Igor Toronyi-Lalic

Bio

Igor is the editor of Culture House at The Spectator. He's a co-director of the London Contemporary Music Festival and author of Benjamin Britten (2013) for Penguin.

Articles By Igor Toronyi-Lalic

Miss Fortune, Royal Opera Tuesday, 13 March 2012 Read more...	Kaufmann, CBSO, Nelsons, Symphony Hall, Birmingham Thursday, 08 March 2012 Read more...
AV Festival, Newcastle/ Heiner Goebbels's Surrogate Cities, RFH/ London Contemporary Orchestra, Brunt, The Roundhouse Monday, 05 March 2012 Read more...	Ana Silvera, Imogen Heap, Estonian Television Girls Choir, Holst Singers, Reverb 2012 Tuesday, 28 February 2012 Read more...
The Death of Klinghoffer, English National Opera Sunday, 26 February 2012 Read more...	La Clemenza di Tito, Barbican Hall Saturday, 25 February 2012 Read more...
Powerless Structures, Fig. 101, Fourth Plinth Thursday, 23 February 2012 Read more...	Roméo et Juliette: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Elder, Royal Festival Hall Sunday, 19 February 2012 Read more...
New York Philharmonic, Gilbert, Barbican Friday, 17 February 2012 Read more...	Richard Goode, Royal Festival Hall (2012) Monday, 13 February 2012 Read more...
Hough, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alsop, Royal Festival Hall Thursday, 09 February 2012 Read more...	2011: Reality 1, Art 0 Monday, 02 January 2012 Read more...
Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher, London Symphony Orchestra, Alsop, Barbican Hall Saturday, 05 November 2011 Read more...	La Sonnambula, Royal Opera Thursday, 03 November 2011 Read more...
DVD: The Tree of Life Friday, 28 October 2011 Read more...	Beethoven Cycle, Concert 1: Leipzig Gewandhaus, Chailly, Barbican Hall Tuesday, 25 October 2011 Read more...

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