In his first recording as conductor, Pekka Kuusisto is insightful and in control, and Vilde Frang brings electricity to both concertos There are two violinists at work on this recording, and it ...

This young Norwegian violinist is being marketed in a way that has become a cliché for female classical artists. In Frang’s case, the musical goods dwarf the alluring image. She proves an unusually ...

Ms. Hahn has withdrawn from all concerts through the end of November on the advice from her medical team to abstain from strenuous performance and travel as she continues to recover from a double ...

Some of the very best recordings of Elgar’s Violin Concerto take me back in my imagination to the Queen’s Hall on November 10, 1910, when Elgar conducted Fritz Kreisler in a now legendary world ...

Violinist Vilde Frang and soprano Julia Doyle Jonathan Cohen’s Arcangelo ensemble for music that was both glorious and heartbreaking For the final night of the Tetbury festival, its artistic director ...

British trumpeter Alison Balsom bagged her third Classic BRIT award last night (May 12) and her second as Female Artist of the Year securing her place as one of the UK’s most respected classical art… ...

Roll Over Beethoven NCH, Dublin 8pm €12-€39.50 nch.ie Chuck Berry selling Beethoven? That's exactly what the RTÉ Concert Orchestra is up to. Not that a programme of the overture to Fidelio, the Violin ...

There was nothing equivocal about the Bruch however, showcasing the talents of the young Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang. Frang is the real deal, as serious a musician as a performer. Although only 27 ...

Vilde Frang tends to attract adjectives like feisty, quirky, organic, irreverent. "There is nothing polished or calculated about her playing," wrote one German critic; "Vilde Frang is only herself," ...

It's been a big season for Sydney Symphony Orchestra with a change of name and a new chief conductor taking over the reins, but it fell to the young ones to close the year. They've rebranded ...

Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through our links on this page. A cartoonish evening at the symphony on Tuesday began with Berlioz’s Corsair overture, replacement ...

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