Lugansky: personal notes
"this is one of Prokofiev's most perfect compositions ... It is the most joyful piano concerto that I know" - read the notes by Nikolay Lugansky
Stories
Columns
Column Alena Baeva
violinist Alena Baeva on Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto: "physically and mentally exhausting, as it is meant to be!"
Ligeti & his aesthetic credo
read the column by pianist Jan Michiels on György Ligeti's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
in focus: the prepared piano
read the column by Jean-Luc Plouvier on John Cage's Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra
Giant Steps
"Musically, it sometimes reminds me of Giant Steps, John Coltrane's jazz standard" - read the column by pianist Steven Osborne and take a sneak peek into his thoughts on Britten's Piano Concerto
Interviews
Interview Oren Ambarchi
"we’ll be improvising. It’s an interaction between myself, Ilan and the orchestra" - learn more about the composition Sous Vide through this interview with the composer
interview Mihai Cocea
on June 21, our principal viola Mihai Cocea plays Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra by Vaughan Williams: "this piece is a perfect example of Vaughan Williams’ deep understanding of the viola“
Interview with Ivicevic
on March 23, the Brussels Philharmonic brings a new creation by Mirela Ivičević, "one of the most enthralling composers of her generation" - read the interview and meet the composer
video: interview with Bill Frisell
about his longstanding friendship and collaboration with Michael Gibbs
a conversation with Patricia Kopatchinskaja
"As far as I’m concerned, the stage can be a playground. Play with the music. Live it, over and over again. Move it!"
An upside-down world without demogorgon
past, present and … a parallel world—the three pillars of Daan Janssens’s Violin Concerto
