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Carter Johnson commandeered the complex and unwieldy textures with minimum effort and maximum suppleness and sophistication' ...
Today’s Video of the Day is a performance of Philip Glass’ ‘Etude No.6’ by Roxane Elfasci and Baptiste Erard and Théo Lampérier on drums. The recording can be found on the album ‘Glass Gaze’ where the ...
Evren Ozel’s precise alignment of accents and phrase groupings in rapid passages created a ballet of the mind' ...
On a rest day for the competition, Jed Distler looks back at some of the new music commissioned specifically for The Cliburn ...
Today’s Video of the Day is a performance of Japanese Canadian composer Keiko Devaux’s ‘Listening Underwater’ by Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) and conducted by Alexander Shelley.
The Venezuelan-Armenian conductor will take up the post in July 2026, following the retirement of James Conlon after 20 seasons ...
Today's Video of the Day is a performance of Jamie Powe's 'Surge' by Trinity College Director of Music Steven Grahl. This composition and filmed performance were commissioned as part of the Choir & ...
Philipp Lynov proved to be an undisputed master of Ravel’s domain, where technical hurdles simply didn’t exist' ...
And his sweeping arpeggios in the C minor No 12 lacked majesty and flexibility, as if the pianist was chasing the metronome. But he parsed the ‘stride piano’ cross-rhythmic phrases of the A minor No 4 ...
Before discussing Friday’s performances, I should remind readers that I’m currently reviewing from The Cliburn’s livestream, where the clear and close-up sonic perspective apparently contrasts to Bass ...
This week sees new albums from Anna Lapwood, the LPO with Edward Gardner, the BBC SSO and Alpesh Chauhan, plus previously ...