Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden, © Festspielhaus
Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden, © Photo: Myrzik und Jarisch
Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden, © Photo: Myrzik und Jarisch

An Alpine Symphony: Berliner Philharmoniker, Klaus Mäkelä, Leif Ove Andsnes at Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden

Baden‐Baden, Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden

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About the Event

Finnish conductor and music teacher Jorma Panula has a keen nose for the really big talents. One of them is 28‐year‐old Klaus Mäkelä, who is just taking off. He is already head of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre de Paris and will soon be leading the legendary Royal Concertgebouworkest in Amsterdam. Now comes his eagerly awaited debut at the Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden with the monumental “Alpine Symphony” by Richard Strauss. In the first part of the evening, the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes will play Sergei Rachmaninov's 3rd Piano Concerto together with the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of the exceptional young conductor.

Practical Information

The categories on the seating plan are divided as follows:
Category 1 = yellow
Category 2 = pink
Category 3 = red
Category 4 = blue
Category 5 = green
Category 6 = blackberry
Category 7 = dark brown
Category 8 = light brown

Program

Richard Strauss – Alpine Symphony, Op. 64
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff – Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 d‐Moll op. 30

Program is subject to change

Artists

Piano:	Leif Ove Andsnes The career of the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has attracted considerable interest and excitement since his international debut in the early 1990s. He is now firmly established as one of the most compelling artists on the international concert circuit. 2004/5 is a particularly exciting season for Andnes as he will be the youngest ever Carnegie Hall 'Perspectives' artist. This will involve him performing at the hall in recital, with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, with Christian Tetzlaff and with Ian Bostridge as well as performing in a series of chamber music concerts at the Zankel Hall in the Carnegie complex.
Orchestra:	Berliner Philharmoniker Peter Tchaikovsky, a frequent guest of the Philharmonic Society, enthused after a concert: "The splendid Philharmonic Orchestra in Berlin possesses a special quality, for which I can find no more appropriate expression than elasticity. They have the capacity to adapt themselves to the dimensions of a Berlioz or a Liszt, and of reproducing with equal mastery the variegated arabesques of the former and the thunderous cannonades of the latter — yet they are able to exercise the restraint called for by the gentleness of a Haydn…. The members of the Philharmonic Orchestra do not work in the theaters and are therefore not worn out and exhausted. Moreover, they are a self‐governing body, they play for their own benefit and not for an entrepreneur who takes the lion's share of the profits for himself. The coincidence of these favorable and exceptional conditions naturally contributes to the harmony of the artistic performance…"
Conductor:	Klaus Mäkelä

Address

Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden, Beim Alten Bahnhof 2, Baden‐Baden, Germany — Google Maps