CONCERTS
february

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Edgar Moreau cello National Symphony Orchestra Anatoly Lyadov: Kikimora Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE: Vasily Petrenko, whose Manfred performances have garnered international acclaim and earned him a place on numerous
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Edgar Moreau cello
National Symphony Orchestra
Anatoly Lyadov: Kikimora
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
Vasily Petrenko, whose Manfred performances have garnered international acclaim and earned him a place on numerous “Best Recordings” lists, captures the torment and colorful beauty of Tchaikovsky’s four-movement symphony inspired by Lord Byron’s poem.
Award-winning young virtuoso Edgar Moreau joins the program for Saint-Saëns’ First Cello Concerto—an impassioned departure from the standard concerto form.
Time
(Thursday) 19:00
Location
The Kennedy Center
2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566, United States

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Edgar Moreau cello National Symphony Orchestra Anatoly Lyadov: Kikimora Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE: Vasily Petrenko, whose Manfred performances have garnered international acclaim and earned him a place on numerous
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Edgar Moreau cello
National Symphony Orchestra
Anatoly Lyadov: Kikimora
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
Vasily Petrenko, whose Manfred performances have garnered international acclaim and earned him a place on numerous “Best Recordings” lists, captures the torment and colorful beauty of Tchaikovsky’s four-movement symphony inspired by Lord Byron’s poem.
Award-winning young virtuoso Edgar Moreau joins the program for Saint-Saëns’ First Cello Concerto—an impassioned departure from the standard concerto form.
Time
(Saturday) 20:00
Location
The Kennedy Center
2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566, United States

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Edgar Moreau cello National Symphony Orchestra Anatoly Lyadov: Kikimora Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE: Vasily Petrenko, whose Manfred performances have garnered international acclaim and earned him a place on numerous
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Edgar Moreau cello
National Symphony Orchestra
Anatoly Lyadov: Kikimora
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
Vasily Petrenko, whose Manfred performances have garnered international acclaim and earned him a place on numerous “Best Recordings” lists, captures the torment and colorful beauty of Tchaikovsky’s four-movement symphony inspired by Lord Byron’s poem.
Award-winning young virtuoso Edgar Moreau joins the program for Saint-Saëns’ First Cello Concerto—an impassioned departure from the standard concerto form.
Time
(Sunday) 15:00
Location
The Kennedy Center
2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566, United States
march

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Véronique Gens mezzo-soprano Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Benjamin Britten: “Four Sea Interludes” from the opera “Peter Grimes” op. 33 a Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade” – Three poems for soprano and orchestra; Texte von Tristan Klingsor Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow:
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Véronique Gens mezzo-soprano
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Benjamin Britten: “Four Sea Interludes” from the opera “Peter Grimes” op. 33 a
Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade” – Three poems for soprano and orchestra; Texte von Tristan Klingsor
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow: “Scheherazade” – Symphonic Suite op. 35
Time
(Saturday) 20:00
Location
Konzerthaus Berlin
Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin, Germany

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Kian Soltani cello Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Prokofiev: Cello Concerto, Op. 125 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
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Kian Soltani cello
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Prokofiev: Cello Concerto, Op. 125
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Time
(Wednesday) 19:30
Location
Victoria Hall, Geneva
Rue du Général-Dufour 14, 1204 Genève, Switzerland

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Kian Soltani cello Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Prokofiev: Cello Concerto, Op. 125 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
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Kian Soltani cello
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Prokofiev: Cello Concerto, Op. 125
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Time
(Thursday) 19:30
Location
Victoria Hall, Geneva
Rue du Général-Dufour 14, 1204 Genève, Switzerland

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Kian Soltani cello Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Prokofiev: Cello Concerto, Op. 125 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
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Kian Soltani cello
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Prokofiev: Cello Concerto, Op. 125
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Time
(Friday) 19:30
Location
Victoria Hall, Geneva
Rue du Général-Dufour 14, 1204 Genève, Switzerland

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Bruce Liu piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Korngold The Sea Hawk: Main Theme, Reunion and Finale Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
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Bruce Liu piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Korngold The Sea Hawk: Main Theme, Reunion and Finale
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
Time
(Sunday) 19:30
Location
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8XX

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Esther Yoo violin Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
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Esther Yoo violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Time
(Thursday) 19:30
Location
Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

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Esther Yoo violin Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
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Esther Yoo violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Time
(Saturday) 19:30
Location
Birmingham Symphony Hall
april
05apr19:30Dresden, Germany - Dresden Philharmonic - Mahler, Shostakovich19:30 Kulturpalast, Dresden

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Dresden Philharmonic Gustav Mahler: Adagio from the unfinished Symphony No. 10 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE: For many, the number thirteen is considered unlucky. For composers, it is
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Dresden Philharmonic
Gustav Mahler: Adagio from the unfinished Symphony No. 10
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor
VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
For many, the number thirteen is considered unlucky. For composers, it is rather the number ten, because starting with Beethoven, many were able to complete a ninth symphony, but died before finishing their tenth or did not dare to start it at all. Like Mahler, who sketched his Tenth Symphony but had to leave it unfinished. However, even though he did not complete it, the grief, pain, and deeply felt anguish in this music remains one of the most moving pieces that can be heard in a concert hall. On the other hand, Shostakovich managed to compose fifteen symphonies, but his Fourth Symphony was not heard for decades. The reason was Stalin, who put so much pressure on the composer that he withdrew his work. The communist regime found the severity with which the composer expressed the horrors of the terror regime too dangerous.
Time
(Saturday) 19:30
Location
Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstraße 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany
06apr18:00Dresden, Germany - Dresden Philharmonic - Mahler, Shostakovich18:00 Kulturpalast, Dresden

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Dresden Philharmonic Gustav Mahler: Adagio from the unfinished Symphony No. 10 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE: For many, the number thirteen is considered unlucky. For composers, it is
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Dresden Philharmonic
Gustav Mahler: Adagio from the unfinished Symphony No. 10
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor
VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
For many, the number thirteen is considered unlucky. For composers, it is rather the number ten, because starting with Beethoven, many were able to complete a ninth symphony, but died before finishing their tenth or did not dare to start it at all. Like Mahler, who sketched his Tenth Symphony but had to leave it unfinished. However, even though he did not complete it, the grief, pain, and deeply felt anguish in this music remains one of the most moving pieces that can be heard in a concert hall. On the other hand, Shostakovich managed to compose fifteen symphonies, but his Fourth Symphony was not heard for decades. The reason was Stalin, who put so much pressure on the composer that he withdrew his work. The communist regime found the severity with which the composer expressed the horrors of the terror regime too dangerous.
Time
(Sunday) 18:00
Location
Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstraße 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany
10apr19:00Oslo, Norway - Oslo Philharmonic Choir - Wagner19:00 Oslo Concert Hall

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Franz-Josef Selig Gurnemanz Toby Spence Parsifal Yngve Søberg Amfortas Oslo Philharmonic Choir Richard Wagner: Parsifal, Act III
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Franz-Josef Selig Gurnemanz
Toby Spence Parsifal
Yngve Søberg Amfortas
Oslo Philharmonic Choir
Richard Wagner: Parsifal, Act III
Time
(Thursday) 19:00
Location
Oslo Concert Hall
11apr19:00Oslo, Norway - Oslo Philharmonic Choir - Wagner19:00 Oslo Concert Hall

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Franz-Josef Selig Gurnemanz Toby Spence Parsifal Yngve Søberg Amfortas Oslo Philharmonic Choir Richard Wagner: Parsifal, Act III
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Franz-Josef Selig Gurnemanz
Toby Spence Parsifal
Yngve Søberg Amfortas
Oslo Philharmonic Choir
Richard Wagner: Parsifal, Act III
Time
(Friday) 19:00
Location
Oslo Concert Hall
16apr19:00Bucharest, Romania - George Enescu Philharmonic - Mahler19:00 Romanian Athenaeum

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Katerina Knezikova soprano Roxana Constantinescu mezzo-soprano George Enescu Philharmonic Choir Iosif Ion Prunner choir conductor Mahler: Symphony No. 2, in C minor
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Katerina Knezikova soprano
Roxana Constantinescu mezzo-soprano
George Enescu Philharmonic Choir
Iosif Ion Prunner choir conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, in C minor
Time
(Wednesday) 19:00
Location
Romanian Athenaeum
Strada Benjamin Franklin 1-3, București 010287, Romania
17apr19:00Bucharest, Romania - George Enescu Philharmonic - Mahler19:00 Romanian Athenaeum

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Katerina Knezikova soprano Roxana Constantinescu mezzo-soprano George Enescu Philharmonic Choir Iosif Ion Prunner choir conductor Mahler: Symphony No. 2, in C minor
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Katerina Knezikova soprano
Roxana Constantinescu mezzo-soprano
George Enescu Philharmonic Choir
Iosif Ion Prunner choir conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, in C minor
Time
(Thursday) 19:00
Location
Romanian Athenaeum
Strada Benjamin Franklin 1-3, București 010287, Romania

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Roderick Williams OBE baritone Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sibelius: Finlandia Weill: Four Walt Whitman Songs Shostakovich: Symphony No.7, ‘Leningrad’ VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE: As Hitler’s armies surrounded the city of Leningrad, and bombs rained down on a starving
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Roderick Williams OBE baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sibelius: Finlandia
Weill: Four Walt Whitman Songs
Shostakovich: Symphony No.7, ‘Leningrad’
VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
As Hitler’s armies surrounded the city of Leningrad, and bombs rained down on a starving population, Dmitri Shostakovich sat down and – somehow – composed his Seventh Symphony. Written for massed battalions of musicians, this is music from the front line: a roar of defiance from an unbreakable city. You can hear it this afternoon conducted by Vasily Petrenko, whose recording of the piece was described by one critic as ‘devastating’. It’s a stupendous climax to a concert that’s all about struggle and resistance: whether it’s Sibelius defying Russian imperialism with a mighty hymn to his native Finland or the poet Walt Whitman’s pleas for tolerance, set to music by the exiled Kurt Weill. Singing them today is the fabulous British baritone Roderick Williams: a born communicator at the heart of a truly epic programme.
Time
(Sunday) 15:00
Location
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8XX
may
20may19:30London, UK - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Chopin, Strauss19:30 Royal Albert Hall

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Yunchan Lim piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE: Frederic Chopin took the piano and transformed it into the ultimate vehicle for the Romantic imagination. There’s a burning fire beneath the poetry of
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Yunchan Lim piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
Frederic Chopin took the piano and transformed it into the ultimate vehicle for the Romantic imagination. There’s a burning fire beneath the poetry of his music, or as one contemporary put it ‘cannons hidden in flowers’. In the hands of Yunchan Lim – who in 2022 became the youngest-ever winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition – his Second Piano Concerto will blaze as never before. But first comes Mussorgsky, battling his demons in music of spine-tingling drama.
And then Vasily Petrenko is our guide as we join Richard Strauss on a sonic ascent into the Bavarian Alps. Expect waterfalls, glaciers, alpine meadows and soul-shaking vistas, all painted in some of the most dazzling sounds ever imagined for a supersized orchestra.
Time
(Tuesday) 19:30
Location
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore, South Kensington, SW7 2AP

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Maxim Vengerov violin Royal Philharmonic Orchestra VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE: ‘You could never accuse violinist Maxim Vengerov of playing it safe’ wrote one critic – going on to praise ‘the sense of meaning and
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Maxim Vengerov violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
‘You could never accuse violinist Maxim Vengerov of playing it safe’ wrote one critic – going on to praise ‘the sense of meaning and purpose… and, above all, that effortless charisma’. But perhaps it’s easiest to come and hear for yourself, as Vengerov summons the fire and ice of Sibelius’ windswept Violin Concerto.
It’s music from an era of new beginnings and strong emotions – whether the swashbuckling, sensuous thrills of Richard Strauss’ Don Juan or the ear-popping colours of Stravinsky’s fairytale ballet The Firebird. When The Firebird premiered in Paris, four years before World War I, it was as if Stravinsky had waved a magic wand across the orchestra, and the tale of the enchanted Firebird, the demon Kaschei and the courageous Prince Ivan is one that Vasily Petrenko never tires of retelling.
Time
(Sunday) 15:00
Location
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore, South Kensington, SW7 2AP
june

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Jeneba Kanneh-Mason piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Dorothy Howell: Lamia Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE: For centuries, even the most gifted composers have found themselves persecuted or marginalised simply
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Jeneba Kanneh-Mason piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Dorothy Howell: Lamia
Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4
VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
For centuries, even the most gifted composers have found themselves persecuted or marginalised simply because of who they were. As a gay man in Tsarist Russia, Tchaikovsky knew what it was to be an outsider, and he poured all his emotions into his Fourth Symphony: a no-holds-barred emotional autobiography, pulsing with melody and torn by raw and dangerous passions. ‘Petrenko’s Fourth is a white-knuckle ride’ wrote Gramophone magazine, and he certainly won’t hold back tonight. There’s no shortage of great melodies in the first half of the concert, too, as Petrenko champions Dorothy Howell’s Lamia – a wildly romantic tale of forbidden love – and the lovely piano concerto by the African-American composer Florence Price. Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, making her Royal Philharmonic Orchestra debut, is the soloist in music that was side-lined for decades and is only now receiving its due.
Time
(Wednesday) 19:30
Location
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8XX
july

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Weinberg Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes Shostakovich Suite for Variety Orchestra Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE: Hear the blazing fanfares that open Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony? For Tchaikovsky, they symbolised Fate, and the whole symphony simply bursts with
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Weinberg Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes
Shostakovich Suite for Variety Orchestra
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
Hear the blazing fanfares that open Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony? For Tchaikovsky, they symbolised Fate, and the whole symphony simply bursts with melody and emotion. If you’ve already heard Vasily Petrenko conduct Russian music, you won’t need telling twice: things are about to get exciting, in a concert that begins with the flying fiddles of Weinberg’s Moldavian Rhapsody and features the unforgettable tunes of Shostakovich’s irreverent Suite. Trust us, you’ll know them when you hear them!
Time
(Thursday) 19:30
Location
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Hope St, Liverpool L1 9BP
10jul20:30São Paulo, Brazil - São Paulo Symphony Orchestra - Lara, Shostakovich20:30 Sala São Paulo

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Lara: Breathing Blocks Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43
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Lara: Breathing Blocks
Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43
Time
(Thursday) 20:30
Location
Sala São Paulo
Praça Júlio Prestes, 16 - Campos Elíseos, São Paulo - SP, 01218-020, Brazil
11jul20:30São Paulo, Brazil - São Paulo Symphony Orchestra - Lara, Shostakovich20:30 Sala São Paulo

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Lara: Breathing Blocks Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43
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Lara: Breathing Blocks
Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43
Time
(Friday) 20:30
Location
Sala São Paulo
Praça Júlio Prestes, 16 - Campos Elíseos, São Paulo - SP, 01218-020, Brazil
12jul16:30São Paulo, Brazil - São Paulo Symphony Orchestra - Lara, Shostakovich16:30 Sala São Paulo

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Lara: Breathing Blocks Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43
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Lara: Breathing Blocks
Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43
Time
(Saturday) 16:30
Location
Sala São Paulo
Praça Júlio Prestes, 16 - Campos Elíseos, São Paulo - SP, 01218-020, Brazil
12jul16:30São Paulo, Brazil - São Paulo Symphony Orchestra - Lara, Shostakovich16:30 Sala São Paulo

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Lara: Breathing Blocks Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43
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Lara: Breathing Blocks
Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43
Time
(Saturday) 16:30
Location
Sala São Paulo
Praça Júlio Prestes, 16 - Campos Elíseos, São Paulo - SP, 01218-020, Brazil
13jul11:00São Paulo, Brazil - São Paulo Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich11:00 Sala São Paulo

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Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43
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Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43
Time
(Sunday) 11:00
Location
Sala São Paulo
Praça Júlio Prestes, 16 - Campos Elíseos, São Paulo - SP, 01218-020, Brazil

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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 Shostakovich: Symphony No.14, op.135
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Shostakovich: Symphony No.14, op.135
Time
(Thursday) 20:30
Location
Sala São Paulo
Praça Júlio Prestes, 16 - Campos Elíseos, São Paulo - SP, 01218-020, Brazil

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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 Shostakovich: Symphony No.14, op.135
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Shostakovich: Symphony No.14, op.135
Time
(Friday) 20:30
Location
Sala São Paulo
Praça Júlio Prestes, 16 - Campos Elíseos, São Paulo - SP, 01218-020, Brazil

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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 Shostakovich: Symphony No.14, op.135
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Shostakovich: Symphony No.14, op.135
Time
(Saturday) 16:30
Location
Sala São Paulo
Praça Júlio Prestes, 16 - Campos Elíseos, São Paulo - SP, 01218-020, Brazil