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Conductor Edward Gardner ‘regrets’ mafia comments about Italian opera singers

The London Philharmonic Orchestra principal conductor was speaking about his debut at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.

Evening Standard · Feb 18, 2025

Conductor Edward Gardner says he ‘regrets’ calling Italian opera singers mafia

Mayor of Naples called Gardner’s comments ‘completely unfounded’

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2025

Gardner/LPO review – tautly controlled Tippett, and whoops for Seong-Jin Cho’

The starry Korean pianist’s account of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto was joyous and compelling, while Gardner made a persuasive case for Tippett’s divisive second symphony

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024

LPO/Manze review – Vaughan Williams’s beauty, and disturbing power, to the fore

The London Philiharmonic began its 150th tribute with beloved gems before unleashing the composer’s mighty Ninth Symphony – with a trip into Tom Coult’s luscious Pleasure Garden on the way

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2022

Gurrelieder review – Schoenberg’s soundworld thrills under Gardner’s baton

Conductor Edward Gardner opened the London Philharmonic’s season with a detailed and focused performance of Schoenberg’s formidable cantata.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2022

The week in classical: The Dream of Gerontius, Bach’s Mass in B minor and Nathan Laube at the Proms

Jamie Barton and Allan Clayton lead a dream Gerontius in a week of choral epics at the Proms. Elsewhere, deep listening and silence…

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2022

International Cat Day: We round up the cutest social posts to celebrate

Twitter is overflowing with cute cat pictures on International Cat Day—and we’re not complaining.

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2022

LPO/Gardner/Gerhardt review – tour de force playing in remarkable UK premiere

Brett Dean’s Cello Concerto was played with tremendous virtuosity by Alban Gerhardt, emphasising the music’s compelling nature

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2022

Renée Fleming/LPO review – superstar soprano is unforgettable

This ‘gala evening’ with Fleming was breathtakingly intimate, though the London Philharmonic, under Enrique Mazzola, deserved equal credit in this strange programme of Dvořák, Verdi and Strauss

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2022