| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 3-Apr-2012 Southbank Centre: Purcell Room | Movements and Expressions: Alda Dizdari at the Southbank |
 Violinist Alda Dizdari may just have taken a while to settle in to the performance, but the opening Debussy Sonata did not come across particularly well. Piano and violin didn’t quite lock in together and the Debussy ‘wash’ of sound, akin to an impressionist watercolour, was not apparent – the tone was harsh and rhythms angular. It was a style of playing that fitted Schoenberg’s Phantasy much better.Read full review... | |
| 4-Feb-2012 Kapelle Gstaad | Austrian good cheer and French delicacy in the Swiss Alps |
 Young violinists come in different shapes and styles, and this closing concert of the series of afternoon concerts by young performers in Gstaad Chapel was very different from yesterday’s. Where Albrecht Menzel was all about flamboyant virtuosity, this performance by 22-year old German Lukas Stepp was a far more thoughtful affair.
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| 15-Nov-2011 Bass Performance Hall | Cosmopolitan Paris: An evening with Cho-Liang Lin and Jon Kimura Parker |
.jpg) What’s in a name, or for that matter, a label? Why does music “sound” German, American, French, or Russian? Violinist Cho-Liang Lin and pianist Jon Kimura Parker presented a duo recital at Fort Worth’s Bass Hall Tuesday evening, titled “An Evening in Paris”. Their thoughtful program consisted of works by French composers of the early twentieth century, and also by (long-time Parisian) Stravinsky. This kind of open-ended theme typically leads an audience to draw its own conclusions.Read full review... | |
| 23-Sep-2011 Wigmore Hall | Ibragimova and Tiberghien dazzles Wigmore audience |
 Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien formed their duo partnership when they were both BBC New Generation Artists and have since been hailed as the up-and-coming duo, but Thursday’s recital at Wigmore Hall showed the amazing maturity of their partnership.
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