Beethoven y Haydn: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Fundada en 1908, la mundialmente conocida Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ha sido dirigida por algunas de las principales figuras musicales del siglo XX, como Sibelius, Mahler y Strauss, y posteriormente Riccardo Muti, Valery Gergiev y Kurt Masur.

Sir Antonio Pappano es director titular de la Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia desde 2005. Esta exitosa colaboración ha llevado a la Orquesta a festivales de música como los Proms de Londres y los Festivales de Lucerna y Salzburgo, así como a salas de conciertos como el Concertgebouw de Ámsterdam, la Philharmonie de Berlín y el Musikverein de Viena. La Orquesta tiene su sede en el impresionante Auditorio Parco della Musica de Roma.

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.