Mischa Maisky is a dazzling figure on the classical music scene in the West and Far East. He celebrated his 75th birthday on January 10, 2023. When he plays the cello, he plays with all his soul, all his heart. Academic finger exercises have never been his thing. He is passionate about romanticism, as a musician and as a person. "If you want to touch people's hearts, it has to come from the heart. It's not enough to make music with your head or your hands," says Maisky. He plays Shostakovich's strongly engaging cello concerto robustly, at times cheerfully and delicately. Congenial on the podium, the "Bayreuth Ring" conductor 2023, Pietari Inkinen, who leads his orchestra through the radiant and rhythmically energetic ideas of Beethoven's 7th Symphony, which caused true euphoria among the audience at its premiere.
