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Shane van Neerden’s piano recital challenges all the senses

12 January 2024Music

An enthusiastic audience in the Muziekcentrum, Enschede turned out to hear the young Dutch American pianist, Shane van Neerden perform a programme of Debussy, Scriabin, Ives and a new commission for two…

At the Concertgebouw, it’s all about Lang Lang

9 June 2023Music

Thursday night’s concert in Amsterdam, on a rather grey and chilly June evening was all about Lang Lang. Tickets were like gold dust, devoted fans came prepared with their copies…

Chailly reigns supreme with Fujita and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

12 March 2023Music

Chailly and Fujita backstage after the concert discussing the importance of the recurring Dies irae theme in the symphony © Clare Varney

What to expect from an all Rachmaninov concert with one of the world’s greatest conductors? Chailly, as former chief conductor is held in deep affection by the loyal and dedicated…

Vasheruk and friends put Rachmaninov centre stage

27 February 2023Music

Originally intended as a celebration of Russian music, Reminiscences, the title of tonight’s concert, was inspired by the last interview given by Rachmaninov in Switzerland. We all know and love…

Vasheruk delivers sublime Rachmaninov

20 February 2023Music

Sofia Vasheruk plays Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto © Paul Varney

In this, the celebratory year of Rachmaninov’s birth, we are blessed with performances of works heard perhaps less frequently in the concert hall. Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto, considered by many…

Trifonov transfixes the audience with nuanced, highly addictive Beethoven

16 January 2023Music

Daniil Trifonov’s opening piano solo crept in before he dazzled us with his customary sparkling scales echoing the same orchestral lightness of touch. Passagework emerged from nowhere and blossomed with…

Daniil Trifonov gives European premiere of Mason Bates’ Piano Concerto

17 October 2022Music

Trifonov played with the greatest of ease while the Wild West of cross rhythms and contrasting textures whirled around him.

Sofia Vasheruk gives a masterclass in lyrical playing in the Piano Festival Ootmarsum

30 September 2022Music

De Stiftskerk in the beautiful village of Stift, nestled deep in the Twente countryside, was the setting for this latest piano recital from the Russian-born pianist, Sofia Vasheruk, as part…

A Candle Burning Brightly In The World of Music Education

9 May 2022Music

International Piano Competition, Enschede

The International Piano Competition in Enschede, May 2021, brings together young pianists from all over the world in pursuit of that illusive first prize.

Sofia Vasheruk plays Beethoven

1 November 2021Music

The Oost-Nederlands Symfonieorkest offered an enticing programme featuring the Russian-born pianist, Sofia Vasheruk playing Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto, the Emperor in the Ontmoetingkerk, Enschede on Saturday night. In a program originally…