Brahms' Symphony No. 2
Gulbenkian Orchestra
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Date
- 20:00 / Cancelled 20:00 / Sold out Thursday, 20:00
- 19:00 / Cancelled 19:00 / Sold out Friday, 19:00
Location
Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationPricing
- 20,00 € – 36,00 €
Single tickets
Online priority booking (Cartão Gulbenkian Mais): 29 Jun, 10:00
Online booking: 30 Jun, 10:00
25% – Under 30
10% – Over 65
Cartão Gulbenkian:
50% – Under 30
20% – Over 65
10% – 30 to 65
- Conductor
- Hanna-Elisabeth Müller Soprano
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Gulbenkian Orchestra
In 1962, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation decided to establish a permanent orchestral ensemble. Originally with only twelve musicians (strings and continuo) it was named “Orquestra de Câmara Gulbenkian”. This collective was successively enlarged and today the “Orquestra Gulbenkian” (the name it has adopted since 1971) has a permanent body of sixty instrumentalists, a number that can be expanded depending on the repertoire.
This structure allows the Gulbenkian Orchestra to interpret works from the Baroque and Classical periods, a significant part of 19th century orchestral literature and much of the music of the 20th century, including works belonging to the current repertoire of the traditional symphonic orchestras. In each season, the orchestra performs on a regular series of concerts at the Gulbenkian Grand Auditorium in Lisbon, where it has had the opportunity of working together with some of leading names of the world of music (conductors and soloists). It has also performed on numerous locations all over Portugal, in an effort to decentralize music and culture.
The orchestra has been constantly expanding its activities in the international level, performing in Europe, Asia Africa, and the Americas. In the recording field, Orquestra Gulbenkian is associated to labels as Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, Hyperion, Teldec, Erato, Adès, Nimbus, Lyrinx, Naïve and Pentatone, among others, and this activity was recognized with several international prizes.
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Paweł Kapuła
Conductor
Paweł Kapuła, hailed by Polish Radio as “a real hope for Polish conducting” is one of the most spectacular and finest conductors of the younger generation, acclaimed for his exciting, fresh, and highly captivating interpretations coupled with an excellent conducting technique. Never afraid of a challenge, his programmes and conducting style demonstrate a high level of finesse and creativity, which has led to an ever-growing presence in Europe and beyond.
The 2024/25 season sees Paweł Kapuła debut with some of the world’s leading orchestras, amongst them Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Xi’an Symphony Orchestra and Guiyang Symphony Orchestra alongside Hamburger Symphoniker, Danish Chamber Orchestra and Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie Chemnitz. He will also return to Ulster Orchestra where he received a prompt re-invitation following his highly successful debut last season. Other guest engagements include the Georgian Chamber Orchestra and Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, which have now grown into loyal partners cherishing him for his vigorous persona and precise conducting style.
Previously, Paweł Kapuła made his debut with orchestras such as Oslo Opera Orchestra and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, resulting in immediate re-invitations, Sibiu Philharmonic and Transylvanian State Philharmonic orchestras in Romania, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel and Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz.
In February 2021, Paweł Kapuła was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz. Since then, he has been leading the orchestra in programmes with such refinement and flair that it has attracted other Polish orchestras’ attention, amongst them Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice, Warsaw Philharmonic and Baltic Philharmonic Gdańsk.
His latest recording project of all the Beethoven Piano Concertos with Prague Philharmonic Orchestra at Prague’s Rudolfinum, has just seen its international release. Paweł Kapuła is also an avid champion of neglected Polish composers which he demonstrates in numerous recordings for Polish Radio.
Paweł Kapuła received his first piano lessons at the age of seven. He studied conducting with Tadeusz Strugala and Stanislaw Krawczynski at Krakow’s Academy of Music. He was a finalist and winner of the Distinction Award at the first Adam Kopyciński Student Conducting Competition in Wroclaw in 2013 and is a musicology graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
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Johannes Brahms
Following a highly acclaimed appearance with Gulbenkian Music in 2025, the Polish conductor Paweł Kapuła now applies his contagious energy and interpretative intelligence to Brahms’s Symphony No. 2. After taking around fourteen years to complete his First Symphony, the composer whom Schumann proclaimed Beethoven’s musical successor produced his second symphonic work in just one year, inspired by a summer holiday by Lake Wörthersee in Austrian Carinthia. It may well have been this idyllic landscape that shaped the work’s luminous and melodic character.
Photo © Kamil Szkopik
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