| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2013 Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Concert Hall | Karen Gomyo and Andreas Delfs with the Hong Kong Philharmonic |
 Ferdinand David, the concertmaster of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra when Mendelssohn was conductor, must have been quite a virtuoso for the composer to have written his Violin Concerto in E minor for him. In this wildly popular work, soloist Karen Gomyo with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under Andreas Delfs on Saturday was up against stiff competition, Anne-Sophie Mutter having performed it with the same orchestra last year.Read full review... | |
| 16-Nov-2012 Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Concert Hall | Anne-Sophie Mutter debuts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic |
 Michael Francis is the go-to conductor to replace fellow maestros at short notice. The newly appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor to Norrköping Symphony Orchestra in Sweden stood in for Valery Gergiev with only 12 hours’ notice, and for John Adams with even less, in performances with the London Symphony Orchestra in 2007. Fortunately, his appearance with the Hong Kong Philharmonic on Friday was anything but under-rehearsed.
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| 1-Sep-2012 Royal Albert Hall | Prom 67: Gewandhaus' all-Mendelssohn evening produces mixed results |
 The first of the two Proms by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra featured an all-Mendelssohn programme. The orchestra has a long tradition of performing Mendelssohn’s music, as he was their Music Director from 1835 until his early death in 1847. The current Music Director Riccardo Chailly, since his appointment in 2005, has been enthusiastic about having a fresh look at this tradition, and has been performing and recording the symphonies and the overtures in their original versions, as well as recording the completed version of the unfinished Third Piano Concerto.
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| 6-May-2012 Konzerthalle Bamberg: Joseph Keilberth Saal | Bruckner's Ninth in Bamberg |
 Nestled in the north of Bavaria lies the small medieval town of Bamberg. Despite its small population of just 70,000 people, the town boasts not only a wonderful concert hall, but one of the best orchestras in Germany. The Bamberger Symphoniker – Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie has an enviable reputation both in Europe and throughout the world, and has been gaining even more renown since the appointment of Jonathan Nott as principal conductor in 2000.
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