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Autumn 2017

New signing: ELENA SCHWARZ We are delighted to announce the signing of Swiss-Australian conductor, World Premiere of at the Proms Elena Schwarz, for general management. Schwarz (b.1985) is currently assistant conductor to Mikko Franck at the Orchestre Philharmonique de Osborne gave the world premiere of Julian Anderson’s Piano Radio France and stepped in at the last minute to conduct a programme Concerto “The Imaginary Museum” with the BBC Scottish of works by Ravel at Maison de Radio last May. Symphony/ in July. Co-commissioned by the BBC Proms, Bergen Philharmonic and Sydney Symphony Orchestras nd Her success in the Panula Competition (2 Prize, 2015), and Princess the concerto was “Dedicated to Osborne with admiration”, and takes st Astrid Competition, Trondheim (1 Prize, 2014) was followed by her the listener on an aural journey through diverse landscapes and appointment as joint assistant to Asher Fisch at the West Australian colours. It was praised by The Guardian as “a hugely imaginative, Symphony Orchestra and Marko Letonja at the Tasmania Symphony beautiful piece”. Orchestra running concurrently with her Paris appointment. Osborne returns to Lincoln Center to perform Messiaen Vingt Elena Schwarz has also conducted the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, regards sur l’enfant Jésus at the White Light Festival and gives Sinfonietta de Lausanne and Orchestre de Cannes, as well as working performances of Turangalîla with the Danish National Symphony/ with contemporary music ensembles such as Ensemble Matka, Remix, Mena, Bournemouth Symphony/Karabits, Royal Liverpool Ensemble Diagonal and Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie Philharmonic/Petrenko and the Vienna Radio Symphony (Frankfurt). Other notable performances include “Portraits” of Nicolas Orchestra/Meister. Bacri (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France) and Olga Neuwirth ( Academy). Celebrating his artistry in French repertoire, Hyperion releases piano concertos by Ravel (BBC Scottish Symphony/Morlot) and Please see our listings page for details of her forthcoming performances. Priska Ketterer a disc of solo works by Debussy. Benjamin Ealovega

Christian Wind Felix Broede Zohar Ron

CHRISTOPH KÖNIG LEONARD ELSCHENBROICH AVI AVITAL

Méhul and Beethoven release on Rubicon Classics Saint-Saëns and Dutilleux Concertos released on Onyx Portrait Artist at Schleswig-Holstein Entering his eighth season as Chief Conductor of the Solistes “a fascinating and grippingly expressive performer” A two-month residency as Portrait Artist at the Schleswig- Européens Luxembourg, König continues to explore lesser-known ***** RONDO – Das Klassik & Jazz Magazin Holstein Music Festival sets mandolinist Avi Avital off on gems of the repertoire including symphonies by Étienne Méhul another season of globe-trotting. Performances of his jazz/world and Louise Farrenc. He embarks on a series of recordings with the Following his seventh appearance at the Proms Elschenbroich returns to the collaboration Avital meets Avital (DG release June 2017) include orchestra for Rubicon Classics with the first release featuring Méhul UK for performances with the Royal Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony, Amsterdam, Vienna, Budapest, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Athens and Symphony No 1 and Beethoven Symphony No 3. City of Birmingham Symphony and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras. Berlin’s Boulez Saal.

In the coming months he also performs with the Bergen Philharmonic, Warsaw Upcoming concerts bring him back to the Pittsburgh Symphony, Royal As concerto soloist in repertoire from Bach and Vivaldi through Philharmonic, Polish National Radio Symphony, Filarmónica de Sevilla, Bremen Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony and BBC Scottish Symphony to Avner Dorman and , Avital performs with the Philharmonic and the Residentie Orkest with repertoire including Kabalevsky Orchestras, whilst other guest includes first visits to the St Louis Symphony, MDR Leipzig, Orchestre National de Lille, Concerto No 2, Walton, Elgar, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Bernstein and Tavener Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Wiener Concert-Verein , Orquestra Camera Musicae and The Knights. under such conductors as Litton, Letonja, König, Kaspszyk, Ryan Wigglesworth, and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Collon, Shelley, and Tortelier. Barnara Aumuller Luca Valenta Marco Borggreve Nancy Horowitz Bell Soto Lisa-Marie Mazzucco STEFAN BLUNIER AUGUSTIN HADELICH RONALD BRAUTIGAM CARLOS KALMAR MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA EUGENE TZIGANE Tour with the NHK Symphony Orchestra Paganini Caprices released on Warner Classics Beethoven Cycles in Finland and the Netherlands Kalmar commissions Mark-Anthony Turnage for Oregon Returns to Debut with the Philharmonic Orchestra Blunier’s acclaimed performances of Wozzeck last season brought The first months of the 2017/18 season see Hadelich featured as soloist We are delighted to be expanding our representation of Ronald Entering his sixteenth season as Music Director of the Oregon Symphony Entering his fifth season asChief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Eugene Tzigane conducts an all-Beethoven programme with an immediate re-invitation to the Grand Théâtre de Genève and with the Boston Symphony/Adès, San Francisco Symphony/Urbanski, Brautigam to include Scandinavia. Brautigam’s well-documented Orchestra, Kalmar’s winter programmes include the world premiere of Orchestra Harth-Bedoya brings Beethoven Symphonies Nos 3, 4 and 5 the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Brighton (Sat 28 Oct). he returns to conduct Strauss Zigeunerbaron in December. St Louis Symphony/Robertson and Seattle Symphony/Morlot and he commitment to Beethoven continues with a Concerto cycle with Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Symphonic Movements along with works by alongside works by Milhaud, Strauss, Barber and Jennifer Higdon. Guest becomes Artistic Partner of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and Johannes Gustavsson, whilst Takemitsu, Morton Gould, Balakirev, Barber, Piston and Schoenberg. engagements bring him to the Copenhagen Philharmonic, RTÉ National Other notable debuts include concerts with the Swedish Chamber Concert engagements include the Frankfurt Museumsorchester, European appearances include the Royal Scottish National Orchestra/ in the Netherlands he undertakes a complete survey of the Sonatas His recording of Haydn Symphonies (Nos 53, 64 and 96) with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Bremen Philharmonic and Los Angeles Orchestra, Orchestre National d’île de France and Orquesta Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto, Nationaltheater Orchester Oundjian and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Arming. with performances in Enschede, Doetinchem and Bloemendaal. Symphony is released on Pentatone. Philharmonic where he conducts Hilary Hahn in Bernstein Serenade. Sinfónica de Galicia. He returns to the Norwegian Radio Orchestra Mannheim, Orchestre National de Belgique and a tour of and Helsingborg Symphony with a wide range of repertoire including He returns to the Anthaltisches Theater in Dessau where he was Music Japan with the NHK Symphony Orchestra featuring works Recipient of the Warner Music Prize (2015) Hadelich’s recording He returns to the UK to perform with regular collaborators the After years of intensive research into lost and neglected music works by Mozart, Linde, Tabakova, Strauss, Britten, Debussy, Nielsen, Director until 2000 to conduct Haydn and Mahler Das Lied von der Erde. by Rachmaninov, Dvořák, Schoenberg and Mahler. of Paganini Caprices is released on the Warner Classics label. Chiaroscuro Quartet at the Bath Mozartfest (17 Nov) and Isabelle from South America, Harth-Bedoya launches an online catalogue Weinberg and Francisco Coll. Elsewhere Kalmar conducts the Lahti Symphony, Singapore Symphony van Keulen at the Wigmore Hall (8 Jan). www.latinorchestralmusic.com. and Detroit Symphony Orchestras.

Sophie Zhai Ian Watson Marco Borggreve Lisa Marie Mazzucco George Garnier Ira Polyarnaya STEFAN JACKIW CHLOË HANSLIP LISE DE LA SALLE ADAM WALKER DORIC STRING QUARTET VADYM KHOLODENKO “brimming with technical ability and youthful passion ... his Beethoven release on Rubicon Classics Returns to Wigmore Hall Society of Lincoln Center “CMS Two” Haydn Series at the Wigmore Hall US tour with Staatskapelle Weimar and Kirill Karabits reading of the Korngold Concerto was perfect” [Cleveland The first edition of Chloë Hanslip’s Beethoven cycle, with regular collaborator De La Salle returns to London to perform a BBC Radio 3 We are delighted that Adam Walker has been invited to join the The 2017/18 season sees the Doric String Quartet featured at the Vadym Kholodenko enjoyed another highly successful collaboration Orchestra/Juraj Valčuha] Cleveland Plain Dealer Danny Driver, is released on Rubicon Classics and she becomes the first-ever Lunchtime Concert at Wigmore Hall. The recital traces Bach’s Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s prestigious “CMS Two” Wigmore Hall in five concerts as part of the hall’s Haydn String Quartet with Valery Gergiev in May when he joined the conductor and the Jackiw rejoins Juraj Valčuha several times through the season for Artist in Association with the Northern Chamber Orchestra. enduring legacy before exploring treasured jewels of the programme from September 2018. Series. Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg to perform Prokofiev performances with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, romantic repertoire. No 5. Detroit Symphony and Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo. Hanslip’s astonishing versatility comes to the fore again this season as Concerto highlights include Bernstein Halil with and Nominated for a Gramophone Award for their recent release of she performs concertos by Korngold, Fairouz, Zhou Tian, Brahms, Coll Elsewhere, concerto engagements include performances the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican (5 Nov) and Bach Schubert on Chandos, the Quartet’s latest recording, Donnacha He tours the USA with the Staatskapelle Weimar and Kirill Karabits He performs Korngold with the Bournemouth Symphony under and Britten with orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Orquesta with Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, with the Royal Northern (22 Sept). He returns to the studio Dennehey’s “The Weather of It” was released on NMC in May. Co- performing Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4, and elsewhere performs Andrew Litton, National Symphony Orchestra Washington/Janowski, Sinfónica de Galicia, Bournemouth Symphony, New Jersey Symphony Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie, Jenaer Philharmoniker and the to record ’ Flute Concerto with Ryan Wigglesworth and commissioned for the Doric by Wigmore and Carnegie Halls, their Rachmaninov with the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine/Paul Lahti Symphony/Kalmar and at the Paris Philharmonie as part of a Orchestra and Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano at the Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra. the Hallé for release on NMC. performance of the piece was praised for its “energy and vitality” by Daniel and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. In January he tour with the Orchestre National d’Île de France/Mazzola (Tchaikovsky). MiTo Festival. Gramophone. performs the Bartók Piano Quintet at the Berlin Philharmonie.

Tim Klöcker Laura Lewis ANOUSHKA SHANKAR

Debut at the Louvre in Paris World premiere of film-scoreShiraz The multi-award winning vision string quartet makes its debut Düsseldorf Festival will take place in pitch darkness allowing Anoushka Shankar’s Shiraz is premiered at the opening hang and strings by Jules Buckley. Performances include the at the Louvre in Paris in a programme of Schubert String Quartet the audience to focus entirely on the music undisturbed by other night of the London Film Festival in October. The 97 minute score Rheingau Festival, Enescu Festival and Zurich. Reuniting with her No 14 “Death and the Maiden” and Ligeti String Quartet No 1 senses. The programme for this concert includes Jürg Frey’s String accompanies the British Film Institute’s reconstruction of Frank ensemble later in the year, Land of Gold completes its world tour “Métamorphoses nocturnes”. The Quartet performs extensively Quartet No 2 alongside Barber , Shostakovich Olsten’s film (1928) and tells the love story behind the building next March with performances in Asia and Australasia including through Germany including a re-invitation to the Hamburg String Quartet No 8 and Debussy String Quartet in G minor. of the Taj Mahal. Anoushka also performs in Tom Newman’s score Sydney, Melbourne and WOMAD (Adelaide and New Zealand). Elbphilharmonie. for the film Victoria and Abdul on general release from September.

Pursuing their ideal of presenting in different This multi-faceted artist tours with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra formats, the vision string quartet’s three performances at the in a programme featuring arrangements of her works for sitar, Conductor listings: September 2017 - March 2018 Autumn 2017 Record Shelf

CHRISTOPH KÖNIG

25 Sept Solistes Européens Luxembourg TAN DUN: Concerto for Zheng and Strings, YE XIAOGANG: Spring in the Forest, DVOŘÁK: Symphony No 8 12, 13 Oct BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1, STRAUSS: Aus Italien 3, 4, Nov Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra RESPIGHI: Belfagour Ov, KANCHELI: Styx, STRAUSS: Also Sprach Zarathustra 2017 7, 8 Nov Wiener Concert-Verein incl. BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2, BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances, SCHUBERT: Symphony No 5 13 Nov Solistes Européens Luxembourg FARRENC: Symphony No 1, ZELIANKO: Commandé du Ministère de la Culture 5 Feb Solistes Européens Luxembourg BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1, BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 21, 22, 23, 25 Feb Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra BEETHOVEN: Leonore Ov, ELGAR: Cello Concerto, DVOŘÁK: Symphony No 9

2018 2,3 Mar Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz TCHAIKOVSKY: Entracte and Waltz Onegin, Hamlet Ov, Symphony No 5 & No 6

10, 11, 13 Mar Royal Philharmonic Orchestra incl. WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll, SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 2, DVOŘÁK: Symphony No 7 1. 2. 3. 4. EUGENE TZIGANE 23 Sept Swedish Chamber Orchestra BRITTEN: Sinfonietta, LINDE: Violin Concerto, MOZART: Symphony No 36 28 Oct London Philharmonic Orchestra BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Ov, Piano Concerto No 5, Symphony No 3

2017 22, 23 Nov Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra incl. DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, TABAKOVA: Fantasie Homage to Schubert, NIELSEN: Symphony No 2 13, 14, 16, 21 Jan Orchestre National d'Île-de-France BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Ov, RAVEL: Piano Concerto, STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben 25 Jan Norwegian Radio Orchestra KHATSCHATURIAN: Maskerade Suite, WEINBERG: Cello Concerto, SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 9 2018 2, 3 Feb Orquestra Sinfónica de Galicia COLL: Four Iberian Miniatures, BRITTEN: Violin Concerto, SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 15 STEFAN BLUNIER 22, 23 Oct Frankfurt Museums Orchester BACH: Suite No 3, BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1, MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 27, 28 Oct Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da incl. MUSSORGSKY: A Night on the Bare Mountain, SAINT-SAËNS: Danse Macabre, Música DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice 2017 6, 7 Nov Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto, RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 5. 6. 7. 8. 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, Grand Théâtre Genève STRAUSS (J): Der Zigeunerbaron 27, 29, 31 Dec, 2, 4, 6 Jan 24 Feb Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da SCHOENBERG: Gurre-Lieder 2018 Música 9, 10, 11, 12 Mar NHK Symphony Orchestra RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3, DVOŘÁK: Symphony No 8 MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA 22, 24, 25, 27 Sept Bremen Philharmonic incl. BERNSTEIN: Candide Ov, COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto, DVOŘÁK: Symphony No 9 21 Oct Orquesta de València SALVADOR: El ruiseñor y la rosa (extracts), SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No 1, BRAHMS: Symphony No 4

2017 3 Nov RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra BRAHMS: Academic Festival , DVOŘÁK: Violin Concerto, BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 9 Nov Norwegian Radio Orchestra HAYDN: L'infedeltà delusa Ov, STRAUSS: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite, BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 9. 1. 2. 3. 18, 19 Jan Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra PÄRT: Fratres, SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto, TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 4 28 Jan MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra DVOŘÁK: Othello Ov, SCHNYDER: Bassoon Concerto, DVOŘÁK: Symphony No 7 2018 1 Mar Norwegian Radio Orchestra NYSTEDT: Spenningens land, BRAHMS: Piano Concerto, SCHUMANN: Symphony No 1 CARLOS KALMAR 16, 17 Nov Lahti Symphony Orchestra LUTOSŁAWSKI: Musique Funèbre, PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 2, SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 6 Recent releases 6. HARTH-BEDOYA – Janson, Mikalsen, 23, 24 Nov Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau HAYDN: Symphony No 90, MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde 1. AVITAL – Avital meets Avital Vaage & Ratkje (Aurora) 2017 (Deutsche Grammophon) 7. KALMAR – Haydn (Pentatone) 2. BRAUTIGAM – Beethoven (BIS) 8. OSBORNE – Debussy (Hyperion) 3 Feb Singapore Symphony Orchestra PRANGCHAROEN: Phenomenon, SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No 2, DVOŘÁK: Symphony No 6 3. DORIC STRING QUARTET – Dennehy 9. OSBORNE – Ravel (Hyperion) 2018 (NMC) Forthcoming releases ELENA SCHWARZ 4. DORIC STRING QUARTET – Elgar 1. HADELICH – Paganini (Warner) 31 Oct Opera National de Lorraine RACHMANINOV: The Rock, SIBELIUS: The Tempest Suite No 2, TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest (Chandos) HANSLIP – Beethoven (Rubicon) 2017 2.  5. ELSCHENBROICH – Saint-Saëns & 3. KÖNIG – Beethoven & Méhul 13 Jan Orchestre Pasdeloup LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1, BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique Dutilleux (Onyx) (Rubicon) 2018 17 Mar Orchestre Pasdeloup works by RESPIGHI, MESSIAEN, RAUTAVAARA, BRAHMS, STRAVINSKY