On the  Facebook page of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino: " Claudio Abbado's concert will stay in the history of the Teatro del Maggio. To speak about triumph is reducing. At the end the Maestro was called back on stage when the musicians had already left the room: a mark of admiration reserved for very few conductors by the public of the Comunale ".

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The concerts in Paris and Ferrera (Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 1 with Martha Argerich and Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 3, "Scottish") were memorable. Rarely in the Salle Pleyel we saw such a success, with standing ovations lasting 15 minutes. Martha Argerich's performance, her alliance of technique and naturalness, left the audience dumbfounded. The clarity of the orchestra, its fluidity, the incredible performance of the wood, the bassoon and especially Andreas Ottensamer's magic clarinet, were so surprising that it gave us a completely new vison of the Mendelssohn symphony. An unforgettable evening.