Sibelius Concerto with The Hallé

“… a spellbinding performance of the score, complete with the feeling of Nordic chill and tension it can produce. Italian soloist, now London based, Dego demonstrated effortlessly her remarkable technique and expressive gifts combined with what is clearly a love of the work and I was captivated lock stock and barrel. Sonorous and alluringly burnished, the tone of her instrument a Francesco Ruggeri (Cremona, 1697) flowed tellingly through the hall and I relished every single note… it was soloist Francesca Dego who stole the show with a quite sensational performance of the Sibelius concerto.”

— Seen and Heard international (March 2022)