Baden-Baden, Germany » Russian star-conductor Valery Gergiev will heat up Baden-Baden from January 15 to the 21st. Gergiev will be accompanied by the choir and orchestra of the Mariinsky-theater in St. Petersburg to perform at the winter festivals in Baden-Baden. On this very special program are three operas classics Giacomo Puccinis stand: "Madama Butterfly", "Turandot" and "La Bohčme". Follow this link for further information
Helsinki, Finland » Finland's world-renowned Opera House offers an ambitious season of ballet and opera - including Don Giovanni and Tosca, the premiere of The Hour of the Snake. Festive holiday performances include The Nutcracker. www.operafin.fi. The Helsinki Philharmonic performs in Finlandia Hall designed by architect Alvar Aalto and offers a rich concert program featuring world-renowned musical directors. Follow this link for further information
On November 30, 2006, Iván Fischer takes the podium for the first time since being named Principal Guest Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra. He will lead a varied program that will be repeated on December 1 and 2; all performances will be in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
Maestro Fischer has chosen to begin his first program with a recent composition, Einstein’s Violin, by American composer Richard Henderson. “This,” Maestro Fischer explains, “is a kind of tribute to the National Symphony Orchestra and particularly Leonard Slatkin, who has pioneered so many new American works.” Works by Sibelius, Dvořák, and Kodály complete the first half, and the program concludes with the Brahms Symphony No. 2. “Overall,” Maestro Fischer adds, “the program is designed so that there is great collective variety offering a taste of what will come in our work together.”
Maestro Fischer is internationally renowned for his work with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. In reviewing that ensemble’s most recent recording, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, The Washington Post called Maestro Fischer, “ a most welcome addition to the music community.” His next appearances will take place in February, leading concerts as part of “Shakespeare in Washington” and presenting two performances of an education program in the Kennedy Center’s Family Theater.
Maestro Fischer has chosen to begin his first program with a recent composition, Einstein’s Violin, by American composer Richard Henderson. “This,” Maestro Fischer explains, “is a kind of tribute to the National Symphony Orchestra and particularly Leonard Slatkin, who has pioneered so many new American works.” Works by Sibelius, Dvořák, and Kodály complete the first half, and the program concludes with the Brahms Symphony No. 2. “Overall,” Maestro Fischer adds, “the program is designed so that there is great collective variety offering a taste of what will come in our work together.”
Maestro Fischer is internationally renowned for his work with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. In reviewing that ensemble’s most recent recording, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, The Washington Post called Maestro Fischer, “ a most welcome addition to the music community.” His next appearances will take place in February, leading concerts as part of “Shakespeare in Washington” and presenting two performances of an education program in the Kennedy Center’s Family Theater.
Rome, Italy » Sacred Monsters is first and foremost the meeting and exchange of two stars of the present day dance world: Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan. Sylvie Guillem is perhaps the world's most celebrated ballerina, now Principal Guest Artist at the Royal Ballet of London. She has been invited to perform by some of the world's most prestigious companies, among which the Kirov theatre of St. Petersburg and the American Ballet Theatre of New York, well before she turned thirty. Akram Khan is the most acclaimed choreographer of his generation working in Britain today. A thirty-two year old Londoner of Bangladeshi descent, he has invented a style of dance that is distinctively contemporary and strongly informed by his classical kathak training. November 8th to 11th at Teatro Olimpico, Rome, Italy
