The Latest Breaking News from Prokofiev

PatKop & Say album review – playfulness and beguiling delicacy in mix of new and old

Compositions by both musicians themselves frame works by Szymanowski and Prokofiev

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16

The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema

Editorial: Over more than 50 years and 30 films, the composer-director duo have created some of the most memorable movie experiences of all time

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19

Nemanja Radulović: Prokofiev album review – thrills and spills from a fearless violin virtuoso

Radulović brings irresistible swagger to selections from Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella, while a more restrained duet fosters a fine sense of dialogue

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12

Prom 44 Rotterdam Philharmonic/Shani review – a tour de force of conducting and pianism

Lahav Shani played and conducted Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto with a devil-may-care brilliance while his finesse with the baton brought out the detailed beauty of the orchestra’s playing in works by Debussy and Ravel

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024

“Listen to Romeo And Juliet by Prokofiev. It’s one of the heaviest pieces of music you’ll ever hear”: The magic and mystery – but not genius – of Muse’s first decade

With each of their first four albums Matt Bellamy and co injected more prog to their music, finding inspiration via classical composers, magic mushrooms and a Ouija board

Louder · Jul 11, 2024

LSO/Noseda review – Beamish’s Distans is virtuousic and exquisite

Given its UK premiere by Janine Jansen and Martin Fröst, Sally Beamish’s concerto for violin and clarinet was the centrepiece of a beautifully judged programme

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024

Romeo and Juliet Suite renewed at Sydney Opera House

Benjamin Millepied has brought fresh vision to the Shakespearean tragedy and Prokofiev's classical score, using dance, theatre and cinema.

AAP · Jun 5, 2024

Northern Ballet: Romeo & Juliet review – iconic love story told in all its full-blooded glory

Prokofiev’s score takes flight as the warring clans go at it, while the lovers display all the tortured passion of their teenage tragedy in this innovative and explosive staging

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2024

LSO/Noseda review – Prokofiev’s curious Fourth alongside very fine Brahms

Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO made a strong case for the 1947 version of Prokofiev’s Fourth symphony, and Simon Trpčeski was an insightful and elegant soloist in Brahms’s second piano concerto

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023

LSO/Noseda/Trpčeski at Barbican Hall review: a dazzling rendition of Prokofiev's forgetten work

Rarely does this concerto get the outing it deserves, but Noseda coaxes magic from the music

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2023