Gautier Capuçon & the Prague Symphony Orchestra

О событии

Part of the renomated Festival Ljubljana 2009, this concert presents the rising star Gautier Capuçon and the Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiří Kout.

The Prague Symphony Orchestra, which in 2009 celebrates its 75th year of operation, was founded as an orchestra with a broad field of activity, embracing the performance of film, opera and symphonic music, and once even bore the name FOK (Film‐Opera‐Koncert). The orchestra will present an entirely Czech programme, led by a conductor who devotes special attention to the music of Czech composers. Since the 2006/2007 season, Jiří Kout has been the chief conductor and musical director of the Prague Symphony Orchestra. On the international stage he is an acknowledged opera conductor, with a repertoire that features works by one of the most important opera composers of the early 20th century, Leoš Janaček. In fact, Jiří Kout has selected Janaček’s Overture to Katia Kabanova to open the orchestra’s concert at the Ljubljana Festival. The musical evening will continue with the romantic music of Dvořak, with his outstanding symphony ‘From the New World’ and his Cello Concerto in B minor. One of the most popular concertos for solo cello, the Concerto in B minor will feature the 28‐year‐old Gautier Capuçon, who performs on an instrument from the first half of the 18th century. Capuçon has dedicated himself to the cello since he was only five years old, and is particularly enthusiastic about chamber music making. He records a great deal with his brother, renowned violinist Renaud Capuçon, and collaborates with numerous other celebrated artists such as Marta Argerich, Daniel Barenboim, Leonidas Kavakos, Mikhail Pletnev, Vadim Repin, Jean‐Yves Thibaudet, Maxim Vengerov, etc.