Edinburgh Music Review: Sitkovetsky Trio
Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 12/8/25 Following the two concerts of the NFM Leopoldinum there was a third opportunity to catch violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky in concert, as the leader of the Sitkovetsky Trio, in the Queen’s Hall concert of 12th August. The programme opened and closed with two staples of the piano trio repertoire, Beethoven’s 1808 D […]
EIF music reviews: Benedetti & Sitkovetsky’s Tribute to Menuhin
Queen’s Hall Even the sudden, ear-shattering roaring from a forgotten turned-on microphone couldn’t put the Sitkovetsky Trio players off their stride. They’d just launched into the furious scherzo of Shostakovich’s Second Piano Trio when the noise forced them to stop, only to begin the movement again even more vehemently, even savagely. The interruption probably couldn’t […]
Shuddering Shostakovich and stirring Chaminade: The Sitkovetsky Trio at the Edinburgh International Festival
Violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky has been at the centre of the Edinburgh International Festival’s Focus on Poland strand, mostly through his direction of the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra during their Usher Hall residency (review here). However, he got the chance to shine on a smaller scale as ‘his’ trio took to the Queen’s Hall stage for this concert. They make […]
