David Afkham will replace Daniel Harding for the subscription concerts with the Staatskapelle Dresden on 7, 8 and 9 January at the Semperoper. He will lead the orchestra in a programme of Elgar’s Violin Concerto with Frank Peter Zimmermann as soloist. He will also perform Franz Schmidt’s Symphony No. 4, last conducted {…}
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 magnificent Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503, with the talented pianist Martin Helmchen. Following the intermission, the orchestra will {…}
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 a series to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the composer’s death. David will join the orchestra for two performances in Dresden on {…}
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 {…}