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Young Euro Classic: University of Ljubljana Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra

About the Event

It has been several years since the Symphony Orchestra of the Ljubljana Music Academy last performed at Young Euro Classic. However, those performances quickly demonstrated how high the level of musical training is in Slovenia. Thus, this concert is definitely one to look forward to, especially as the young music students from Ljubljana have two hefty “classics” on their music stands: the highly romantic Piano Concerto by Robert Schumann and the mighty tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra, in which the masterful orchestrator Richard Strauss was inspired by Nietzsche to pull out all the stops – the result, incidentally, being one of the most famous beginnings in all of music history. The quality of talent at the Slovenian music academy is also illustrated in other ways by this orchestra: in addition to the solo pianist Urban Stanič, the composer of the world premiere, Leon Firšt, is also a student at the Ljubljana Music Academy.

Cast / Production

Conductor:
Quentin Hindley
Piano:
Urban Stanič

Program infomation:
LEON FIRŠT: “The Symphonic Waltz” (2018, German Premiere)
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A‐Minor Op. 54 (1841)
RICHARD STRAUSS: “Thus Spake Zarathustra” Op. 30 (1896)

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