Malkovich recited Goethe in English (translation by Christopher Hampton), without emphasis, which might be provoked by the poet’s sublime verses. On Wednesday...more >

The programme of this concert included a rarity: Piano Concerto in E Flat major composed by 14-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven. This is likely his first compositi...more >

25 years of the diplomatic relations between Armenia and Poland was a pretext for the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival to invite the State Youth Orchestra o...more >

So far at the Easter Festival, the influences of painting on music have manifested themselves most extensively on Monday in the symphonic poems of Mieczysław K...more >

After an excellent performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor, I was anxiously waiting for the second concert of Frankfurt Radio Symphony ...more >

This was a wonderful concert! Frankfurt Radio Symphony under Andrés Orozco-Estrada sent shivers down the spine with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in C sharp...more >

A light, juvenile symphony and the exotic opera Djamileh by Georges Bizet charmed the audience on Friday night. The major work on the programme of the Friday co...more >

The excellent duo of Veriko Tchumburidze (violin) and Aleksandra Świgut (piano) performed Friday at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Freedom, power, temperament, an...more >

Following the first five festival concerts, which were dominated by austere northern music, especially by Beethoven, on Thursday the time was ripe for a breath ...more >

“If love be love, it will not alter. It can plunder Hell of its prey” – these words of Anne Trulove summarize the moral of Igor Stravinsky’s opera The R...more >

In Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, the entrance of the violin after the orchestral exposition is awaited almost like a messiah – ...more >

In line with the theme of the 21st Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, which refers to music and the fine arts, the inaugural Sunday concert at the Warsaw Phi...more >

A performance of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition like this under Jurek Dybał, is an excellent introduction to the next festival concerts, whett...more >