New Year's Concert
Gulbenkian Orchestra
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Date
- 20:00 / Cancelled 20:00 / Sold out Wednesday, 20:00
- 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
- 31,00 € – 70,00 €
25% – Under 30
10% – Over 65
Cartão Gulbenkian:
50% – Under 30
20% – Over 65
10% – 30 to 64
- Conductor
- Erin Morley 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.
Hannu Lintu is the Music Director of the Gulbenkian Orchestra since 2023.
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Lawrence Renes
Conductor
Dutch-Maltese conductor Lawrence Renes garners acclaim in both operatic and symphonic realms for his remarkable talent in balancing orchestra and singers, delivering performances brimming with passion, nuance, and style.
This season sees Renes conducting Omroep Musiek and Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra, and Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras among others. 2023/24 season highlights included New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Residentie Orkest, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Regio di Torino and the Auckland Philharmonic.
In recent seasons, Renes has appeared in the UK with Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National and BBC Symphony Orchestras; in Europe with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, Malta Philharmonic and Arctic, Oslo and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestras; in Asia and Australasia with NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; and in the Americas, OSESP in São Paulo and Milwaukee Symphony. Operatic engagements have included Finnish National Opera (Salome) and the premiere of George Benjamin’s Written on Skin with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra at the Beijing Music Festival. He has also conducted opera productions in Brussels, Seattle, Lisbon and Santa Fe.
Formerly Music Director of the Royal Swedish Opera, Renes’ repertoire there ranged from Mozart through to the 21st Century. An energetic champion of contemporary repertoire, he is particularly associated with the music of John Adams, having conducted productions of Nixon in China at San Francisco Opera and Doctor Atomic at both English National Opera and De Nederlandse Opera, as well as orchestral works with London and Hong Kong Philharmonic orchestras, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also worked closely with Guillaume Connesson, Robin de Raaff, George Benjamin and Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Otto Nicolai
Johann Strauss II
Franz Schreker
Gaetano Donizetti
Franz von Suppé
Gaetano Donizetti
Franz Lehár
Charles Gounod
Arnold Schönberg
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Johann Strauss II
* Due to unforeseen circumstances, conductor Domingo Hindoyan will be replaced by Lawrence Renes.
Gulbenkian Music welcomes the arrival of the New Year with a special concert by the Gulbenkian Orchestra, this time crowned by the presence of soprano Erin Morley and conductor Domingo Hindoyan. Opera News described the American singer as ‘the embodiment of bel canto’, while New York Classical Review considered her to belong ‘to a level apart among coloratura sopranos, singing even the most difficult material with beauty and musical understanding’.
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