Concert with the BSO at Tanglewood
On July 22, David Afkham takes the baton to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the esteemed Tanglewood Festival. The enchanting program will feature Wagner’s moving Siegfried Idyll and Mozart’s {…}
On July 22, David Afkham takes the baton to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the esteemed Tanglewood Festival. The enchanting program will feature Wagner’s moving Siegfried Idyll and Mozart’s {…}
The Dresden Staatskapelle this week announced that David Afkham would be stepping-in for Christian Thielemann on their upcoming European tour. The programme centres around Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with soloist Julia Fischer, as part of {…}
David Afkham begins the 2019-20 season with his debut conducting Dvořák’s Rusalka at the Theater an der Wien. Regarded as one of the most popular Czech operas, the story of the immortal water nymph, Rusalka, who falls in love with a prince and yearns to become human, remains a staple {…}
This summer, David Afkham makes his debut at the Staatsoper Stuttgart conducting Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer. Mr. Afkham conducted this epic opera in a concert version this past Spring featuring Sir Bryn Terfel singing the title role, part of the Spring Festival in Tokyo. Known for his radical interpretations of opera, Calixto Bieito’s production {…}
This week, David Afkham makes his debut with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe at the Klarafestival at Bozar in Brussels and and at deSingel in Antwerp, conducting a programme that includes Liszt’s Two Episodes from Lenau’s Faust, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 15 (with pianist Pierre Laurent Aimard) and Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht Op. 60. David {…}
Das belgische Klarafestival gehört zu den spannendsten und renommiertesten Klassik-Festivals in den BeNeLux-Staaten. In seinem diesjährigen Eröffnungskonzert am 14.3. geht es höchst unheimlich zu: In Episoden aus Lenaus Faust greift der Fürst der Finsternis zur Geige, in Mozarts Klavierkonzert Nr. 15 gibt es einen teuflisch schwierigen Klavierpart zu bewältigen und schließlich werden mit Mendelssohns {…}