Shlomo Mintz closed the “Festival del Centro Histórico de México”
Shlomo Mintz closed the “Festival del Centro Histórico de México” performing a brilliant Sibelius concerto. With the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería and Thomas Sanderling.
“Shlomo Mintz’s interpretation of Sibelius’ Concerto was transparent, clear, never shallow or impersonal,
tremendously emotional at times and so deeply committed that it lifted everyone to a higher dimension.”
“The truth is that a description of an artist like Mintz, goes far beyond any imagination. Sure, one could write about his amazing technical skills with dry terms like rallentandos, rubatos, acellerandos, cadenzas, etc., which critics often do, but this would not tell us anything about the greater depths of his performance.
So I’d rather write purely subjective: about his narrative way of performing, about the emotions and feelings he showed while playing; matters that, in my view, are far more valuable. And though it’s a fact that his technique was impeccable, his violin playing went far beyond mere appreciation, far beyond a performance which someone could simply call beautiful, well done or something like that…”
Beltrán-Zavala closes the International Spring Orchestra Festival in Malta
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Roberto Beltrán Zavala brought the International Spring Orchestra Festival to a spectacular conclusion celebrating the struggles for freedom through Karl Fiorini’s first symphony dedicated to the golden jubilee anniversary of Malta’s independence.
Alongside the symphony, Beltrán Zavala guided us on a musical journey to the near orient with Rimsky-Korsakov’s most popular work and highly evocative Scheherazade suite, bringing the evening and the festival to a magnificent finale.
Program:
Symphony no. 1 (World Premier) – Karl Fiorini
Interval
Scheherazade Suite op.35 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Dmitry Yablonsky on tour in South Africa
Dmitry Yablonsky conducts and plays the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. Dates March 26th (Durban), April 2, 9 and 16 (Cape Town).

Yablonsky will be on tour with his mother, the great pianist Oxana Yablonskaya and Janna Gandelman, concertmaster of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. All three will performance 4 different programs.
Mintz | First program with the QSO in Australia
For two weeks, Shlomo Mintz will have his first full program with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra as Soloist in Residence.
Concerts in Rome’s Parco della Musica and Italian Parliament
Francesca Dego and Francesca Leonardi performed at the 2015 Remembrance Day Concert in the Auditorium Parco della Musica’s Santa Cecilia Hall in Rome alongside Roby Lakatos and Ute Lemper on January 26th. The concert was broadcast live by RAI 5 and RAI Radio 3.
All programmes can be found on RAI’s website: www.rai.it
Júlio Resende: New video with Silvia Pérez Cruz
It is already available the first video of Júlio Resende with the wonderful spanish singer Silvia Pérez Cruz, in Grand Auditorium of Gulbenkian. Who was not there because the concert had sold out, now has a second chance. We look forward to your reaction “Júlio Resende Fado & Further with Sílvia Pérez Cruz and Gisela John”.
Francesca Dego & Francesca Leonardi play Beethoven “Spring” Sonata
DG PRESENTS BEETHOVEN VIOLIN SONATAS, SECOND VOLUME
Francesca Dego’s Beethoven project continues with Volume 2 of the complete Violin Sonatas, released on November 18th.
It includes the famous “Spring” Sonata, Op. 12 n. 1-2 and Op. 30 n. 3, as always alongside pianist Francesca Leonardi with whom Dego has been playing for 10 years.