Through Light and Shadow: Romance Awakens in Bruges
Natalia Ponomarchuk returned to the helm of the London Philharmonic Orchestra to conduct two programmes at the Concertgebouw Brugge on 20 & 21 September 2025.
Werner De Smet from Klassiek Centraal wrote:
“Over the past two days, I’ve watched conductor Natalia Ponomarchuk at work. She entered the stage thoughtfully, with a modest presence, receiving the applause with a certain hesitation. But as soon as she turned to the orchestra, a transformation occurred: her entire body became music. With expressive, yet never theatrical, gestures, she sculpted the phrasing, breathed with the soloists, and guided the orchestra with a rarely seen intensity. She fired not with grand arm-waving, but with deep inner conviction. Her musicality was not a display, but purely lived and shared. As a listener, you rarely experience such honest, sincere music-making—an experience that lingers. Ponomarchuk is a name to cherish: wherever she conducts, her concerts invite you to experience familiar and forgotten works anew—and above all, to listen with an open heart, where every note resonates softly like a whisper from the soul.”