I just listened to the live concert featuring Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Sir Simon Rattle, and the LSO, which opened tonight's (2026.10.6/19:35~) NHK-FM Best of Classic. Wow, what an incredible ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 Genoa Teatro Carlo Felice Orchestra Nicolò Paganini, Composer Massimo Quarta, Violin Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 Massimo Quarta, Violin Nicolò ...

Isabelle Faust – our Artist of the Year – brings supple poise to the Violin Concerto Ligeti notoriously asked the impossible ...

Max Bruch resented that his First Violin Concerto (of three) achieved widespread fame while the rest of his output was largely neglected. But with its brooding melodies, unusual form, and joyous ...

Classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major. The complete Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, performed by violin soloist Rachel Barton Pine with the La Crosse ...

The 26/27 season has finally begun! It is a truly luxurious 100th-anniversary year, with Luisi conducting five consecutive ...

The world had its eyes on the Circle City on Oct. 3 as six finalists competed to win what has been called the "Olympics of ...

Henryk Wieniawski composed the "Violin Concerto in F sharp minor" in 1853. Its premiere took place on 27th October 1853 in Leipzig, with Wieniawski playing the solo part, accompanied by the famous ...

As he releases a new recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto and five miniatures, violinist Thomas Bowes reflects on a lifelong ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the time of his death Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto was a relative rarity, whether in concerts or ...

Jane Jones urges you to put one of the Big Four in your Top Three! It’s January, which means only one thing in the Classic FM calendar – nominations are invited for the top 300 pieces of classical ...