Published on Nov 6, 2017

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: November 24-25, 2017

Venue: Concret Hall of NCPA

Prices: 200, 400, 600, 780, 880, 980, 1200

Features: Maestro Valery Gergiev will be conducted the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra with one of the most prominent pianist Denis Matsuev to perform at Concert Hall of NCPA in Beijing from November 24-25, 2017.

PROGRAMME

November 24th

Sergei Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40 (with Denis Matsuev)

——Intermission——

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathetique"

November 25th

Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore No. 3
Carl Maria von Weber
Overture to Oberon
Wilhelm Richard Wagner
Overture to Tannhauser (Paris version, but without Bacchanal)

——Intermission——

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Valery Gergiev
Born in Moscow, Valery Gergiev initially studied conducting under Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatory. While still a student, he won the Herbert von Karajan conducting competition in Berlin. In 1978, aged 24, Valery Gergiev became assistant conductor of Yuri Temirkanov at the Mariinsky Opera, where he made his debut conducting Sergei Prokofiev’s adaptation of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. More than two decades ago, he assumed his current position as director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, which has since become a cornerstone of operatic culture in Russia.

Valery Gergiev’s close cooperation with the Munich Philharmonic began in the 2011-12 season. Since then, he has performed all symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich and a cycle of works by Igor Stravinsky with both the Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Orchestra. Since the 2015-16 season, Valery Gergiev is chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic. As “Maestro der Stadt” (The City’s Maestro), he reaches out to Munich concert audiences with subscription concerts and performances for young people, public final rehearsals, an open-air concert series on Odeonsplatz, and the “MPHIL 360”-festival, while reaching an international audience with regular live streams and television broadcasts from the Philharmonie im Gasteig.

In September 2016, the first CD recordings under the orchestra’s own label MPHIL and which document the conductor’s work with the Munich Philharmonic were released. Further recordings focusing on Anton Bruckner’s symphonies, are in preparation. Travels with Valery Gergiev have taken the Munich Philharmonic to numerous European cities as well as Japan, China and Korea and.

Denis Matsuev Pianist
Since his stunning victory at the 11th Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998, Denis has quickly established himself as one of the most prominent pianists of his generation. Matsuev has become a virtuoso in the grandest of Russian pianistic tradition.

Laureate of prestigious Shostakovich Prize in Music and State Prize of Russian Federation in Literature and Arts, Mr. Matsuev has appeared in hundreds of recitals at the most prestigious and legendary concert halls throughout the world and has performed with the world's best known orchestras, such as the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, WDR of Cologne, BBC Symphony, “Philharmonia” Orchestra of London, Verbier and Budapest Festival Orchestras, Filarmonica della Scala, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, NHK Symphony, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the European Chamber Orchestra. In 2016 Denis Matsuev was chosen to perform with for NYO-USA under the baton of Valery Gergiev during their European tour. He is continually re-engaged with the legendary Russian orchestras such as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Orchestra and the Russian National Orchestra.

In October of 2016, Denis launched a US & Canadian recital tour with stops in Toronto, Ann Arbor, Denver, Vancouver, Rohnert Park & Berkeley-CA, New York at Carnegie Hall (Keyboard Virtuoso’s series), Boston, & Washington DC. In 2016-17 he made appearances in London at Royal Festival Hall (International Piano series), Madrid in Auditorio Nacional de Musica, Amsterdam in Concertgebouw (Master Pianist’s Series) Moscow (the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory) and performances with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and at the Ravinia Festival.

The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1893 on the private initiative of Franz Kaim, the son of a piano manufacturer, and has since then left an indelible imprint on Munich’s musical life under the direction of renowned conductors. In the earliest years of the orchestra – initially under the name “Kaim Orchestra” – conductors like Hans Winderstein, Hermann Zumpe and Bruckner pupil Ferdinand Lowe guaranteed the high technical performance level and dedicated considerable attention to the contemporary music of the time. When Felix Weingartner took over the orchestra from 1889 to 1905, the number of foreign tours increased, enhancing the ensemble’s international reputation.

A totally successful tour brought the orchestra in September 2010 to South America for concerts conducted by Conductor Laureate Zubin Mehta. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Munich world première, Christian Thielemann led two performances of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in October of 2010. Lorin Maazel assumed the position of Chief Conductor of the Munich Philharmonic in 2012. In his two-year tenure Maazel expanded the orchestra's repertoire and worked on flexible sounds.

Since 2015/16 Valery Gergiev is the Music Director of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. With Gergiev, a project was implemented that had been unprecedented in Munich: the performance of all 15 symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich together with the Mariinsky orchestra in the season 2011/12. This type of cyclic cooperation was continued with works by Igor Stravinsky in the season 2013/14.

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