SEASON PARTNER
CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKYOctober 18 & 20 October 18 October 18 October 20 The renowned Christoph Eschenbach conducts a program of Tchaikovsky, complemented by Marc-André Dalbavie’s La source d’un regard.
RICHARD STRAUSS’ AN ALPINE SYMPHONYOctober 24 & 25 October 24 October 25 Richard Strauss’ evocative Alpine Symphony takes the listener on a day’s journey through the majestic Bavarian Alps, from dawn until dusk.
MUSIC AND CINEMA: A SYMPHONY OF HORROROctober 30 October 30 In 1922, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau brought Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula to the silver screen with the silent horror film Nosferatu: A Symphony of
HALLOWEEN ATMOSPHERESOctober 31 & November 1 October 31 November 1 November 1 This colourful concert opens with the eerie sounds of Ligeti’s Atmosphères, followed by the rollicking adventures of the magic broom in Dukas’
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Juraj Valčuha returns to the OSM
The first question that usually pops up about this name is how to pronounce it. In English, “č” is “ch,” so we would say: Yoorai Valchooah. While only in his early forties, this fast-rising conductor who hails from Bratislava, Slovakia can already boast of having conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras. A larger-than-life symphony... Read more »
Christoph Eschenbach: A conductor with an extraordinary career path
Marked for life by war Christoph Eschenbach was born as the Second World War was raging, in 1940, Breslau (Germany), now Wrocław (Poland). His mother died at birth and his father died during the war, after being sent to the front. Young Eschenbach was placed in a camp of 60 refugees. Living in atrocious conditions,... Read more »
Discover conductor James Feddeck
An impassioned multi-instrumentalist As a young child, New York conductor and rising star James Feddeck always believed that music would be an integral part of his life. More uncertain, however, was how he would take possession of this art. At the age of eight, he began to play the organ in a church, then went... Read more »
DO YOU KNOW RAFAEL PAYARE?
“He is a prodigious artist, who combines the gift of rare sound perfection with a deep, delicate, intense and quivering sensitivity.” - Le Monde French horn debut Rafael Payare was born in Venezuela in 1980 and started learning music at the age of 14. He set his sights not on the piano or the violin...... Read more »
