Manfred Honeck / Mischa Maisky: Strauss y Shostakovich en la Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck was violinist with the Vienna Philharmonic for 10 years, and embarked on his conducting career as assistant to Claudio Abbado at the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Subsequently, he was engaged by the Zurich Opera House, served as Music Director at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo, was Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and has since 2008 been Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. A highly sought‐after conductor, other engagements have led Honeck to guest conduct numerous preeminent orchestras as well as opera houses.

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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.