RPO/Kempf – review

St David's Hall, CardiffPianist Freddy Kempf first played a concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra when he was eight, so perhaps nothing marks the transition – often signalled in recent years – to artistic maturity more emphatically than the Beethoven cycle he's embarked on this season with the orchestra. The five concertos in themselves constitute a significant landmark for any soloist, but Kempf has pushed himself further by opting to direct the orchestra from the keyboard as well....

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