David Fray
French pianist David Fray deepens his exploration of Baroque repertoire with Baroque Encores, to be released November 14, 2025. The album showcases Fray’s signature clarity, lyrical phrasing, and elegant energy across a selection of encore works.
Edgar Moreau
Featured in Strings Magazine and The Violin Channel
Cellist Edgar Moreau was recently highlighted as a “Talent to Watch” by The Violin Channel and gave an in-depth interview to Strings Magazine about his musical journey.
“These recordings embody the highest level of expressive depth, imagination, and conviction. I try to remember what Pablo Casals once said: ‘Don’t focus on the trees but make us dream of the forest.’”
Strings Magazine Interview: https://stringsmagazine.com/edgar-moreau-transmission-sums-up-values-that-have-sustained-the-cellist/
The Violin Channel Feature: https://theviolinchannel.com/vc-artist-edgar-moreau-cellist/
Mannheimer Philharmoniker
The Mannheimer Philharmoniker continue their FinestClassics series with an evening exploring the evolution of film music. Violinist Jack Liebeck and pianist Olga Zado join the orchestra for a program that journeys through iconic cinematic scores, highlighting expressive power and emotional depth.
📍 November 17, 2025 • 8PM
📍 Barockschloss, Aula der Universität, Mannheim, Germany
The Classical Bridge Festival returned to Paris this year for three evenings of chamber music, featuring a mix of classical repertoire from different eras and styles. Musicians from around the world came together to celebrate creativity, collaboration, and the joy of music.
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger
Sky, sea, and light permeate this program in changing constellations, with which Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska makes her debut with the Berlin Philharmonic. Jean Sibelius transports the listener to the legendary world of Finland with the dark, dramatic sounds of his tone poem “Pohjola’s Daughter,” while Kaija Saariaho depicts the constellation of the same name in her mystical composition “Orion.” Highlights of the evening include Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto, which evokes Norwegian folk music, and Claude Debussy’s impressionistic tone poem “La Mer,” with its infinite nuances of color. The soloist is pianist Jean-Fréderic Neuburger.
Augustin Dumay
Augustin Dumay spoke to The Violin Channel about five recordings that have been instrumental in his musical development:
“The 5 recordings I have chosen here have been amongst what I would think have been the most instrumental in my musical development … for me these interpretations represent the highest level of expressive intensity, imagination and conviction. When I do listen to them though, it often highlights how many lukewarm and pseudo-politically correct performances we hear today on the concert stage …. often almost like ‘sound photocopies’ of Bärenreiter editions – with some superb exceptions of course. With anything I play or listen to, and hopefully you’ll hear here, I try to remember what Pablo Casals famously said ‘… Don’t focus on the trees but make us dream of the forest.’” READ THE ARTICLE
Ilya Shmukler
Some pianists are capable of setting their instrument ablaze from the very first note; you immediately notice that they are absolutely serious about it and are giving their all, literally “burning” for the music they play. Such an exceptional phenomenon was on display at the piano festival “Le Piano Symphonique,” which ended on January 18 in Lucerne: Ilya Shmukler is his name—a name worth remembering. Continue reading
Augustin Dumay, Alissa Margulis
In May 2024 at Lotte Concert Hall and Seoul Arts Center, the festival launches successfully with fifteen invited guests, officially sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company.
The festival rotates in France, USA and South Korea, and the next edition will be in Paris 2025.
Rachmaninoff International Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev’s new ensemble is already finely honed
Judging by this debut recording, [the RIO] is already a finely honed ensemble. The playing doesn’t yet boast the razor-sharp precision of articulation that perhaps can only be achieved by a long-established orchestra. But this is a relatively minor disadvantage when measured against the commitment of the performance as a whole… Pletnev has opted to create his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s work. This preserves the narrative chronological sequence of music as it unfolds throughout the ballet. [The Bizet/Shchedrin Carmen Suite] has drive, rhythmic exuberance and expressive intensity.
– June 2024 BBC Music Magazine
Augustin Dumay
Augustin Dumay has signed an exclusive recording partnership with Warner Classics & Erato. The collaboration will include several upcoming recordings, beginning with Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1 (April 2026), followed by the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Eliahu Inbal.
Featured in Gramophone Magazine, October 2025
Salome Jordania
Salome Jordania performed at the Piano en Valois Festival in October 2025, featuring works by Beethoven, Scriabin, and Mussorgsky. The recital concluded with a paraphrase on Cziffra’s Beau Danube bleu.
Stella Chen
Stella Chen marked her debut with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 3 conducted by David Danzmayr, alongside works by Schubert and Strauss.
Irene Yoonseo Kang (percussion)
Featured in Marimbafest 2022, Irene Yoonseo Kang was among 47 talented percussionists from around the world, sharing her skill and artistry in the festival’s largest-ever cohort.
Reed Tetzloff
Alissa Margulis
Alissa Margulis appeared as soloist with the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra under Vanich Potavanich. The program included Chabrier’s España, Ravel’s Tzigane, Saint-Saëns’ Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, and Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique.
Nicolas Dautricourt
Nicolas Dautricourt appeared at the Classix Festival in Romania, a contemporary classical affair that redefines the concert experience through interdisciplinarity and innovation. His performances reflected the festival’s spirit of curiosity and passion, bringing classical music closer to a modern, engaged audience.
Augustin Dumay
Augustin Dumay, Violin
Klara Min, Piano
Program: Brahms Violin Sonatas
Date: Nov 14, 2025 7:30pm
Location: Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall
Tickets from September 25: https://www.sac.or.kr/site/eng/show/show_view?SN=75533
Augustin Dumay
Augustin Dumay, Violin
Denis Kozhukhin, Piano
Program:
Robert Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 94
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100
Johannes Brahms – F-A-E Sonata: Scherzo in C minor
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
More Details: Wigmore Hall, September 14, 2025
Augustin Dumay
Following his long-term collaboration as Music Director since 2011, Augustin Dumay has been appointed Honorary Conductor of the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra in Osaka, Japan, effective 2025.