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Honeck, Cho: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica — Sala Santa Cecilia

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About the Event

Experience a captivating evening of classical music at the prestigious Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, featuring the eminent Honeck and Cho. Hosted at the magnificent Auditorium Parco della Musica, this event is essential for music lovers. Honeck, famed for his masterful conducting, begins the night with Carl Maria von Weber's enchanting Oberon‐Ouvertüre. The program continues with a mesmerizing performance of Petr Iljič Čajkovskij's Piano Concerto No. 1, a piano repertoire favorite, showcasing Cho's exceptional virtuosity and deep emotion. The evening ends with Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 8, celebrated for its joyful energy and rich Bohemian folk influences.

Program

  • Carl Maria von Weber – Oberon‐Ouvertüre
  • Petr Iljič Čajkovskij – Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 8
Program is subject to change

Artists

Conductor: Manfred Honeck

The Austrian conductor began his musical career as a violinist and viola player with the Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna Staatsoper before turning to conducting. A protegé of Claudio Abbado, he began his conducting career with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, followed by a series of prestigious engagements with many of Europe's leading orchestras and opera houses. Since 2007, Honeck has been the Musical Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, winning several international awards with the orchestra, including two Grammys. Known for his distinctive and insightful readings and exceptional musicianship, Manfred Honeck holds several additional positions with orchestras and festivals and regularly appears as a Guest Conductor in opera houses and concert halls around the globe.

Orchestra: Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Founded in 1908, the world‐renowned Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has been conducted by some of the major musical figures of the 20th century, including Sibelius, Mahler, and Strauss, and later Riccardo Muti, Valery Gergiev, and Kurt Masur.

Sir Antonio Pappano has been Chief Conductor of the Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia since 2005. The highly successful collaboration has brought the Orchestra to music festivals like the Proms in London and the Lucerne and Salzburg Festivals, as well as concert halls including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Philharmonie in Berlin, and the Musikverein in Vienna. The Orchestra has its home in the impressive Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.

Piano, Violoncello da Spalla: Seong‐Jin Cho

Address

Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale Pietro de Coubertin 30 , Rome, Italy — Google Maps

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