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‘It’s my age that’s the talking point, not that I’m black’: Toks Dada, the Southbank’s head of classical music

With its new season opening this weekend, the Southbank Centre’s 32-year-old leader talks about how he’s shaping the venue to reflect classical music today, the magic of live music, and the challenge of keeping the lights – and the heating – on

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: La Traviata; Salome; Jeneba Kanneh-Mason & the Philharmonia – review

NI Opera’s excellent new Verdi production went straight to the heart, while Royal Opera’s Strauss revival failed to ignite. Plus, the next star Kanneh-Mason…

The Guardian - UK

Prom 38: Philharmonia/Santtu-Matias Rouvali review – raucous but undemanding

Rouvali’s Proms debut as principal conductor of the Philharmonia could have been more challenging; while violinist Jennifer Koh was understated on Missy Mazzoli’s Procession

The Guardian - UK

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The week in classical: Parsifal; Eugene Onegin; Scriabin: Poems of Ecstasy and Fire

Opera North’s new Wagner production is one to remember; OHP take on Tchaikovsky’s perfect opera; and Bold Tendencies go to town with Scriabin’s synaesthesia

The Guardian - UK

Philharmonia/Blomstedt review – flow and glow as one one of wonders of our age remains in control

In Mozart, Maria João Pires was an ideal partner for Blomstedt’s attentiveness to pulse, phrasing and dynamics; his unified and unshowy approach brought lightness and clarity to Bruckner

The Guardian - UK

Bruce Liu/Philharmonia/Santtu-Matias Rouvali review – an unexpected but refined UK debut

Last year’s winner of the International Chopin competition, Bruce Liu, was a late substitution for this all-Tchaikovsky programme, but made light and elegant work of the challenging Second Concerto

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Theatre of Voices; Philharmonia/Wilson; Felix Klieser – review

John Luther Adams’s Grand Canyon meditation finally surfaces; James Ehnes makes Walton look easy; and Felix Klieser and co shine in Mozart and Brahms

The Guardian - UK

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