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The Philharmonic State Orchestra and Kent Nagano will open the new concert season with the Rathausmarkt Open-Air on 14/15 August 2021. For the first time the concerts will be on to two days with two performances each. after the symphonic prelude on Saturday, a tribute to Jacques Offenbach will follow on Sunday with ensemble members of the Hamburg State Opera. At the same time, the event marks the festive conclusion of the Hamburger Kultursommer. Hamburg’s First Mayor Dr. Peter Tschentscher will give a welcoming speech at the last performance on 15 August at 8:30 pm.
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This year’s Moritzburg Festival will take place from August 7 to 22. In addition to the opening concert with Jan Vogler (violoncello), Mira Wang (violin), Ulrich Eichenauer (viola) and Janne Saksala (double bass), among others, the program is full of interesting programs. A highlight is the orchestral concert with the Moritzburg Festival Orchestra under Josep Caballé Domenech and featuring Kevin Zhu (violin), Jan Vogler (cello), Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano) and works by de Arriaga, Beethoven and Schumann. Also on the program are the Picnic Concert in the Proschwitz Palace Park, the Long Night of Chamber Music on the North Terrace of Moritzburg Palace, and Special Chamber Music Performances. More information and details can be found here.
This year, the unique atmosphere of eleven concerts on the North Terrace of the Moritzburg Castle and one symphonic concert at the Philharmonic Concert Hall Dresden can be experienced worldwide for the first time through Dreamstage. Please find more information here.
As part of the 2021 summer season, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the ballet Giselle with music by Adolphe Adam at the Teatro di Verdura on 29 and 30 July. The performance is a tribute to Italian dancer Carla Fracci, who was best known for her interpretations of romantic ballets, including the title role in Giselle.
Under the direction of Davide Bombana, the Teatro Massimo Ballet Company will perform Patrice Bart’s choreography, which is based on the historic choreography of the 1841 premiere by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrit. Please find more information here.
29 July, 30 Teatro di Verdura
Giselle
Ballet and Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo
Conductor – Omer Meir Wellber
Ballet director – Davide Bombana
Giselle – Nicoletta Manni
Albrecht – Timofey Andriyashenko
Myrtha – Maria Chiara Grisafi
Hilarion – Vincenzo Carpino
Berthe, the mother of Giselle – Giada Scimemi
Wilfred, Albrecht’s friend – Fabio Correnti
Bathilde, Albrecht’s fiancée – Carmen Marcuccio
Duke of Courland – Gaetano La Mantia
Farmers Linda Messina and Michele Morelli (29) / Yuriko Nishihara and Alessandro Cascioli (30)
On 8 August, Omer Meir Wellber will make his Bregenz Festival debut at the Festspielhaus. The concert programme includes Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 in A major, and Richard Strauss’ Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra with the Wiener Symphoniker and oboist Ramón Ortega Quero. Please find more information here.
8 August Bregenz Bregenz Festival
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Strauss: Konzert für Oboe und Orchester
Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 6 A-Dur
Wiener Symphoniker
Omer Meir Wellber
Ramón Ortega Quero – Oboe
On 2 August, Francisco Fullana will perform two concerts together with Matthias Kirschnereit at the festival Gezeiten Konzerte in the Neue Kirche Emden with works by Debussy, Paderewski and de Falla.
The concerts at a glance:
2 August, 5 & 8 p.m., Neue Kirche Emden
Francisco Fullana – violin
Matthias Kirschnereit – piano
Debussy: Sonata for violin and piano in G minor
Paderewski: Sonata for violin and piano in A minor
de Falla: “Suite populaire espagnole”
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“Perhaps no other artist of our time has had a more profound impact on the development of string musicians and audiences throughout the world. Her supreme musicianship, inspirational commitment to excellence, and tireless advocacy for her chosen art form make this a must-see experience for all music lovers.”
– Douglas H. Wheeler, Washington Performing Arts President Emeritus
Washington Performing Arts (WPA) recently produced a Spotlight program showcasing Midori as performer and teacher and highlighting her Partners in Performance (PiP) organization with a panel discussion. Midori was named a recipient of WPA’s 2020 Ambassador of the Arts Award in recognition of extraordinary achievement, service, and advocacy in the performing arts.READ MORE
The CD “Light and Shade” by David Philip Hefti with the Amaryllis Quartet can now be streamed on all major platforms.
“Light and Shade” was released on March 18 by NEOS and can now also be listened to on Apple Music and Spotify, among others.
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/25So0x0B8nJmPMUJqssFxp
Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/ch/album/hefti-light-and-shade/1571738972
Midori will once again teach a group of young people in Weimar at this year’s master classes. From 23-31 July, the courses will take place for the 61st time in Weimar at the Hochschule Für Musik FRANZ LISZT and will include individual lessons, orchestra studio and participant concerts at the end of the course.
Bill Murray, Cellist Jan Vogler, violinist Mira Wang and pianist Vanessa Perez present „NEW WORLDS: THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION” at the 74th Festival de Cannes.
As part of the Special Screenings, the music film will be shown at 8:45 p.m. CET on 16 July at the Théâtre Claude Debussy. In the film, the artists are accompanied on their shared musical journey, taking viewers on a special time travel through musical and literary history, including works by Bach, Beethoven and Shostakovich, as well as texts by Hemingway and Whitman. The film was directed by Andrew Muscato.
Francisco Fullana will perform a concert at Schloss Bothmer with Tomomi Sato at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival with Schumann’s Sonata No. 2 in D minor for violin and piano, op. 121, and his Romance No. 2 in A major for violin and piano, op. 94. The Ensemble der Bothmer Musik will also perform Bach’s Concerto No. 4 in A major and Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G minor.
15 July 2021, 8:00 p.m., Klütz, Bothmer Castle.
Schumann: Sonata No. 2 in D minor for violin and piano op. 121
Schumann: Romance No. 2 in A major for violin and piano op. 94
Francisco Fullana – violin
Tomomi Sato – piano
and with the Bothmer Music Ensemble:
Bach: Concerto No. 4 in A major for accordion and string quartet BWV 1055
Mozart: Piano quartet in G minor KV 478
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