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Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra at Philharmonie Berlin

Berlin, Philharmonie Berlin — Grosser Saal

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About the Event

Yuja Wang is celebrated for her charismatic artistry, technical brilliance, and captivating stage presence. The pianist made her international breakthrough in 2007 when she stepped in for Martha Argerich as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Since then, Yuja has become known not only for her virtuosity on the black and white keys, but also for her spontaneous and lively performances. She told the New York Times: “I firmly believe that every program should have a life of its own and be a representation of how I feel at that moment.” And right now, that seems to be powerful, sensual, and a little exotic.

The internationally acclaimed pianist and Grammy winner is coming to Berlin with Ravel's piano concerto “For the Left Hand.” The single‐movement work, commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein in 1929, is characterized by imposing sounds and jazz elements.

Einojuhani Rautavaara's neo‐Romantic concerto also promises to be a thrilling sound experience in Wang's hands. At her side: the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Esa‐Pekka Salonen. The Finnish conductor, renowned worldwide for his analytical clarity and creative depth, will also perform Sibelius' last symphony and Debussy's impressionistic masterpiece “La Mer” with the orchestra.

Program

  • Jean Sibelius – Symphonie Nr. 7, C‐Dur, op. 105
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara – Konzert Nr. 1 für Klavier und Orchester op. 45
  • Maurice Ravel – Konzert für Klavier und Orchester D‐Dur ("Klavierkonzert für die linke Hand")
  • Claude Debussy – La Mer
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Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen

Esa‐Pekka Salonen (born June 30, 1958 in Helsinki) is a prominent Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is currently chief conductor and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the orchestra with which he made his US debut in 1984.

Salonen studied horn, conducting and composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. His first experience with conducting came in 1979 with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, though he still thought of himself principally as a composer. In 1983, however, he undertook a performance of Mahler's third symphony with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London at short notice, and it launched his career as a conductor. He was subsequently principal guest conductor of the Philharmonia from 1985 to 1994.

Principal conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra since 1985 and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra since 1991, Salonen is renowned for his dedication to performing and recording contemporary music. His 1985 world premiere recording of Witold Lutosławski's Symphony No. 3 won the 1985 Gramophone Award for Best Contemporary Recording.

As is apparent with his interpretations of such avant‐garde works as Jan Sandström's Motorbike Concerto, Esa‐Pekka Salonen voices a distaste for ideological and dogmatic approaches to composition and sees music creation as deeply physical. In the liner notes for Deutsche Grammophon's release of Wing On Wing, he is quoted saying, 'Musical expression is bodily expression, there is no abstract cerebral expression in my opinion. It all comes out of the body.' A recurring theme in his music is the fusion of our relationship between the mechanical and the organic.

Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Piano: Yuja Wang

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Philharmonie Berlin, Herbert‐von‐Karajan‐Str. 1, Berlin, Germany — Google Maps

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