Spring Sonata News Today

Back in Hong Kong for one night, violin virtuoso David Garrett talks about his latest album, Iconic, why he plays popular songs instead of concertos, and his problem with the description ‘crossover’.

A selection of events in Sutherland this weekend.

We pay tribute to a long-time and much-valued Gramophone contributor

Top pianist Tony Yike Yang performs in Nairobi on Sunday.

Top pianist Tony Ying Yang performs in Nairobi on Sunday.

50 of the finest Beethoven recordings available, complete with the original Gramophone reviews and an exclusive playlist

SOLACE, escape and hope are at the heart of Ryedale Festival’s online Spring Festival, which marks the start of its 40th anniversary year. Seven inspiring performances, each approximately 50 minutes, will be filmed and shared over a week in early May, in collaboration with Castle Howard, the Yorkshire Arboretum and award-winning filmmaker Cain Scrimgeour, whose stunning camerawork will capture spring’s arrival in Yorkshire. To celebrate its anniversary, the festival will reveal 40 hea...

1 pm ET: Wiener Staatsoper presents Giselle. Conductor: Valery Ovsyanikov, choreography: Elena Tschernischova after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa. With Nina Poláková, Masayu Kimoto, Rebecca Horner, Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Alice Firenze, Leonardo Basílio, and Soloists and Corps de ballet des Wiener Staatsballetts. Production from September 2017. Register for free and view here. 2:30 pm ET: Philharmonie de Paris presents Casadesus conducts Debussy, Ravel, Schumann & Beethoven. Jea...

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Ming Liu and Shao Lu (14 October concert) Last October the 23rd Beijing Music Festival contrived both to negotiate round the pandemic and celebrate Beethoven’s 250th anniversary with 240 hours of non-stop online and live music making. It included three concerts in which ten up-and-coming violinists each performed one of Beethoven’s violin sonatas. I saw and heard them on YouTube, recorded live in front of an occasionally noisy audience. The setting was somewhat sepulchral: a black stage wit...