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Biennale of the Berliner Philharmoniker
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Sky, sea and light permeate this concert, in which Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska makes her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Jean Sibelius transports us to the historical Finland of legend with his dramatic tone poem Pohjola’s Daughter, while Kaija Saariaho’s Orion describes the astrological constellation in numinous music. The concert will also include Edvard Grieg’s piano concerto, which its echoes of Norwegian folk music, and Claude Debussy’s shimmering tone poem La Mer. The soloist is pianist Jean-Fréderic Neuburger.
Artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Dalia Stasevska conductor
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger piano
Programme
Jean Sibelius
Pohjolas Tochter
Edvard Grieg
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 16
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger piano
Interval
Kaija Saariaho
Orion
Claude Debussy
La Mer
Main Auditorium
26 to 82 €
Introduction
19:15
Series D: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Also available as Biennale package
Main Auditorium
26 to 82 €
Introduction
19:15
Series L: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Also available as Biennale package
Main Auditorium
26 to 82 €
Introduction
18:15
Series I: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Also available as Biennale package
The Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska makes her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker at the end of February as part of this year’s Biennale. Her programme of works by Sibelius, Grieg, Saariaho and Debussy is designed as an encounter between the Nordic and French worlds of music. The line that connects them is nature, with its kaleidoscopic interplay of sky, sea and light.
Biographies
Dalia Stasevska
The New York Times described Dalia Stasevska as one of the “breakout stars” of 2023: She “stood out from the crowd, wowed us and made us think,” stated the paper. In the same year, she became the first woman to open the BBC Proms. “My aim is never to compete with tradition. Our tradition is unique. But there are new avenues to explore. We are breaking exciting new ground, and I look forward to being a part of it,” said Stasevksa. In addition to her position as Chief Conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the International Sibelius Festival, the Kiev-born musician, who grew up in Finland, is also Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In addition, Dalia Stasevska, who describes herself as a “Finn with a Ukrainian heart”, regularly makes guest appearances with leading orchestras in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York – with interpretations that are are frequently acclaimed for their powerful colours and accents.
Dalia Stasevska initially studied violin and composition at the conservatory in Tampere, Finland, as well as violin, viola and conducting at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki; her conducting teachers included the legendary Jorma Panula and Leif Segerstam. In recent years, she has received the British Conductor Award of the Royal Philharmonic Society, the Finnish Alfred Kordelin Prize and the Personality of the Year Award of the BBC Music Society.
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger defies categorisation. Born in Paris, he is a pianist, but also a composer, an organist and a professor of music. Sometimes he performs as a soloist, sometimes with chamber music ensembles; his repertoire ranges from early to contemporary music. He received piano, organ and composition lessons as a child. At the age of thirteen, he was accepted as a student of the Paris Conservatoire; he later moved to Geneva. He won first prize at the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York in 2006 – his first international breakthrough - before completing his master’s degree.
Neuburger went on to work as a pianist under such conductors as Michael Tilson Thomas, Lorin Maazel and Pierre Boulez, with the major orchestras of New York, Philadelphia, London and Paris, demonstrating “exceptional qualities” (Le Figaro). As a composer, Neuburger has received commissions from Israel and Boston, and his chamber music has been performed at New York’s Lincoln Center and the Vienna Musikverein. Declared by French newspaper (Le Monde) as the “Liszt of our time”, he breaks new ground in both roles – sometimes using conventional means, sometimes unconventional, but always in the spirit of the music.
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