The Portland Symphony appeared in concert on April 12 at the Merrill Auditorium under the baton of Austrian guest conductor Stefan Vladar. To state that he impressed this reviewer would be a huge...

Spring was in the air for Friday evening’s opening of the Walpersdorf Castle Concerts, when Bo Skovhus (baritone) and Stefan Vladar (piano) set out on their journey through Schubert’s Winterreise – a...

With smooth French horn and emphatic guest conductor, PSO thrills.
Tchaikovsky's Fifth demands much of musicians, and they responded in force.
...The orchestra played this music with all the heft and...

When Stefan Vladar was conducting the Portland Symphony Orchestra in April 2016, he was interviewed live on WCSH6 - USA Television.

Please click this LINK to see the full interview here.

Stefan Vladar interprets ”Le gibet” hauntingly as well as with impressive clarity and vehemence. After these gloomy atmospheric pictures ”Jeux d’eau“ offers sparkling refreshment. Vladar displays...

On 15 November 2015 Stefan Vladar conducted the Russian State Symphony Orchestra in the Tschaikowsky Hall Moscow. The programme: Dvorak - Carnival Ouverture, Grieg - Piano Concerto and Brahms -...

"Das Leichteste am Dirigieren ist das Schlagen"

Austrian Classical Radio (“Radio Klassik”) will feature Stefan Vladar in a portrait in its “KonzertZuHaus” series. Stefan will discuss his current projects in conversation with Ursula Magnes, the head...

Stefan Vladar´s new CD "Ravel Piano Music" for the Austrian quality CD-Label "Capriccio" has been nominated for the prestigious "German Record Critics´Award 2016".
The German Record Critics' Award...

Whether while balancing the voices, employing the pedal, or designing the transitions: Stefan Vladar displays not only pianistic gifts but also dramaturgical intelligence.

Pourtant l'accompagnement, tout en finesse et d'une grande musicalité, du pianiste viennois Stefan Vladar n'a jamais failli dans l'excellence d'un admirable jeu pianistique.
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Better known for his recordings of Beethoven and much other German Romantic piano music, Stefan Vladar explores the keyboard works of Maurice Ravel on this 2015 release from Capriccio, making a...

A powerfully virtuosic, richly sonorous, and at times positively seething Ravel interpretation by Stefan Vladar on Capriccio. The program includes Gaspard de la nuit, Jeux d’eau, the Sonatine, Pavane...

One immediately notices that this recording is not a rush job: Stefan Vladar’s superior Ravel.

Great Applause for Stefan Vladar, Gábor Takács-Nagy, and the Constance Philharmonic
Stefan Vladar demonstrated his virtuosity with precision octave runs and trills in the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat...

“In Dialogue” – this is how the Southwest German Philharmonic billed the concert with which it began the new season’s subscription series in Constance’s Konzil. This title applies to Johannes Brahms’s...

On Oct. 5th 2015 Stefan Vladar was guest of the concert series of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Dvorák Hall of Rudolfinum Prague.
Click HERE to see the VIDEO LINK of this performance.

The Austrian Quality-CD Label CAPRICCIO has released Stefan Vladar´s new CD "RAVEL":
'It is with certainty one of the most virtuoso pieces of all', Stefan Vladar says about the piano suite Gaspard de...

Since October 2014 Stefan Vladar has been artist of the Austrian quality CD-Label Capriccio. Autumn 2015 will see the release of the first CD of this close relationship - a fine selection of RAVEL...

The Vladars – Pleasurable and Powerful Pianistic Feats
Like Vladar, Rachmaninov too was a successful pianist and conductor in his time … Access to the late romanticist Rachmaninov requires not only...

Rousing String Music
The Vienna Chamber Orchestra presented an interesting program during Friday’s Passau European Weeks concert at the Engelszell Abbey Church. It began with the youthfully impetuous...

Perfect Dynamic Shading: Principal Conductor Stefan Vladar

Haydn’s “Seven Last Words” as oratorio - NEUBERGER KULTURTAGE
Joseph Haydn’s classical piece “The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross” was performed for the public at the opening of the Culture...

Neuberg Culture Days:  Opening with Joseph Haydn’s oratorio in the cathedral
With Heinz Fischer listening carefully – as a tradition, Austrian Federal President spend their summer holidays in Mürzsteg,...

The Konzerthaus Vienna dedicates a portrait concert series to Stefan Vladar in the upcoming season 2015/16.

Stefan Vladar recorded a new CD with piano music of Maurice Ravel for the Austrian quality CD Label CAPRICCIO. This CD is the start of an intensive cooperation with CAPRICCIO for the next years.

Refreshingly lively

An interesting encounter with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra under the direction of conductor Stefan Vladar, who was in particularly brilliant form on this day at the Brucknerhaus...