Jaap van Zweden welcomed back in Antwerp

Von Zoltán Szabó, 15 Februar 2021

Laden, bitte warten...

“as if abruptly stopping on the road to admire a beautiful flower”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Queen Elisabeth Hall, Antwerp, am 12 Februar 2021

Beethoven, Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 in B-Dur, Op.19

Tschaikowsky, Symphonie Nr. 5 in e-Moll, Op.64

Nicholas Angelich, Klavier

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Jaap van Zweden, Musikalische Leitung

Antwerp Symphony opens season with magical Weber and exciting Schumann

Simon Thompson, 11th October

Philippe Herreweghe conducts Marie-Elisabeth Hecker in Schumann’s Cello Concerto in this fine programme in the Concertgebouw Brugge.

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Brilliant Szymanowski from Christian Tetzlaff and the Antwerp SO

Marc Haegeman, 9th January

Christian Tetzlaff conjures brilliant colour and ecstatic passion from Szymanowski's First Violin concerto in Ghent.

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Philippe Herreweghe et le Collegium Vocale Gent font frémir Bozar

Valentin Gautron Lavarone, 27th April

À la tête de l'Antwerp Symphony Orchestra et d'un formidable Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe propose un Requiem de Verdi orageux et passionné malgré un inégal quatuor de solistes.

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Speaking truth to power: Jaap van Zweden conducts Shostakovich

Eleanor Knight, 21st April

In a brilliant performance of the "Leningrad" Symphony, Jaap van Zweden proved that great music knows no cultural borders.

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Elder and Elgar: riveting Enigma Variations from Sir Mark in Antwerp

Cameron Kelsall, 14th May

Mezzo-soprano Stephanie d'Oustrac also met the dramatic and musical challenges of Berlioz's Les Nuits d’été.

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Philippe Herreweghe conducts an energetic Mozart Requiem in Antwerp

Edward Sava-Segal, 7th May

Despite distancing, the members of Collegium Vocale Gent filled the Queen Elisabeth Hall with an impressively cohesive sound, transparent and powerful at the same time.

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.