Bruckner’s 3rd Symphony – joy and anguish of the world
Vladimir Jurowski
From Haydn with RSB soloists to Bruckner's stylistic "Wagner" Symphony
Programme
Joseph Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello and orchestra
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103
(Second version from 1877)
Cast
Vladimir Jurowski - Conductor
Clara Dent-Bogányi - Oboe
Sung Kwon You - Bassoon
Rainer Wolters - Violin
Konstanze von Gutzeit - Violoncello
Ralf Sochaczewsky - Assistant to Chief Conductor
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Concert with
Concert with
Artists
Vladimir Jurowski
Conductor
Vladimir Jurowski - Conductor
Vladimir Jurowski is one of the most sought-after conductors of our time, enjoying international acclaim for his outstanding musical ability and a consistently adventurous artistic approach. He has been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSB) since September 2017. He was born in Moscow, where he began his musical education at the conservatoire. In 1990, he and his family moved to Germany, where he completed his studies at the colleges of music in Dresden and Berlin. His international debut was at the Wexford festival as well as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in 1995.
Vladimir Jurowski was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2003, becoming its Principal Conductor in 2007. In addition, he is Artistic Director of the Russian Academic State Orchestra “Yevgeny Svetlanov”, Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and Artistic Advisor to the “ensemble unitedberlin”. In 2015 he was also appointed Artistic Director of the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest. It was announced in March 2018 that he is to become Generalmusikdirektor of the Bavarian State Opera as from the 2021/2022 season. In the past he has held positions including First Kapellmeister of the Komische Oper Berlin (1997-2000) and Musical Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera (2001-2013). In March 2016 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Royal College of Music in London.
Vladimir Jurowski conducts top orchestras in Europe and North America, such as the Dresdner Staatskapelle, the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Boston, Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras, and the New York Philharmonic, as well as the Berlin and Vienna philharmonic orchestras. He also appears regularly at international festivals such as the BBC Proms, and since 1995 he has worked at major international opera houses, incl. at the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Welsh National Opera, the Scala in Milan, the Bolshoi Theatre, and the Dresden Semper Opera.
He returned to Glyndebourne Opera in 2017 for the world premiere of Brett Dean’s “Hamlet” and shortly afterwards he made his debut at Salzburg Festival with Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck”. In 2018 he conducted new productions of Modest Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” at the Opéra National de Paris and Franz Schreker’s “Die Gezeichneten” at Zurich Opera House.
His extensive, frequently prizewinning discography now includes three recordings with the RSB for PENTATONE, interpreting works by Schnittke, Mahler, Strauss, Hindemith and Britten.
Clara Dent-Bogányi
Oboe
Clara Dent-Bogányi - Oboe
The oboist Clara Dent-Bogányi, who grew up in Salzburg, comes from a family of musicians. A number of important international awards decorated the beginning of her artistic career, such as the ARD Competition and the Geneva Competition (CIEM).
Clara Dent-Bogányi performs as a soloist with many renowned orchestras and has already recorded numerous solo works on CD and for radio. Her solo albums “Les Folies D`Espagne” and “La Primadonna” have received critical acclaims.
As a chamber musician she attends invitations to festivals throughout Europe and Asia, as she has already performed during the Berlin festival weeks, the Schloss Elmau Festival, the Bach Festival Weeks in Salzburg and the “International Oboe Festival” in China. Her chamber music partners include artists such as Radek Baborak, Irena Grafenauer, the Kuss Quartet and many more.
Since 1999, Clara Dent-Bogányi has been the solo oboist with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and a welcome guest with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bayerische Staatsoper München and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
In 2009, Clara Dent-Bogányi responded to the call of the Nuremberg University of Music and since then has held the professorship of oboe.
Ralf Sochaczewsky
Assistant to Chief Conductor
Ralf Sochaczewsky - Assistant to Chief Conductor
Ralf Sochaczewsky received conducting lessons under Christian Grube and Marc Piollet at the Berlin University of the Arts. Later he studied choir conducting under Jörg-Peter Weigle and orchestral conducting under Prof. Reuter at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler”.
He directs the Berlin choir Cantus Domus, with which he won a 1st prize at the Berlin Choir Competition in 2017 and a 3rd prize at the 8th Choir Competition of the Deutscher Musikrat in Dortmund . From 1998 to 2012, he conducted the Ensemberlino Vocale choir and successfully participated in choir competitions (1st prize at Chorfest Bremen (Bremen Choir Festival) 2008).
He regularly works with choirs like the Berlin Vocalconsort, the Cappella Amsterdam, the RIAS Kammerchor, and the Berliner Rundfunkchor.
In 2016, he conducted the European premiere of the oratorio “Anthracite Fields” by Julia Wolfe, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2015, with the DR Vocalensemble and Bang on a Can-All Stars.
Ralf Sochaczewsky has performed with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the National Radio Orchestra Bucharest, and the Chamber Orchestra of the Minsk Philharmonic. He conducted operas at the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, the Komische Oper Berlin, the Opera National du Rhin, and the Lithuanian National Opera.
Ralf Sochaczewsky collaborated with various pop groups and artists such as Stargaze and André de Ridder, Bon Iver, Damien Rice, Lisa Hannigan, and Tocotronic. With Cantus Domus, he is a regular guest at festivals such as HaldernPop and KalternPop.
He teaches choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler”. For his great service to the Berlin choir scene, the Chorverband Berlin awarded him the Geschwister Mendelssohn Medal in 2017.
Ticket information
Sun 8 December 2019 - 8 pm Konzerthaus Berlin
- from € 20
- Introduction with Steffen Georgi: 7 pm, Werner-Otto-Saal (free, limited number of seats)
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Konzerthaus Berlin
Gendarmenmarkt
10117 Berlin
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