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Universally acclaimed as both conductor and pianist, and renowned for the breadth of his repertoire and the depth of his interpretations, Christoph Eschenbach belongs firmly to his native Germany’s intellectual line of tradition, yet combines this with a rare emotional intensity. Currently Musical Director of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, his previous appointments include musical directorships at the Washington National Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris and the Philadelphia Orchestra. His tireless support of young talent includes being Artistic Advisor and lecturer at the Kronberg Academy. Among his awards garnered over five decades of recording are the German Record Critics’ Prize, the MIDEM Classical Award and a GRAMMY. He has been awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, and is a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, a holder of the German Federal Cross of Merit and a winner of the Leonard Bernstein Award.
Leonardo García-Alarcón, argentin d’origine, s’est installé en Europe en 1997 pour étudier au Conservatoire de Genève auprès de la claveciniste Christiane Jaccottet. Son parcours dans la musique baroque a commencé avec Gabriel Garrido, et peu après, il a fondé son ensemble Cappella Mediterranea. En 2010, il devient directeur artistique du Chœur de chambre de Namur et forme le Millenium Orchestra pour accompagner le chœur. Leonardo García-Alarcón partage son temps entre Genève, où il enseigne à la Haute Ecole de Musique, et diverses villes européennes, dont la France, où il est une figure emblématique du Festival d’Ambronay et artiste en résidence à l’Opéra de Dijon. Il retourne également occasionnellement en Amérique du Sud.
Leonardo García-Alarcón est reconnu pour avoir fait revivre les opéras de Cavalli, notamment Elena et Erismena au Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Eliogabalo lors de l’ouverture de la saison 2016 de l’Opéra de Paris, Il Giasone à Genève et La Finta Pazza à Dijon. Il a également dirigé la redécouverte d’El Prometeo d’Antonio Draghi en 2018. En tant que chef d’orchestre et claveciniste, Leonardo García-Alarcón est invité dans de prestigieux festivals et salles de concert du monde entier. En 2018, il a dirigé l’Orfeo de Monteverdi au Staatsoper de Berlin, et en 2019, il a triomphé avec Les Indes Galantes de Rameau à l’Opéra Bastille, à l’occasion du 350e anniversaire de la Royal Academy of Music. Il a été reconnu comme le meilleur chef d’orchestre dans le Palmarès 2019 de Forum Opéra.
En 2020, malgré les perturbations dues à la pandémie, Leonardo García-Alarcón a adapté ses programmes de concerts et a participé à des festivals virtuels. Il a dirigé Il Palazzo Incantato de Rossi dans un enregistrement vidéo qui a été amplement loué. Sa discographie encensée comprend I 7 Peccati Capitali (2016), De vez en cuando la vida (2018) et El Prometeo (2018). En 2021, il a enregistré Rebirth avec la soprano Sonya Yoncheva, Lamenti & Sospiri avec les sopranos Mariana Flores et Julie Roset, Orfeo de Monteverdi et Le violon selon Bach avec la violoniste Chouchane Siranossian.
Leonardo García-Alarcón est un Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Violinist, violist and conductor Julian Rachlin is one of the most exciting and respected musicians of our time. In the first thirty years of his career, he has performed as soloist with the world’s leading conductors and orchestras. Mr. Rachlin is Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. He also leads the « Julian Rachlin & Friends Festival » in Palma de Mallorca.
Highlights of Mr. Rachlin’s 2018/19 season include performances with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Mariss Jansons, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Christoph Eschenbach, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Juanjo Mena, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck, as well as the KBS Symphony Orchestra and Myung-Whun Chung. Alongside soloist Sarah McElravy and the Royal Northern Sinfonia, he will perform the UK premiere of Penderecki’s Double Concerto for Violin and Viola, which is dedicated to him. Additionally, Mr. Rachlin will conduct among others the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Moscow Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Symphony, Essen Philharmonic, Strasbourg Philharmonic, Slovenian Philharmonic, Zagreb Philharmonic and Trondheim Symphony Orchestra.
Julian Rachlin’s recent highlights include a residency at the Prague Spring Festival and his own cycle at the Vienna Musikverein. He also performed with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Yuri Temirkanov, Filarmonica della Scala and Riccardo Chailly, Munich Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta, Philharmonia Orchestra and Jakub Hrůša, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale and Vladimir Ashkenazy, as well as the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and Lahav Shani. As conductor, he toured Europe with the English Chamber Orchestra, and led the Royal Northern Sinfonia across South America and Japan. Additionally, he conducted the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonia, and made his USA conducting debut at the Grand Teton Music Festival.
In recital and chamber music, Mr. Rachlin performs regularly with Itamar Golan, Denis Kozhukhin, Denis Matsuev, Mischa Maisky, Sarah McElravy, Vilde Frang and Janine Jansen.
Born in Lithuania, Mr. Rachlin immigrated to Vienna in 1978. He studied violin with Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna Conservatory and with Pinchas Zukerman. After winning the « Young Musician of the Year » Award at the Eurovision Competition in 1988, he became the youngest soloist ever to play with the Vienna Philharmonic, debuting under Riccardo Muti. At the recommendation of Mariss Jansons, Mr. Rachlin studied conducting with Sophie Rachlin. Since September 1999, he is on the violin faculty at the Music and Arts University of Vienna. His recordings for Sony Classical, Warner Classics and Deutsche Grammophon have been met with great acclaim. Mr. Rachlin, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, is committed to educational outreach and charity work.
Julian Rachlin plays the 1704 « ex Liebig » Stradivari and a 1785 Lorenzo Storioni viola, on loan to him courtesy of the Dkfm. Angelika Prokopp Privatstiftung. His strings are kindly sponsored by Thomastik-Infeld.
Teodor Currentzis est né en Grèce, où il débute ses études musicales. En 1994, il entre au Conservatoire d’État de Saint-Pétersbourg pour étudier avec le légendaire professeur Ilya Musin.
Avec ses ensembles, Teodor Currentzis effectue régulièrement des tournées en Europe et dans le monde, se produisant dans de nombreuses salles prestigieuses telles que le Konzerthaus de Vienne, la Philharmonie de Berlin, l’Elbphilharmonie de Hambourg, la Philharmonie de Munich, la Philharmonie de Paris, la Kölner Philharmonie, l’Auditorio Nacional, le Festspielhaus de Baden-Baden et la Scala de Milan. En tant que chef d’orchestre et directeur musical, Teodor Currentzis a travaillé avec les plus grandes maisons d’opéra, notamment l’Opéra de Paris, le Bayerische Staatsoper, l’Opernhaus Zürich, le Teatro Real et le Théâtre Bolchoï.
Il a également collaboré avec les figures clés du théâtre occidental moderne : Robert Wilson, Romeo Castellucci, Peter Sellars, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Theodoros Terzopoulos, etc. Teodor Currentzis est artiste résident au festival de Salzbourg ainsi qu’au festival RUHRtriennale, aux festivals de Lucerne et d’Aix-en-Provence.
Les œuvres de Mozart, Mahler, Beethoven, Tchaïkovski, Rameau et Stravinsky publiées par Teodor Currentzis sous le label Sony Classical ont reçu de nombreuses récompenses musicales internationales : ECHO Klassik, Edison Klassiek, Japanese Record Academy Award et BBC Music Magazine’s Opera Award. Teodor Currentzis a reçu le prestigieux prix KAIROS de la Fondation Toepfer. Il a également été décoré de l’Ordre grec du Phénix et du prix international Musikfest Bremen.
Salvatore Accardo made his debut in recital at the age of 13 playing Paganini’s Capricci.Two years later he won the Geneva Competition and in 1958 the Paganini Competition in Genoa.
His repertoire ranges from pre-Bach to post-Berg; composers like Sciarrino, Donatoni, Piston, Piazzolla, Colasanti and Xenakis wrote for him.
In addition to playing with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, Accardo performs in recital and particularly loves chamber music.
In 1992 he founded the Accardo Quartet and in 1986 the Walter Stauffer Academy together with Giuranna, Filippini and Petracchi in Cremona, where they regularly give master classes. In 1971 he founded the Settimane Musicali Internazionali in Naples, where rehearsals were open to the audience, and the Cremona String Festival.
Accardo has also dedicated part of his activities to conducting important European and American Orchestras. He recorded as conductor with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London. Since 1987 he conducts also opera (Rossini Festival with Ponnelle, Rome Opera House, Monte Carlo Opera, Lille and Naples Opera House).
In 1992 for the 200th anniversary of Rossini’s birth, he conducted in Pesaro Festival and in Rome the first modern edition of the Messa di Gloria (recorded live by Warner Fonit), that did again in 1995 in Vienna with the Wiener Symphoniker.
He recorded for DGG Paganini Capricci and Concertos for violin with Charles Dutoit , for Philips several recordings (Bach Sonatas and Partitas, Max Bruch works for violin and orchestra with Kurt Masur, Čajkovskij, Dvořák and Sibelius Concerts with Colin Davis, Mendelssohn Concert with Charles Dutoit, Brahms and Beethoven Concerts with Kurt Masur). He also recorded for ASV, Dynamic, EMI, Sony Classical, Collins Classic and Foné. Among these recordings are: Beethoven Concerto in D major and 2 Romances with Accademia della Scala Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini for Sony Classical; Brahms Sonatas for violin and piano, Schubert Quartets, Paganini Capricci and Homage to Heifetz and Homage to Kreisler for FONÉ playing the legendary violins from the Cremona collection; for Dynamic Accardo played Paganini’s violin. Recently Foné re-masterised the Mozart Complete works for violin in 13 CDs in high quality technology.
Accardo has been awarded in Italy with Abbiati Prize by the Italian Musical Critics in recognition of the exceptional standard of his playing and interpretation and with the Italian highest honour “Cavaliere di Gran Croce”. In 1996 the Beijing Conservatoire named him « most honourable Professor », in 1999 he was named »Commandeur dans l’ordre du mérit culturel » in Monaco and in 2002 he received « A Life for the Music » Award, and this year he was awarded by the Kennedy Center of New York with the Gold Medal in the Arts.
In 1996 Accardo recreated the Orchestra da Camera Italiana (OCI), whose members are the best pupils of Cremona « Walter Stauffer Academy” and recorded two CDs with them: The virtuoso violin in Italy and Masterpieces for violin and strings for Warner Fonit Cetra. In 1999 Accardo and OCI recorded the complete Paganini Concerti for violin and orchestra for EMI Classics, the “Concerto per la Costituzione” and in 2003 the complete Astor Piazzolla works for violin in 3 SACDs for Foné.
Accardo and OCI do every year many concerts together especially in Italy, where they play every season for the most important concert Societies and Theaters.
Starting in 2007 he realized until now for Foné the second recording of J. S. Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, the third recording of Paganini’s 24 Capricci (Urtext) and the third recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with OCI (Urtext).
Salvatore Accardo plays a violin Guarneri del Gesù “Reade”- 1734.
Kent Nagano figure parmi les chefs d’orchestre les plus remarquables, tant dans le répertoire lyrique qu’orchestral. Il a connu ses premiers grands succès avec le Boston Symphony Orchestra en 1984, lorsque Messiaen l’a nommé assistant du chef d’orchestre Seiji Ozawa pour la première de son opéra Saint François d’Assise. Les nominations européennes ne tardent pas à suivre : Directeur musical de l’Opéra national de Lyon (1988-1998) et Directeur musical du Hallé Orchestra (1991-2000). Nagano est devenu le premier directeur musical de l’Opéra de Los Angeles en 2003, après avoir déjà occupé le poste de Premier Chef d’orchestre pendant deux ans. Depuis 2015, il est Directeur musical général de l’Opéra d’État de Hambourg et Chef d’orchestre principal du Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg et, de 2006 à 2020, il a été directeur musical de l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, dont il a été nommé Conductor Emeritus en 2021. Kent Nagano s’est produit pour la dernière fois au Verbier Festival en 2022