, but challenges remain

PHILADELPHIA — When Jeri Lynne Johnson made it to the finals of an orchestra tryout in California and didn’t get the job, she didn’t think much of it.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Beethoven and Stravinsky Violin Concertos review – Frang and Kuusisto create sweetness, swagger and exhilaration

In his first recording as conductor, Pekka Kuusisto is insightful and in control, and Vilde Frang brings electricity to both concertos

The Guardian - UK

Parents express ‘huge pride’ watching children in Queen’s funeral procession

Kevin Stephens said his daughter, Cerys, will get ‘strength’ from playing clarinet alongside the Queen’s coffin at Windsor Castle.

The Independent UK

The music played during the Queen’s procession to her lying in state

The work of composers such as Beethoven and Chopin featured.

Evening Standard

Lars Vogt obituary

German pianist and conductor who brought exceptional sensitivity and lyricism to his performances

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Prom 69: Missa Solemnis review – urgency and majesty as Gardiner makes Beethoven thrill

Beethoven’s great choral work was vivid and electrifying in this Proms performance, with soloists Lucy Crowe and Giovanni Sala particularly impressive

The Guardian - UK

‘With Lars Vogt, there was a collective trust and spirit of generosity between orchestra and maestro’

The Royal Northern Sinfonia’s principal oboist pays tribute to the orchestra’s much loved former music director; and, below, Ian Bostridge remembers a revelatory accompanist, an ideal chamber musician and a friend of grace and generosity

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve been trying to play Mozart for 60 years. On this, my last recording, I think I’ve finally cracked it’

Mozart’s sublime music is deceptively difficult to play. Conductor Roger Norrington explains how the composer’s own father helped rewire brains and eradicate wobble

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Prom 61: Chineke!/Edusei review – the choral symphony gleams and teems with detail

The young orchestra brought lightness and an appealing new directness to their Proms performance of George Walker’s Lilacs and Beethoven’s 9th

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Elizabeth Leonskaja review – passion, power and purpose

The pianist was in foreful and majestic form as she performed the final three of Beethoven’s sonatas

The Guardian - UK

Alim Beisembayev review – mature and intelligent playing from a future piano star

With a programme of Haydn, Beethoven and Liszt, the Kazakhstan-born winner of last year’s Leeds Piano Competition confirmed that he is a musician to watch

Evening Standard

BBC Proms: Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon at the Royal Albert Hall review: Impressive

The orchestra’s celebrated from-memory performance filled the Albert Hall to near capacity

Bangkok Post

Siam Society to host Beethoven, Schubert concert

On Aug 17, the Siam Society Under Royal Patronage invites classical music lovers to join in to see special performances of Beethoven and Schubert's early string quartets by Pro Musica Quartet. Since Thailand does not have a regular, full-time string quartet, this is quite a rare opportunity to hear the…

Newcastle Herald

Violinist Susan Collins to star at Newcastle Music Festival

By the time she was 14, Susan was performing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, uat the Sydney Opera House

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Proms 2 & 5; Attila; Thomas Kelly – review

Star violist Lawrence Power and John Wilson’s orchestra dazzle at the Proms. Elsewhere, fireworks on the stage and podium in early Verdi, and a young pianist astonishes

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: Beethoven, Brett Dean and John Frederick Lampe…

Vladimir Jurowski and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester excel in an ideal double bill. And top soloists and the Brook Street Band have fun with 18th-century Yorkshire-set farce

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