Michael Church – live roundup Feb 2026 Wigmore Hall: Alim Beisembayev 9 Nov; Barbican: King’s Place: We’ve recently enjoyed a period of great pianistic richness, with two recitals towe...Read More
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
Boris Godunov, Royal Opera House, ★★★★★ Michael Church Modest Musorgsky’s first and greatest opera was attemptedly rewritten by many hands – including Rimsky-Korsakov’s – b...Read More
Nikolai Lugansky Wigmore Hall, London Nikolai Lugansky was a typical Soviet prodigy, able at five to learn a Beethoven sonata by ear, before he could even read music. As one of the last survivors of t...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
The Marriage of Figaro Coliseum, London With ENO fighting for their life, it’s vital that their output should be top quality, so last week I sampled two nights in a row. First up was a revival of Mi...Read More
The Marriage of Figaro Coliseum, London ★★ Michael Church With ENO fighting for their lives, it’s vital that their output should be top quality, so last week I sampled them two nights in a row. ...Read More
Eugene Onegin Royal Opera House, London ★★ Michael Church Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin is the opera everyone loves. Ted Huffman’s new production comes heralded with this American director’s w...Read More
Prom 31 Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Barenboim, and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Royal Albert Hall With violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and conductor Daniel Barenboim on stage, Prom 31 boasted two of t...Read More