Carmen in concert
Sunday Concerts
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Date
- 12:00 / Cancelled 12:00 / Sold out Sunday, 12:00
- 16:00 / Cancelled 16:00 / Sold out Sunday, 16:00
Location
Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation- Conductor
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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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Katharina Morin
Conductor
In 2024, the young German conductor Katharina Morin won third prize in the internationally renowned LA MAESTRA Paris conducting competition. She also received the Génération Opéra Young Talent Award. In the 2024/2025 season, the young conductor will have engagements with the Orchestre National Avignon Provence, the Paris Mozart Orchestre, the Orquestra Gulbenkian Lisbon, The Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto – Casa da Música and the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier.
As part of her studies, Katharina Morin has worked with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Gärtnerplatztheater Orchestra in Munich, and many others. She has also received historically informed inspiration at conducting academies with the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble and Thomas Hengelbrock.
In the 2023/2024 concert season, the conductor was a scholarship holder of the Orchestra Academy of the Bergische Symphoniker under General Music Director Daniel Huppert.
Katharina Morin previously completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in choral conducting at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts. In addition to her main teachers, Prof. Andreas Herrmann and Prof. Michael Gläser, she received important inspiration in master classes with Peter Dijkstra and Florian Helgath. As a scholarship holder of the Forum Dirigieren (Forum Conducting), she worked with the WDR Radio Choir, the Stuttgart Opera Choir, the Berlin Philharmonic Choir, and the Chorwerk Ruhr. She also held assistantships at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Darmstadt State Theater. In October 2024, she will participate in the German Choral Conducting Award with the RIAS Chamber Choir.
Katharina Morin is a student of orchestral conducting in the class of Prof. Marcus Bosch and Prof. Georg Fritzsch at the HMT Munich. -
Martin Henneken
Cello
Martin Henneken received his first cello lessons at the age of six. He studied at the Musikhochschule Lübeck (Germany) with Troels Svane. He later studied with Reinhard Latzko at the Vienna University of Music (Austria) where he completed his Master’s degree with distinction. Musicians such as cellist Lynn Harrell and violinist Walter Levin (LaSalle Quartet) complemented his training. He has won awards several times at the German National Young Musicians Competition. He was a student of the Live Music Now Foundation created by Yehudi Menuhin.
During his studies, he played regularly with various orchestras, such as the Lübeck Philharmonic, the Volksoper Wien Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of India, Mumbai. In 2009 and 2010, he was a member of the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna Philharmonic) with which he had the opportunity to participate in recordings, international tours and festivals (Salzburg, Lucerne, BBC Proms). Since 2010, he has been 2nd Cello Soloist of the Gulbenkian Orchestra.
Georges Bizet
Suite No. 1 and Suite No. 2 from Carmen
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Total approximate duration: 60 minutes without intermission
As one of the most performed operas of all time, Carmen is a case of unbridled success and its most famous arias are imprinted on the collective imagination. The ultimate masterpiece by French composer Georges Bizet tells the story of a gypsy woman who experiences love intensely and freely. This freedom demanded by the magnetic protagonist came up against the more conservative values of the second quarter of the 19th century, but she soon became a favourite among opera audiences. In this Sunday Concert, we hear orchestral versions of Bizet’s evocative music.
Sponsor Gulbenkian Music
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