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Philharmonia orchestra esa -P ekka salonen PrinciPal conductor and artistic advisor t e l l a B d n a a r e p O l a n o i t a october 7-9, 2016 N h s i n n i F Zellerbach hall / n e n i t a H a n n i Fall 2016 M k c i n n orchestra residency A ABOUT THE ARTISTS ne of the world’s great symphonic 2017), both with esa-Pekka salonen. recent ensembles, the Philharmonia orch - highlights include the 2016 Festival interna - oestra is distinguished for its pioneer - tional d’art lyrique d’aix-en-Provence, where ing approach to the role of an orchestra in the orchestra and esa-Pekka salonen were in the 21st century. the ensemble is a leader in residence performing two stravinsky programs the field for the quality of its playing and its and debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande , directed by innovative work with residencies, music edu - katie mitchell. cation, audience development, and the use of central to the Philharmonia and esa-Pekka new technology to reach a global audience. salonen’s work in london, the uk, and inter - together with its relationships with the world’s nationally are their digital projects, all of which most sought-after artists, most importantly its are designed to communicate the thrill of the principal conductor and artistic advisor esa- experience of a live orchestra to audiences out - Pekka salonen, the Philharmonia is at the heart side the concert hall. in september 2016, in of british musical life. partnership with southbank centre, the or - the Philharmonia performs more than 160 chestra presented The Virtual Orchestra, a free concerts a year, as well as recording music for two-week series in the public spaces of royal films, video games, and commercial audio Festival hall, culminating with a specially pro - releases. the orchestra’s home is southbank grammed concert at the venue. the project centre’s royal Festival hall in the heart of featured 360 Experience, the first major virtual london, where the Philharmonia has been reality presentation from a uk symphony or - resident since 1995 and performs 40 concerts a chestra, and a giant audio-visual installation, year. under esa-Pekka salonen a series of flag - Universe of Sound: The Planets, first premiered ship, visionary projects at royal Festival hall— at the science museum in 2012. distinctive for both their artistic scope and both Universe of Sound and its predecessor supporting live and digital content—have won RE-RITE (2010, based on stravinsky’s The Rite critical acclaim. Projects including City of Light: of Spring ) toured internationally and were at the Paris 1900 –1950 (2015), City of Dreams: Vienna heart of a major two-year audience development 1900 –1935 (2009), Bill Viola’s Tristan und Isolde and education initiative, iOrchestra (2014 –15), (2010) and i nfernal Dance: Inside the World of which took place in southwest england and Béla Bartók (2011) were followed in 2016 by engaged over 120,000 people. the project also the major, five-concert series Stra vinsky: Myths featured a pop-up interactive digital music in - & Rituals . stallation, musiclab, which used the latest tech - the orchestra is committed to presenting the nologies to create a series of hands-on musical same world-class, live music-making in venues games and interactions. the orchestra has won throughout the country as it does in london, four royal Philharmonic society awards for its especially at its uk residencies, where up to digital projects and audience engagement work. seven concerts each season are complemented the Philharmonia orchestra was formed by a wide-ranging education and audience de - in 1945 by Walter legge. it has been a self- velopment program. the orchestra’s uk resi - governing orchestra since 1964 and is owned by its dencies are at bedford’s corn exchange (since 80 members. during its first seven decades, the 1995), de montfort hall in leicester (since orchestra collaborated with most of the great 1997), the marlowe theatre in canterbury, classical artists of the 20th century. con ductors three choirs Festival, and the anvil in basing - associated with the orchestra include Furt - stoke, where it has been orchestra in Partner - wängler, richard strauss, toscanini, can telli, ship since 2001. karajan, and Giulini. otto klemperer was the a busy international touring schedule takes first of many outstanding principal conductors, the orchestra all over the world. Projects in and other great names have included lorin 2016 –17 include the current major West coast maazel (associate principal conductor), sir us tour and a tour to Japan and taiwan (spring charles mackerras (principal guest conductor), PLAYBILL ABOUT THE ARTISTS e d e o r B x i l e F riccardo muti (principal conductor and music enjoyed a major partnership with classic Fm, director), kurt sanderling (conductor emeri - as the classic Fm orchestra on tour, as well tus), and Giuseppe sinopoli (music director). as continuing to broadcast extensively on bbc as well as esa-Pekka salonen, principal radio 3. conductor since 2008, current titled conductors the Philharmonia’s education work sits at are christoph von dohnányi (formerly princi - the center of the life and wider work of the pal conductor, now honorary conductor for life) orchestra. the department’s work falls into four and vladimir ashkenazy (conductor laureate). distinct strands—schools and young People, also a central figure in today’s Philharmonia communities and Family, insights, and the is composer and artistic director of the long- emerging artists program, reaching tens of running Music of Today series in london, thousands of people every year. recent activi - unsuk chin. a second strand of free, early- ties include instrumental projects with music evening programming was added to the lon - hub partners; key stage 2 concerts Orchestra don season in 2015 with a chamber music Un wrapped ; the intergenerational creative recital series, programmed and performed by music-making community project Hear and members of the orchestra, many of whom per - Now in bedford; a large-scale community form widely as solo and chamber musicians. commission to celebrate the discovery of king millions of people since 1945 have enjoyed richard iii’s remains in leicester called The their first experience of classical music through Last Planta genet ; a pioneering urban-classical a Philharmonia recording, and today audiences project called Symphonize in Leicester ; and engage with the orchestra through video games, The Firebird , an award-winning collaborative film scores, and its award-winning portfolio of schools project working across hounslow and videos and documentary films. an app, the richmond boroughs. orchestra for iPad, released in december 2012, the Philharmonia’s emerging artists pro - has sold tens of thousands of copies. gram includes the composers academy, linked recording and broadcasting both continue to music of today, and the martin musical to play a significant part in the orchestra’s ac - scholarship Fund, which has for many years tivities, notably through its partnership with supported talented musicians at the start signum records, releasing new live recordings of their careers. in 2016 –17, the orchestra of Philharmonia performances with its key relaunches the effort as the Philharmonia conductors. since 2003 the Philharmonia has mmsF instrumental Fellowship Programme— ABOUT THE ARTISTS an enhanced offer for young musicians, sup - nen’s own direction, before going to the new porting instrumentalists seeking an orchestral york Philharmonic at home and on their euro - career and connecting them to the wider life of pean tour. the new york Philharmonic will the Philharmonia and the expertise within its also give the new york premiere of his Wing on membership. Wing , which was written for the los angeles the Philharmonia’s principal international Philharmonic’s inaugural season at the Frank partner is Wuliangye. For more information, Gehry-designed Walt disney concert hall please visit www.philharmonia.co.uk. and includes recordings of southern california’s plainfin midshipman fish and distorted samples Esa-Pekka Salonen’s re stless innovation drives of Gehry’s voice. him constantly to reposition classical music salonen takes Philharmonia to the aix-en- in the 21st century. he is currently the principal Provence Festival, where they perform debus sy’s conductor and artistic advisor for london’s Pelléas et Mélisande , directed by katie mitchell, Philharmonia orchestra and the conductor and stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex in a new staging laureate for the los angeles Philharmonic, by Peter sellars; the bbc Proms; and on tour where he was music director from 1992 until in France, spain, and the united states. he 2009. this season is his second of three as the continues to lead the Stravinsky: Myths and marie-Josée kravis composer-in-residence Rituals festival, a return with the Philharmonia at the new york Philharmonic, and his first of to works that salonen has conducted to great five years as artist in association at the Finnish acclaim for much of his career, as well as an national opera and ballet. additionally, salo - exploration of rarely performed pieces. salonen nen is artistic director and cofounder of the and the Philhar monia also continue their annual baltic sea Festival, now in its four teenth groundbreaking experimentation with how to year, which invites celebrated artists to promote present music with a digital takeover of the unity and ecological awareness among the southbank centre, featuring the first major countries around the baltic sea. virtual reality pro duction from a uk orchestra, salonen’s works move freely between con - as well as the Philharmonia’s award-winning temporary idioms, combining intricacy and RE-RITE and Universe of Sound installations, technical virtuosity with playful rhythmic and which have allowed people all over the world to melodic innovations.