Wiener Philharmoniker / Bertrand Chamayou / Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Als Dirigent und Komponist ist Esa-Pekka Salonen in unterschiedlichen musikalischen Welten zu Hause – und vereint sie zum Multiversum.
There are composing conductors and conducting composers. And then there’s Esa-Pekka Salonen, the universal musician, whom one critic called »one of the few true double talents in the music world«. That praise is entirely justified, as his engagements around the world and his – always euphorically acclaimed – performances in the Elbphilharmonie testify. The artist, who was born in Helsinki in 1958, already gave multiple guest performances here in spring 2022, kicking off a portrait series that will stretch over two seasons. The »Multiverse Esa-Pekka Salonen« series now continues – or perhaps we should say »expands«.
Over ten concerts, fans and friends, newcomers and the adventurous, all have an opportunity to immerse themselves in Salonen’s musical cosmos. In the majority of cases the man himself will be on the conductor’s podium. In the first concert he is teaming up with the Vienna Philharmonic for Olivier Messiaen’s monumental »Turangalîla-Sinfonie«, which Salonen says »opened up a whole new world« for him as a teenager.
They are joined by pianist Yuja Wang, who can also be seen performing piano concertos by Sergey Rachmaninov and Magnus Lindberg. Salonen presents two programmes with the San Francisco Symphony, whose chief conductor he became in 2020 after posts in Los Angeles and London, and another two programmes with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra.
A number of his own compositions are also being performed, including the string quartet »Homunculus«, a tone poem about the Greek goddess of the night Nyx, which meanders between Ravel and Mahler, the Bach-inspired »Fog« and, for the grand finale, a spectacular new organ concerto written for and performed by Iveta Apkalna, the Elbphilharmonie’s titular organist.
Wiener Philharmoniker / Bertrand Chamayou / Esa-Pekka Salonen
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NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra: Adams & Salonen
Leila Josefowicz / Alan Gilbert – Elbphilharmonie Visions
San Francisco Symphony / Johan Dalene / Esa-Pekka Salonen
Stucky / Barber / Salonen / Bártók – Multiverse Esa-Pekka Salonen
San Francisco Symphony / Yuja Wang / Esa-Pekka Salonen
Rachmaninow / Bartók
with Yuja Wang, Nico Muhly & Esa-Pekka Salonen
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Daniel Müller-Schott / Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Salonen / Lalo / Sibelius
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Daniel Müller-Schott / Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Salonen / Lalo / Sibelius
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Tamara Stefanovich / Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Übelst unverstärkt: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Works by Esa-Pekka Salonen
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Tamara Stefanovich / Esa-Pekka Salonen
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NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Iveta Apkalna / Esa-Pekka Salonen
Sibelius / Salonen / Berlioz / Skrjabin – Hamburg International Music Festival
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Iveta Apkalna / Esa-Pekka Salonen
Sibelius / Salonen / Berlioz / Skrjabin – Hamburg International Music Festival
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