Jukka-Pekka Saraste et Bruckner : un mariage heureux.

By Lucie Pierron, 05 April 2016

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“Le spectateur est porté par Jukka-Pekka Saraste qui emmène son auditoire vers un ailleurs.”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 1 April 2016

Bruckner, Symphony no. 8 in C minor, WAB 108

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Conductor

Daniel Lozakovich makes his debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Clare Varney, 9th October

Tarmo Peltokoski searches in vain for the harsh brutality in Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony with the Rotterdam Philharmonic.

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Clare Varney, 7th November

Truls Mørk joins Tarmo Peltokoski and the Rotterdam Phil for a deeply emotional reading of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no. 2.

****1

Brahms forges a friendship: Yannick Nezet-Seguin returns to Rotterdam

Eleanor Knight, 2nd May

Musical connections between Brahms, Dvořák and Price as Randall Goosby joins the Rotterdam Philharmonic – both as soloist and orchestral member.

****1

Stylish Mozart and vibrant Prokofiev from the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Susan Stempleski, 9th March

The renowned pianist glows in Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 9, while the rising star conductor impresses in selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

****1

Overcrowding suffocates DNO's Traviata

Eleanor Knight, 27th January

Adela Zaharia is cast as a Violetta for whom the party never stops in this revival of Tatjana Gürbaca's busy staging at Dutch National Opera.

**111

Stars, slapstick and soul: Martha Argerich joins the Rotterdam Phil

Eleanor Knight, 28th September

Soaring choral music precedes the arrival of Martha Argerich for a daredevil account of Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto with RPhO Principal Trumpet, Alex Elia.

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Lucie Pierron

Étudiante en sociologie et en sciences politiques, pianiste et choriste, Lucie n’a jamais cessé de s’intéresser à la musique classique et contemporaine. Actuellement en Pologne, elle réalise une étude sur les nouvelles salles de musique classique qui ont ouvertes depuis 2011.