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London – Live piano round-up September 2025

Posted on March 8, 2026March 20, 2026 by Michael Church
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

A hit and a terrible own-goal at ENO

Posted on February 25, 2025July 26, 2025 by Michael Church
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

Splendour and misery at ENO – was there no doctor in the house?

Posted on February 10, 2025February 13, 2025 by Michael Church
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

Michael Church – column in International Piano magazine May 2024

Posted on June 24, 2024June 30, 2024 by Michael Church
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

In memoriam Lars Vogt

Posted on October 12, 2022October 18, 2022 by Michael Church
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

At Garsington, the ‘Orfeo’ of our dreams, and a brilliantly revived ‘Cosi’

Posted on June 3, 2022June 6, 2022 by Michael Church
Orfeo/Cosi fan tutte Garsington Opera, Wormsley The director and designer of Garsington’s new Orfeo – John Caird and Robert Jones – invite their audience to get involved in the ‘immersive arti... Read More

Why Kurt Weill’s The Silver Lake is topical again – thanks to ETO

Posted on October 6, 2019October 9, 2019 by Michael Church
The Silver Lake/The Seraglio English Touring Opera Year after year, English Touring Opera’s resourceful director Ed Conway turns up trumps, and this year is no exception. Kurt Weill’s Expressionis... Read More

Ragged Music Festival – a new use for an old and venerable school

Posted on September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 by Michael Church
Ragged Music Festival, Copperfield Road, East London Beating a path through the back streets of Tower Hamlets, I find myself at a stunningly good chamber concert. It begins with Tamsin Waley-Cohen an... Read More

Glyndebourne’s ‘Flute’ a success despite its director’s own best efforts to scupper it

Posted on July 22, 2019July 29, 2019 by Michael Church
Die Zauberflöte, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes In his pre-show sales pitch the French-Canadian director-choreographer Renaud Doucet has announced, with a foot-stamping petulance one more usuall... Read More

Strings from Japan

Posted on July 9, 2019July 10, 2019 by Michael Church
The three-string shamisen lute is a brashly assertive instrument, but Japanese composers and performers are now exploring its hitherto unsuspected sonic potential. Honjoh Hidejiro, the leader in this ... Read More
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