THE MARY AND JAMES G. WALLACH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LISA BATIASHVILI 2014–15 SEASON
The New York Philharmonic has named violinist Lisa Batiashvili The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence for the 2014–15 season. Her residency will include three orchestral appearances featuring concertos by Brahms, Barber, and Bach as well as a U.S. Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission written for her by Thierry Escaich, and a recital with pianist Paul Lewis presented in collaboration with Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series.
Lisa Batiashvili’s 2013–14 season includes concerts in New York, Tokyo, and Taipei with the New York Philharmonic, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert, and a European tour with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. She performs with The Philadelphia Orchestra, also with Mr. Nézet-Séguin; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, led by David Zinman; Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, with Mariss Jansons; London Philharmonic Orchestra with Vladimir Jurowski; and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. She continues her collaboration with pianist Paul Lewis in a series of recitals in Paris, Brussels, and Hamburg, and presents a new Bach ensemble project with oboist François Leleux.
During the 2012–13 season she held the position of capell-virtuosin with the Dresden Staatskapelle, performing a wide range of concerts (including on a North American tour) led by its principal conductor, Christian Thielemann. She was also artist-in-residence with Cologne’s WDR Symphony Orchestra, and appeared with the Berlin Staatskapelle, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, at its annual outdoor concert before an audience of 38,000.
Her latest album — featuring Brahms’s Violin Concerto with the Dresden Staatskapelle led by Christian Thielemann — was released in January 2013. In 2011 she received an ECHO Klassik award for her debut album on the label, Echoes of Time, which includes Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
A student of Ana Chumachenko and Mark Lubotski, Lisa Batiashvili gained international recognition at age 16 as the youngest-ever competitor in the Sibelius Competition. She has also been awarded the Beethoven Ring Prize, MIDEM Classical Award, Choc de l’année, and Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival’s Leonard Bernstein Award. Lisa Batiashvili plays a Joseph Guarneri “del Gesù” violin from 1739, generously loaned by a private collector in Germany.
CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF LISA BATIASHVILI’S 2014–15 SEASON
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: WORLD PREMIERE OF THUNDERSTUCK BY COMPOSER- IN-RESIDENCE CHRISTOPHER ROUSE; ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LISA BATIASHVILI PERFORMS BRAHMS
Avery Fisher Hall
Thursday, October 9, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 10, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 11, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Christopher ROUSE Thunderstuck (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission) HAYDN Symphony No. 103, Drumroll BRAHMS Violin Concerto
SATURDAY MATINEE CONCERT
Avery Fisher Hall
Saturday, October 11, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
DVO ŘÁK String Quartet in F major, American HAYDN Symphony No. 103, Drumroll BRAHMS Violin Concerto
DAVID ZINMAN CONDUCTS THE MARY AND JAMES G. WALLACH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LISA BATIASHVILI IN BARBER’S VIOLIN CONCERTO; ROUSE’S ISCARIOT
Avery Fisher Hall
Thursday, February 5, 2015, 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 6, 2015, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, February 7, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
David Zinman, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Christopher ROUSE Iscariot BARBER Violin Concerto RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LISA BATIASHVILI IN RECITAL A Collaboration with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Alice Tully Hall
Monday, March 30, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Lisa Batiashvili, violin Paul Lewis, piano
SCHUBERT Violin Sonata in A major, D.547 SCHUBERT Rondo for Violin and Piano in B minor, D.895, Rondo brillant J.S. BACH Violin Sonata in E minor, BWV 1023 BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 96
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: U.S. PREMIERE OF WORK BY THIERRY ESCAICH; WITH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LISA BATIASHVILI AND FRANÇOIS LELEUX
Avery Fisher Hall
Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9, 2015, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 10, 2015, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 11, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin François Leleux*, oboe
J.S. BACH Concerto for Violin and Oboe Thierry ESCAICH Concerto for Violin and Oboe (U.S. Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission) SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
* denotes New York Philharmonic debut
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