Telling her story in an intimate setting is what soprano Axelle Fanyo enjoyes the most. When Julius Drake asked her to perform a recital with him in The Concertgebouw (according to him the most beautiful acoustics in the world) she couldn’t believe her luck. And lucky for us, we were able to capture them in […]
Earl Wild transformed Gershwin’s popular songs into challenging piano works with the influence of jazz and blues. Pianist Martin James Bartlett plays Wild’s Virtuoso Etude No. 4: Embraceable You in The Concertgebouw Sessions in our Recital Hall. #pianomusic #gershwin #martinjamesbartlett #concertgebouwsessions CREDITS: Video: Lawrence Lee Kalkman – Rauwkost Film Audio: Roel Pothoven Productie: Fabian Jon […]
Twelve-year-old pianist Liam Nassereddine won the finals of the Royal Concertgebouw Competition on Sunday, June 25, 2023. The jury praised him for his narrative style of playing. He played Black Earth by one of his favorite pianists, Fazil Say. “It starts with very dark sounds, you really have to push the hammers into the strings. […]
Arab ud player Taiseer Elias and Jewish percussionist Zohar Fresco improvise together in memory of all the peaceful, innocent victims. In ‘Compassion’ conductor and composer Iván Fischer has put together a very diverse programme, with compassion at its core. Recorded March 20, 2024 at The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam Video: Polycast source