Shostakovich's 10th
Gulbenkian Orchestra
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Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationPricing
- 20,00 € – 39,00 €
25% – Under 30
10% – Over 65
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15% – Over 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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Krzysztof Urbański
Conductor
Autumn 2021 sees Krzysztof Urbański’s debuts with the Philharmonia Zürich and the Sinfonieorchester Basel. Highlights of his 21/22 season also include two projects with the Münchner Philharmoniker, concerts with the Rotterdam Philharmonic and a debut with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Moreover he returns to the Dresdner Philharmonie, WDR Sinfonieorchester, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Bamberger Symphoniker, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for a world premiere of Guillaume Connesson’s ‘Heiterkeit’.
Urbański appeared as a guest conductor with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Dresden, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre de Paris, Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra, among others.
Krzysztof Urbański served as Music Director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra from 2011 to 2021 and as Chief Conductor and Artistic Leader of the Trondheim Symphony (2010-2017). In 2017 he was appointed Honorary Guest Conductor of the Trondheim Symphony and Opera. He was Principal Guest Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony (2012-2016) and Principal Guest Conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester (2015-2021).
With the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester he recorded albums of Lutosławski’s works, Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and Strauss’ works; all on Alpha Classics. His discography also includes Chopin’s small pieces for piano and orchestra with Jan Lisiecki and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon which received an ECHO Klassik Award and Martinů’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with Sol Gabetta and the Berliner Philharmoniker recorded for Sony.
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Alina Ibragimova
Violin
Performing music from baroque to new commissions on both modern and period instruments, Alina Ibragimova has established a reputation as one of the most accomplished and intriguing violinists of her generation. This was illustrated in her prominent presence at the 2015 BBC Proms, which included a symphonic concerto, a performance with a baroque ensemble and two late-night Royal Albert Hall recitals featuring the complete Bach partitas and sonatas, for which The Guardian commented “The immediacy and honesty of Ibragimova’s playing has the curious ability to collapse any sense of distance between performer and listener”.
Highlights among recent concerto engagements include debuts with the Boston Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony, returns with the London Symphony, London Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestra of Europe as well as extensive touring in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Tasmania symphony orchestras). Over the next two seasons, concerto engagements will include debuts with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Ticciati), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Gardiner), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (Jurowski), Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Singapore Symphony as well as returns with the Montreal Symphony and London Symphony orchestras, Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Haitink), Swedish Radio Symphony (Harding), Seattle Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Jurowski). Alina will also tour with Il Pomo d’Oro in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Lisbon and Cologne and return to Australia for a major tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
As a recitalist, Alina has appeared at venues including the Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Salzburg Mozarteum, Vienna’s Musikverein, Park Avenue Armory in New York, Carnegie Hall, Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Vancouver Recital Series, San Francisco Performances, and at the Salzburg, Verbier, Gstaad, MDR Musiksommer, Manchester International, Lockenhaus, Lucerne, Mostly Mozart New York and Aldeburgh festivals.
Her long-standing duo partnership with pianist Cédric Tiberghien has featured highly successful cycles of the Beethoven and Mozart violin sonatas at the Wigmore Hall. Their most recent release, the fourth volume of their Mozart Violin Sonata cycle on Hyperion Records, attracted critical acclaim. Upcoming highlights include a three-week tour of Japan and Korea, extensive touring of North America, regular returns to the Wigmore Hall and a Berlin debut recital at the Boulez Saal.
Born in Russia in 1985 Alina studied at the Moscow Gnesin School before moving with her family to the UK in 1995 where she studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Royal College of Music. She was also a member of the Kronberg Academy Masters programme. Alina's teachers have included Natasha Boyarsky, Gordan Nikolitch and Christian Tetzlaff. Alina has been the recipient of awards including the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award 2010, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2008, the Classical BRIT Young Performer of the Year Award 2009 and was a member of the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme 2005-7. She was made an MBE in the 2016 New Year Honours List. Alina records for Hyperion Records and performs on a c.1775 Anselmo Bellosio violin kindly provided by Georg von Opel.
Sergei Prokofiev
Dmitri Shostakovitch
Considered one of the greatest violinists of our time, Alina Ibragimova plays with an immediacy and honesty that “has the curious ability to collapse any sense of distance between performer and listener” (The Guardian), as if the notes she plays were addressed exclusively to each listener, in a sharing of sublime musical intimacy. Highly praised for her recording of Prokofiev’s Violin Sonatas, the violinist returns to this sublime repertoire at Gulbenkian Music under the direction of Polish conductor Krzysztof Urbański, who conducts Shostakovich’s powerful and visceral 10th Symphony in the second part.
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