Laurence Vittes

House of Cards composer Jeff Beal’s new, three-movement violin concerto for Kelly Hall-Tompkins began with a handshake when the two met as honorees at the Ea...

The American jazz pianist William Thomas McKinley, who studied with Nikolai Lopatnikoff at Carnegie Tech and Mel Powell at Yale, emerges from this first volu...

Geoffrey Gordon’s triptych of orchestral works – each sparked by a visual image – makes for a fascinatingly cohesive release.

Raymond J Lustig’s Semmelweis tells the story of the 19th-century Hungarian doctor who realised that doctors’ unwashed hands were spreading fatal infections...

Eric Whitacre’s sad, soothing elegy for Southern California in the wake of the fires of January 2025 takes its title from the 1994 film The Shawshank R...

Netherlands Liszt Utrecht Piano Competition 2026 [2] – Grand Finale: Kang Tae Kim, Thomas Kelly, Alexander Kashpurin (piano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Stéphane Denève (conductor). TivoliVredenburg: Grote Zaal, Utrecht, 24.1.2026. (LV)

To celebrate their 47th season, New York-based...

Netherlands Liszt Utrecht Piano Competition 2026 [1] – Festival Phase: Thomas Kelly, Kang Tae Kim, Alexander Kashpurin, Chia-Yang Hsu, Alberto Ferro, Minkyu Kim, Rune Leicht Lund, Sunah Kim (piano), Amatis Trio (Lea Hausmann [violin], Sam Shepherd [cello], Mengjie Han [piano]), Dana Zemtsov (viola), Ib Hausmann (clarinet) and Alberto Navarra (flute). TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 18–21.1.2026. (LV)

United States Various: Lorna McGhee (flute), Seong-Jin Cho (piano), Tanglewood Festival Chorus (guest conductor: Jean-Sébastien Vallée), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Symphony Hall, Boston, 15.1.2026. (LV)

United States ‘WinterFest 2026’ [2] – Various: Musicians of the Lyrica program. Lyrica Boston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 11.1.2026. (LV)

11/01/2026

United States ‘WinterFest 2026’ [1] – Martin, Dvořák: Trio Laval (Jordan Bartel [violín], Sarina Zhang [cello], Sean Terada Yang [piano]. Lyrica Boston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 9.1.2026. (LV)

United States ‘A Musical Genesis: Martín + Altstaedt + Schumann’: Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Jaime Martín (conductor). The Wallis, Beverly Hills, 15.9.2025. (LV)

United States ‘Beethoven Under the Stars’ & ‘Sarabande Africaine’: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, 26 & 29.8.2024. (LV)

Two Young Artists from the 2025 Verão Clássico TalentFest

Portugal Verão Clássico Festival 2025 [2] – Schubert Fest: Anna Samuil (soprano), Stephan Picard, Lena Neudauer (violins), Muriel Razavi (viola), Gary Hoffman (cello), Rui Pedro Rodrigues (double bass), Milana Chernyavska, Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano). Centro Cultural de Belém, Pequeno Auditório, Lisbon, 26.7.2025. (LV)

Portugal Verão Clássico Festival 2025 [1] – Various: Anna Samuil (soprano), Stephan Picard, Lena Neudauer (violins), Muriel Razavi (viola), Gary Hoffman (cello), Alexandra Scott (double bass), Milana Chernyavska, Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano). Centro Cultural de Belém, Pequeno Auditório, Lisbon, 23.7.2025. (LV)

Italy Classiche Forme 2025 [1] – (tra parentesi): Chaos String Quartet (Susanne Schäffer and Eszter Kruchió [violins], Sara Marzadori [viola], Bas Jongen [cello]), Beatrice Rana (piano). Masseria Le Stanzie, Supersano, 19.7.2025. (LV)

On a gracefully warm Lecce evening, radiant Schumann and Ravel’s austere shimmer, anchored by Beatrice Rana’s quiet authority and elegance.

Ryan Bancroft leads the LA Phil through Hillborg’s shimmering Sound Atlas, Mozart’s dramatic C minor concerto with Yeol Eum Son, and a fiery, full-throttle performance of Nielsen’s Fourth Symphony.