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Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
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Founded in 1918, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra is one of Europe’s top symphonic ensembles and second in line in Holland only to the Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, having been led over the past half century by such marvellous conductors as Edo de Waart, Jeffrey Tate, Valery Gergiev and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. At the helm since 2018 has been the dynamic Israeli Lahav Shani, whose radiant talent was discovered by Daniel Barenboim and Zubin Mehta. This concert marks a triumphant return to Budapest for him, as it does for the evening’s amazing soloist, the Moldavian/Austrian/Swiss violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, a highly original artist who rejects established formulas in her relentless search for new approaches. Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto and Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony No. 3 are two works emblematic of their respective eras.
Program and cast
Conductor: Lahav Shani
violin: Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Program
Shostakovich:
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Beethoven:
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major (‘Eroica’), Op. 55
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.
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