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12. July 2017

Manfred Honeck conducts concert at “Klassik am Odeonsplatz” and goes on Europe Festival Tour with PSO (July 2017)

On Saturday, 15 July, Manfred Honeck will conduct the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra on the occasion of “Klassik am Odeonsplatz” with works by Dun, Corigliano, Hartl, Ziehrer, Dvorak and Shostakovich. Soloist will be percussionist Martin Grubinger.

Find more information on this concert here.

The PSO and Music Director Manfred Honeck will go on a festival tour through Europe – from August 28 to September 8, 2017 where they will perform concerts together with violinists Anne Sophie Mutter, Rainer Honeck, and baritone Matthias Goerne. The orchestra will perform at Rheingau Musik Festival, Salzburg Festival, Grafenegg Festival, BBC Proms, Lucerne Festival and Enescu Festival.

It will be the 7th European tour for the PSO and Manfred Honeck, and the very first concert at the Salzburg Festival under the direction of Manfred Honeck. The last time the PSO was in Salzburg, was in 2003 together with former Music Director Mariss Jansons.

Find the tour dates here.

In preperation of the trip the PSO has uploaded an illustrative tour video. Klick here.

22. May 2016

Tourstart Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Medici.tv livestream on 22 May in Berlin

Tomorrow, on Friday, 20 May, the tour start of the big Europe tour of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Manfred Honeck will take place in Kuppelsaal in Hannover, Germany.

The orchestra will play 14 concerts in Germany, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland. Soloists will be percussionist Martin Grubinger, pianist Daniil Trifonov and the violinists Leonidas Kavakos and Anne-Sophie Mutter.

The concert on 22 May 2016 at 8 pm in Berlin Philharmonie will be presented as a worldwide livestream by Medici.tv, facilitated by Berlin Phil Media GmbH.

Find here the link to the livestream.

13. May 2016

Release Tchaikovsky CD of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (May 2016)

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra releases its new CD with Tchaikovsky’s 6th symphony and Dvořák’s Rusalka fantasy (Arr. Honeck / Ille) on 13 May 2016 by Reference Recordings. This release is the fifth in a series of multi-channel hybrid SACD recordings on the FRESH! label by Reference Recordings with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck.

Tchaikovsky says about the symphony: „I absolutely consider it to be the best, and in particular, the most sincere of all my creations.“

Manfred Honeck writes in his booklet notes: „It is undoubtedly clear that Tchaikovsky truly put all of his soul into this unique masterpiece. I dare to say that in a way, Tchaikovsky experienced his own death through the music. One can be sure that only somebody who is deeply empathetic about both life and death can be capable of creating such an atmosphere and I am deeply grateful for the great musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra who went with me on this journey, requiring the utmost technical perfection to reach such a level of expression.“

The album also includes the world premiere of the Rusalka Fantasy, an orchestral suite drawn from Dvořák’s opera by Mr. Honeck and arranger Tomáš Ille.

21. February 2016

Manfred Honeck conducts Concertgebouworkest (February 2016)

Austrian Manfred Honeck conducts Concertgebouworkest on 12 and 14 February in Amsterdam.

Together with baritone Matthias Goerne they will perform Mahler’s “Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn”. The orchestra will also play Beethoven’s 7 symphony.

Find here further information.

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