Wigmore Hall: Richard Goode 30 Sept; Andras Schiff 5 Oct; Mitsuko Uchida 12 Oct; Stephen Kovacevich and Martha Argerich 22 Oct Royal Festival Hall: Vikingur Olafsson 25 Sept Queen Elizabeth Hall: Benj...Read More
Wigmore Hall: Andras Schiff 7 June; Nicolas Namoradze 23 June; Kirill Gerstein 16 July Barbican: Evgeny Kissin 25 June; Ragged School Festival: Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy 20 June Nicolas Namo...Read More
Michael Church – live roundup March 2025 Wigmore Hall: Roman Rabinovich 17 Nov; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, 27 Nov; Nikolai Lugansky 8 Dec; Kit Armstrong 22 Dec; Danny Driver 2 Jan 2025; Alim Beise...Read More
Michael Church – International Piano live roundup May 2024 Queen Elizabeth Hall: Marc-André Hamelin Feb 23 Wigmore Hall: Andras Schiff March 3; Steven Osborne March 12; Pavel Kolesnikov and...Read More
Lars Vogt remembered, By Michael Church Can one play vibrato on the piano? Since it’s just a box of hammers, with each making only momentary contact with its string, the common-sense answer m...Read More
Live Prom 1, BBC2 From the Independent, 29.8.2020 “We’re in for ninety minutes of heaven, in this Mecca of live music!” This is the first night of the Live Proms, and Katie Derham is in Radio 3 ...Read More
The First BBC Prom Radio 3 Well, here we are, with the inevitable promotional hype about these Proms-as-never-before. ‘Nothing stops this great festival’ trumpets the presenter, before inviting me...Read More
Fidelio Unbound Clerkenwell, London Live music is cautiously making its comeback, in many ways and in unexpected places. Bidden to a concert at the Fidelio restaurant on busy Clerkenwell Road, I ask f...Read More
Fidelio, Royal Opera House On paper, director Tobias Kratzer’s rationale for his production of Beethoven’s Fidelio made persuasive sense. He started from the premise that Beethoven set his story ...Read More
Piotr Anderszewski, Wigmore Hall In the strait-laced world of concert pianism, Piotr Anderszewski has long been the joker in the pack. He’s capable of delivering a witty bar-by-bar analysis of his ...Read More