Category: SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS

In co-operation with Baldrighi Bertoni Music Productions, we offer orchestras and ensembles in Italy. In the past years we have organised, among others

20 August 2023, Ravello Festival
DRESDEN “RING” PROJECT IN HISTORICALLY INFORMED PERFORMANCE PRACTICE
Simon Bailey, Wotan / Mauro Peter, Loge / Dominik Köninger, Donner / Tansel Akzeybek, Froh / Gerhild Romberger, Erda / Annika Schlicht, Fricka / Nadja Mchantaf, Freia / Daniel Schmutzhard, Alberich / Jürgen Sacher, Mime / Ania Vegry, Woglinde / Ida Aldrian, Wellgunde / Christian Immler, Fasolt / Eva Vogel, Flosshilde / Tilmann Rönnebeck, Fafner / Dresdner Festspielorchester & Concerto Köln / Kent Nagano, conductor
R. Wagner: Das Rheingold

2 July 2023 Ravello Festival
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien / Andrej Boreyko, conductor
R. Wagner: Ouverture to “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” / Ouverture to the opera “Rienzi” / Prelude to the opera “Lohengrin” / Prelude to Act 3 Lohengrin / Ouverture to “Der fliegende Holländer” / Symphonic pieces from “Parsifal”

1 July 2021, Ravello Festival 2021 (opening concert)
Mari Kodama, piano / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano, conductor
R. Wagner: “Siegfried Idyll” / L. v. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major / F. Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D major

25 August 2018, Ravello Festival
Allison Oakes, sorpan / Annika Schlicht, mezzo-soprano / Attilio Glaser, tenor / Thomas Lehman, baritone / Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Donald Runnicles, conductor
R. Wagner: Tannhäuser (Overture, O du mein holder Abendstern, Hallenarie) / Lohengrin (Overture, Gralserzählung) / Wesendonck Lieder / Tristan und Isolde (Preludio, Liebestod)

9 July 2017, Ravello Festival
Arabella Steinbacher, violin / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester / Kent Nagano, conductor
R. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Symphony No. 3 in A minor op. 56 / J. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major op. 77

11 July 2016, Ravenna Festival
Martin Helmchen, piano / Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg / Kent Nagano, conductor
L. v. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major / A. Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major

12 September 2014, Sagra Musicale Malatestiana, Rimini
Anna Vinnitskaya, piano / Rundfunksinfonieorchester Berlin / Marek Janowski, conductor
G. Verdi’s overture to “La forza del destino” / L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55 “Eroica” / S. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme by Niccolò Paganini for piano and orchestra op. 43

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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is a radical experiment in musical democracy, proving for fifty years what happens when exceptional artists gather with total trust in each other and faith in the creative process. In that age of co-ops and communes, the idealistic Orpheans snubbed the “corporate” path of symphony orchestras and learned how to play, plan and promote concerts as a true collective, with leadership roles rotating from the very first performance.

The sound of Orpheus is defined by its relationships, and guest artists have always been crucial partners in the process. Orpheus brings the best out of its collaborators, and those bonds deepen over time, as heard in the long arc of music-making with soloists such as Richard Goode and Branford Marsalis, and in the commitment to welcoming next-generation artists including Nobuyuki Tsujii and Tine Thing Helseth. Breaking down the barriers of classical repertoire, partnerships with Brad Mehldau, Wayne Shorter, Ravi Shankar, and many others from the sphere of jazz and beyond have redefined what a chamber orchestra can do.

At home in New York and in the many concert halls it visits in the U.S. and beyond, Orpheus begins its next fifty years with a renewed commitment to enriching and reflecting the surrounding community. It will continue its groundbreaking work with those living with Alzheimer’s Disease through Orpheus Reflections, and the Orpheus Academy as well as the Orpheus Leadership Institute spread the positive lessons of trust and democracy to young musicians and those in positions of power.

“This fully collaborative, almost chamber music approach to music was great.” (Jan Lisiecki)

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The Philharmonic State Orchestra is Hamburg’s largest and oldest orchestra, looking back on many years of musical history. When the “Philharmonic Orchestra” and the “Orchestra of the Hamburg Municipal Theatre” merged in 1934, two tradition-steeped orchestras combined. Philharmonic concerts have been performed in Hamburg since 1828, artists such as Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms being regular guests of the Philharmonic Society. The history of the opera company goes back even further: Hamburg has been home to musical theatre since 1678, even if a regular opera or theatre orchestra was only formed later. To this day, the Philharmonic State Orchestra has embodied the sound of the Hansa City, a concert and opera orchestra in one.

In its long history, the orchestra has encountered great artistic personalities such as Telemann, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Mahler, Prokofiev and Stravinsky. Since the 20th century, chief conductors such as Karl Muck, Joseph Keilberth, Eugen Jochum, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Horst Stein, Hans Zender, Christoph von Dohnányi, Gerd Albrecht, Ingo Metzmacher and Simone Young have shaped the sound of the Philharmoniker. Kent Nagano has been Hamburg’s General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra and the Hamburg State Opera since 2015 and its Honorary Conductor since June 2023.

Ab der Saison 2025/26 folgt Omer Meir Wellber Kent Nagano als neuer Hamburgischer Generalmusikdirektor an der Staatsoper Hamburg und Chefdirigent beim Philharmonischen Staatsorchester. Der 41-jährige zählt international zu den gefragtesten Dirigenten, ist derzeit Music Director des Teatro Massimo Palermo sowie künstlerischer Leiter des Toscanini Festivals. Zudem ist er bis einschließlich August 2027 Musikdirektor der Volksoper Wien.

From the 2025/26 season, Omer Meir Wellber will succeed Kent Nagano as the new Hamburg General Music Director at the Hamburg State Opera and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. The 41-year-old is one of the most sought-after conductors internationally and is currently Music Director of the Teatro Massimo Palermo and Artistic Director of the Toscanini Festival. He is also Music Director of the Vienna Volksoper until August 2027.

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The Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) was founded in 1981 by a group of young musicians who became acquainted as part of the European Community Youth Orchestra (now EUYO). There are now about 60 members of the COE, who pursue parallel careers as principals or section leaders of nationally-based orchestras, eminent chamber musicians, and as tutors of music.

From the start, the COE’s identity was shaped by its partnerships with leading conductors and soloists. It was Claudio Abbado above all who served as an important mentor in the early years. He led the COE in staged works such as Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims and Il barbiere di Siviglia and Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni, and conducted numerous concerts featuring works by Schubert and Brahms in particular. Nikolaus Harnoncourt also had a major influence on the development of the COE through his performances and recordings of all of the Beethoven symphonies, as well as through opera productions at the Salzburg, Vienna, and Styriarte festivals.

Currently, the Orchestra works closely with Sir András Schiff and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who are both Honorary Members, following in the footsteps of Bernard Haitink and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

The COE has strong links with many of the major festivals and concert halls in Europe including the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie in Berlin, the Cologne, Luxembourg and Paris Philharmonies, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Alte Oper in Frankfurt. In partnership with the Kronberg Academy, the COE becomes the first-ever Orchestra-in-residence at the Casals Forum in Kronberg from 2022. The Chamber Orchestra of Europe is also Orchestra-in-residence at the Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt from 2022.

With more than 250 works in its discography, the COE’s CDs have won numerous international prizes, including two Grammys and three Gramophone Record of the Year Awards. Their most recent release is an archive recording of the Schubert Symphonies, performed at the Styriarte Festival in Graz in 1988 with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, released by ICA Classics. The 4-CD box-set has been enthusiastically received by the critics internationally, and we have now released a second box-set of archive recordings with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, featuring works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms. In January 2022, we also released all of the Sibelius Symphonies on DVD and BluRay, conducted by Paavo Berglund at the Helsinki Festival in 1998.

The COE is a private orchestra which receives invaluable financial support from particularly the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and a further number of Friends including Dasha Shenkman, Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement, the Rupert Hughes Will Trust, the Underwood Trust, the 35th Anniversary Friends and American Friends.

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