American foursome proves opposites attract from Broadstock to Ginastera.

An all too rare piano recital packed with intellectual insight as much as technical thrill and adventure.

The Musica Viva CEO has won the Arts Leadership Award at this year’s ceremony. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

A musically sublime but visually slight journey to Baroque heaven.

With Voyage to the Moon, Michael Gow has made something new out of something old along with the late, great Alan Curtis. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The Russian violinist is one of classical music’s megastars but this is one celebrity who hasn’t let fame go to his head.

★★★★½ Festivalgoers are in for quite a treat if its prelude is anything to go by. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Viennese piano trio impresses whether playing ‘home’ or ‘away'.

★★★★½ A very French finish to Musica Viva’s 70th-birthday year. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Silence is key to Lewis's masterly Beethoven and Brahms.

The pianist talks about his early passions, the rigours of Alfred Brendel and surviving a Liverpudlian seagull swoop.

A new chamber opera constructed from baroque masterworks headlines 2016’s offering. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in