Elgar's Violin Concerto
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 FoundationThis concert will be broadcast live here on 13 March, at 19:00 (GMT).
Pricing
25% – Under 30
10% – Over 65
Cartão Gulbenkian:
50% – Under 30
20% – Over 65
10% – 30 to 65
- Conductor
- Violin
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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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Hannu Lintu
Music Director
“Dynamic and sharp on the podium” (Bachtrack) and with an “extreme clarity of purpose, every detail worth noting” (Los Angeles Times), Hannu Lintu maintains his reputation as one of the world’s finest conductors. This season Lintu continues his tenures as Music Director of Orquestra Gulbenkian and Chief Conductor of Finnish National Opera and Ballet, proving himself a master of both symphonic and operatic repertoire, as well as beginning his tenures as Artistic Partner of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the International Sibelius Festival.
Last season also saw Lintu’s appointment as Music Director of Singapore Symphony Orchestra from 2026/27, where he will appear this season for several performances, including for Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Shostakovich’s 7th Leningrad Symphony. Other highlights include returns to the BBC, St Louis, Toronto, Baltimore and Detroit Symphonies, as well as productions of Strauss’ Elektra and a world premiere of Sebastian Fagerlund’s The Morning Star at Finnish National Opera.
Symphonic highlights of recent years have seen Lintu conduct the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic (including an immediate re-invitation from the orchestra to perform at Bravo! Vail Festival), Berliner Philharmoniker, The Cleveland Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Radio France, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, London Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, St Louis Symphony, and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.
As an expert in both operatic as well as symphonic repertoire, Lintu’s recent opera highlights have included Enescu’s Œdipe with the Vienna Symphony at Bregenz Festspiele, Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer at Opera de Paris and Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande at Bayerische Staatsoper as a guest conductor, as well as multiple productions at Finnish National Opera and Ballet, including a recent multi-season Ring Cycle, Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, a choregraphed reimagining of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, Puccini’s Turandot, Richard Strauss’ Salome, and Britten’s Billy Budd.
Lintu has made several recordings for Ondine, BIS Records, Naxos, Avie Records and Hyperion Records. His diverse discography comprises recordings of Magnus Lindberg’s orchestral works, the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos with Stephen Hough, and Lutoslawski’s Symphonies Nos. 1-4, all with Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. His often-gilded work boasts two International Classical Music Awards and several nominations for Gramophone and GRAMMY awards in recognition of recording projects such as Bartók’s Violin Concertos with Christian Tetzlaff, works by Sibelius featuring Anne Sofie von Otter, Rautavaara’s Kaivos, and the Violin Concertos of Sibelius and Thomas Adès with Augustin Hadelich and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Lintu studied cello and piano at the Sibelius Academy, where he also later studied conducting with Jorma Panula. He participated in masterclasses with Myung-Whun Chung at L’Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and took first prize at the Nordic Conducting Competition in Bergen in 1994.
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Nikita Boriso-Glebsky
Violin
Nikita Boriso-Glebsky’s career was launched in 2007 when he won the II prize and five special prizes in the XIII International Tchaikovsky Competition.
His victory at the Sibelius Competition in Helsinki in 2010 became significant for the violinist. Since then, he has become a welcome guest in Finland – he regularly performs with all the major orchestras: Finnish Radio Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and Kuopio City Orchestra.
In 2010, Nikita became the I prize laureate of the Fritz Kreisler International Competition in Vienna. In recent years he has performed at Wiener Konzerthaus with Nikolai Lugansky, Narek Hakhnazaryan and Maxim Rysanov that was highly acclaimed and since the season 22/23 he has become a resident of the Wiener Konzerthaus presenting a chamber music subscription in a trio with Narek Hakhnazaryan and Georgy Tchaidze. He performs regularly in Graz and Linz as well.
The victories in the international competitions in Monaco, Brussels and Montreal opened additional opportunities for Nikita such as invitations to the best concert halls of the world and performances with the leading orchestras. The violinist collaborates with Sakari Oramo, Vasily Sinaisky, Dima Slobodeniouk, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Klaus Mäkelä, Mao Fujita and others.
Over the past two seasons, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky’s career has taken a new turn, marked by numerous important debuts. He appeared for the first time on the stages of Carnegie Hall and the Fisher Center, Suntory hall and Seoul Arts Center, performed with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Kammerorchester, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfónica de Tenerife, and Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.
In the 2025/2026 season, Nikita will continue collaborations with orchestras with which he has already established long-term artistic relationships, such as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, which has commissioned a new violin concerto from composer Sauli Zinovjev especially for him. This premiere will take place under the baton of conductor Elim Chan. The season will also bring new debuts, including performances with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Portugal, discovering the new stages during his solo recital tour in Japan.
In 2019, Nikita was the first to record the previously unknown concert by Eugène Ysaÿe together with the Liege Philharmonic Orchestra and Jean-Jacques Kantorov. “A Tribute to Ysaÿe” CD, with the participation of Renaud Capuçon, Henri Demarquette, Pavel Kolesnikov, Stéphane Denève, was awarded the Diapason d’Or.
The past two years was also remarkable for its recording activity: three of Nikita’s albums were released within the season — Carnet de voyages with pianist Georgy Tchaidze, Mozart: Divertimento, K.563 with Maxim Rysanov and Dora Kokas, and Miklós Rózsa: Sinfonia concertante with Harriet Krijgh and Deutsche Staatphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz under the baton of Gregor Bühl — all of which received high critical acclaim.
Nikita Boriso-Glebsky’s repertoire encompasses 228 works, spanning a vast range of compositions for violin and symphony orchestra, violin and chamber orchestra, as well as violin and piano. From timeless masterpieces by Beethoven, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky to contemporary works by Schnittke, Bodrov, and Zinovjev, his programming reflects both a deep respect for tradition and a passion for musical innovation. With a keen interest in diverse styles and eras, Nikita continues to expand his repertoire, offering audiences not only beloved classics but also rarely performed gems.
Edward Elgar
Johannes Brahms
Challenged by musician Fritz Kreisler and the London Philharmonic to compose a violin concerto, Edward Elgar overcame his initial frustration – years before the commission, he even destroyed the manuscript of his first attempt – and created a work that would gain mythical status among violinists. His historical recordings include interpretations by Yehudi Menuhin and Itzhak Perlman. In a concert directed by Hannu Lintu, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky now takes on the challenge of revisiting this work.
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