for Seen and Heard

Since May 2018 I have been contributing concert and opera reviews to Seen and Heard International, one of the largest online collections of music criticism. Beloy you can find all reviews of mine on that site.

My own rating system:
★★★★: A revelation, nearly life-altering
★★★✰: Shockingly good, good in surprising ways
★★★: As enjoyable as I can imagine such music to normally be
★★✰: Excellent
★★: Highly polished and enjoyable
★✰: Mostly praiseworthy
★: Somewhat praiseworthy, somewhat frustrating
✰: Only slightly praiseworthy, mostly frustrating
Nothing: Highly frustrating; cynical, leaves one sour

Composer/s and works, rating	Conductor/Groups	Soloists/Cast	Venue
Bach's B minor mass ★★★	Ivor Bolton B'Rock Orchestra Balthasar-Neumann-Chor		Schaffhausen Bach Festival
Brahms' violin concerto and Serenade, Ligeti, ‘Concert Românesc’ ★★★	Antonio Pappano Chamber Orchestra of Europe	Lisa Batiashvili (violin)	Tonhalle Maag
Bach "Art of the Fugue", Beethoven, Mendelssohn, String Quartets ★★	Chiaroscuro Quartet		Hochuli concerts Kirche St. Peter, Zürich
Schubert, Lizst: Liederabend ★★✰		Mauro Peter (tenor) Helmut Deutsch (piano)	Opernhaus Zürich, Liederabend
Das Land des Lächelns ★★✰	Fabio Luisi	Piotr Beczała Julia Kleiter Rebeca Olvera Spencer Lang Cheyne Davidson Martin Zysset	Opernhaus Zürich, Oper für alle
Elena Moșuc: Liederabend ★★✰		Elena Moșuc (soprano) Enrico Maria Cacciari (piano)	Opernhaus Zürich, Liederabend
Carmen ★★✰ Bach's Musikalisches Opfer ★★★ Mozart's Klavierkonzert 22, Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 ★★★★ Gisbert Näther's Konrad oder das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse ★★ Schrecker's Die Gezeichneten ★★✰ Elgar's The Apostles ★★✰	Antonino Fogliani Wiener Symphoniker Jordi Savall Le Concert des Nations Bernard Haitink Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Ann-Katrin Stöcker Instrumental-Ensemble of the Opernhaus Zürich Vladimir Jurowski Philharmonia Zürich Stephan Fuchs Paulus Chor Ars Canora Camerata Cantabile	Lena Belkina David Pomeroy Kostas Smoriginas Corinne Winters Pierre Hantaï Marc Hantaï Manfredo Kraemer David Plantier Balázs Máté Xavier Puertas Jordi Savall Till Fellner Severin Mauchle Irène Friedli Valeriy Murga Hamida Kristoffersen John Daszak Christopher Purves Thomas Johannes Mayer Albert Pesendorfer Catherine Naglestad Paul Curievici Iain Milne Oliver Widmer Cheyne Davidson Ildo Song Ruben Drole Nathan Haller Dean Murphy Alexander Kiechle Nathalie de Montmollin Marlene Lichtenberg Tino Brütsch Robert Koller Lisandro Abadie René Perler	Bregenzer Festspiele Tonhalle Maag Tonhalle Maag Opernhaus Zürich, Studiobühne Opernhaus Zürich Paulus Kirche Zürich