Paavo Jarvi & Hilary Hahn & Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Paavo Jarvi & Hilary Hahn & Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Date : June 10(Sun), 2012 / 5PM
Venue : Opera House, Seongnam Arts Center
Age Group : 7 years and over
Running Time : 120 minutes
Prices : VIP section 140,000 Won / R section 120,000 Won / S section 90,000 Won / A section 60,000 Won / B section 30,000 Won
Discount : children 18 years of age and under 50% (except B section)
Early birds(till Mar 31) 10%
For more information: Seongnam Arts Center 82-(0)31-783-8000
Homepage : www.snart.or.kr

Program

Felix Mendelsson- Bartholdy (1809-1847)_ Violin Concerto in e minor, Op. 64
I. Allegro molto appassionato
II. Andante
III. Allegro non troppo, Allegromolto vivace

Anton Bruckner(1824-1896)_ Symphony No.8, WAB.118
I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo: Allegro moderato - Trio: Allegro moderato
III. Adagio Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend
IV. Finale: Feierlich, nicht schnell

* Programs are subject to change without notice.

Profile

Paavo Jarvi (Conductor)

“Jarvi clearly prizes highly charged music making, often at top speed, with thoughtful phrasing and sharply punched accents… these qualities yield refreshing, powerful performances.” - New York Times

Music Director: Orchestre de Paris
Music Director: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Adviser: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Director: Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Music Director Laureate: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Grammy Award-winning Paavo Jarvi is now in his second season as Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris, a contract which has already been extended until the end of the 2015/16. Last season, he completed ten extremely successful years as Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; in recognition of his work for the orchestra, he has been made Music Director Laureate. As Music Director of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi has appeared with the orchestra in China, Taiwan and Japan, and at major European festivals such as the BBC Proms, the Rheingau Musik Festival and the Robeco Summer series in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. Jarvi has been the Artistic Director of Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen since 2004 and has received the highest public and critical acclaim for his concerts and recordings of Beethoven’s Symphonies, all of which have now been released on Sony. The orchestra are now embarking on a similar path with the Schumann symphonies.
Upcoming guest conducting performances include with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Munchner Philharmoniker and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

Hilary Hahn (Violin)

Violinist Hilary Hahn’s probing interpretations, technical brilliance, and commitment to new music and the commissioning process have not only made her one of the most sought-after artists of our time, but also brought her love of classical music to a diverse audience. Although only 32 years old, her international fame and recognition, including two Grammies, multiple Diapason “d'Or of the Year” and “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik” prizes, and the 2008 Classic FM / Gramophone Artist of the Year, are a testament to her talent and drive.

Hahn appears regularly with the world’s elite orchestras and on the most prestigious recital series. During the 2010-2011 season, she embarked on a demanding recital tour covering 56 cities across four continents. After a planned tour in Japan in April 2011 was canceled due to the March tsunami disaster, Hahn organized four benefit concerts in the US to help aid the recovery, continuing her constant efforts to heighten the relevance of music to contemporary culture and world events.

Hahn begins her 2011-2012 season with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in its opening gala concert performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto No 1 in E Minor. This year marks the 20th anniversary of her major orchestra debut. She will continue appearing with orchestras throughout the season, including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the NDR Radiofhillarmonie de Hannover, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Camerata Salzburg, and the Pittsburgh, Houston, San Francisco, Montreal, and Alabama symphony orchestras. Hahn will tour the US in the fall, premiering the first half of her commissioning project premiere In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores with long-time recital partner Valentina Lisitsa at the piano. Hahn will then concertize through Germany, France, Spain, and Eastern Europe.

In the 15 years since she began recording, Hahn has released 12 feature albums on the Deutsche Grammophon and Sony labels, in addition to three DVDs, an Oscar-nominated movie soundtrack, an award-winning recording for children, and various compilations. In repertoire as diverse as Bach, Stravinsky, Elgar, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, Mozart, Schoenberg, Paganini, Spohr, Barber, Bernstein, Korngold, and others, her recordings have received every critical prize in the international press, and have met with equal popular success.  All have spent weeks on Billboard’s Classical Top Ten list.  A recent concerto recording, which paired Schoenberg and Sibelius, debuted at No. 1 and spent the next twenty-three weeks on the Billboard classical charts. This acclaimed album brought Hahn her second Grammy: the 2009 Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra.  Her first Grammy win came in 2003 for her Brahms and Stravinsky concerto album. In a special project last season, Hahn’s former teacher, composer Jennifer Higdon, wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning concerto for her. The piece was released in September 2010, along with works by Tchaikovsky. In October 2011, Hahn will release her newest album, Charles Ives: Four Sonatas.

Hahn has appeared on the covers of all major classical music publications and has been featured in mainstream periodicals such as Vogue, Elle, Town and Country, and Marie Claire.  In 2001, she was named “America’s Best Young Classical Musician” by Time. And in January 2010 she appeared as guest artist, playing Bartok and Brahms, on The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien.
 
An engaging personality, Hahn is an avid writer and interviewer, posting journal entries and information for young musicians and concertgoers on her website, hilaryhahn.com.  In video, she produces a YouTube channel, youtube.com/hilaryhahnvideos, and serves as guest host for the contemporary classical music blog Sequenza21. Elsewhere, her violin case comments on life as a traveling companion, on Twitter: twitter.com/violincase. In addition, Hahn has participated in a number of other musical projects and collaborations. In 2004, she was a soloist on the Oscar-nominated soundtrack to the film The Village. She has made guest appearances on two albums by the alt-rock band …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead and on Grand Forks by Tom Brosseau, and she has collaborated and toured with folk-rock singer-songwriter Josh Ritter.
www.hilaryhahn.com

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (hr-Sinfonieorchester)

"Beautifully refined orchestral playing from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony under Paavo Jarvi.”
- The Guardian, May 2010
“…the marvellously sonorous Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra…this is vivid, warm and full of drama. The lyrical opening movement sings with varied weights and colours, the Adagio is sustained but with light and shade, the Scherzo has huge force but breathes and moves, while the finale attains a terrific, transparent power.”
- The Guardian, January 2009
“The orchestra from Frankfurt was conducted by Paavo Jarvi, a conductor who draws from the best symphonic traditions of the past century, elegant, clear in his ideas, respectful of the intentions of the composer and perfectly expert in getting the most out of the orchestras he conducts.”
- Gara, August 2011

Founded more than 80 years ago, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (hr-Sinfonieorchester), Germany’s third oldest radio orchestra, is among the leading and most versatile European orchestras today. With its broad repertoire, an impressive number of CDs and a wide range of concerts each year, the orchestra and its Chief Conductor Paavo Jarvi have established an outstanding international reputation on renowned international stages including London (the Proms), Amsterdam (the Concertgebouw), Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Prague, and as far afield as Japan and China. Following a line of succession of great conductors including Hans Rosbaud, Dean Dixon, Eliahu Inbal and Hugh Wolff, Estonian Paavo Jarvi has been Chief Conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra since 2006, enriching it through his work with new and exciting repertoire in all styles and from all periods. This includes the boundary-crossing Music Discovery Project, participation in the Sir Georg Solti International Conductors’ Competition and numerous children and youth projects.