Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings
Gulbenkian Orchestra
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- 20:00 / Cancelled 20:00 / Sold out Thursday, 20:00
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Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation- Violin, Direction
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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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Andrej Power
Violin / Leader
Andrej Power became Leader of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2023. He is also principal concertmaster of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and is frequently invited to guest-lead orchestras, including the Swedish Radio Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
Andrej has appeared as a soloist with most orchestras in Sweden, and his solo performances, many of which have been broadcast on radio and television, have taken him to the US, China and across Europe with orchestras such as the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Beijing National Opera Orchestra and the Utah Symphony. Chamber music is a big part of his musical life: he regularly performs in different groups and has his own quartet.
Inspired by his grandfather, Naoum Power, Andrej began playing the violin at the age of three. He subsequently studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with Professor Henryk Kowalski and at the Zurich University of the Arts in Switzerland with Professor Zakhar Bron.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Antonín Dvořák
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky
Composed in 1880, Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, op. 48, was conceived as a tribute to Mozart and the Classical style. The first movement, a sonatina with a slow introduction, was intended as an imitation of Mozart’s style, with Tchaikovsky confessing the joy of drawing close to one of his great models. In this concert by the Gulbenkian Orchestra, conducted by Andrej Power, current concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra, Tchaikovsky’s work is paired with a creation by the young Mozart himself, the celebrated Divertimento for Strings K. 136, written when he was just fifteen years old.
Photo © Konserthuset Stockholm
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