On February 14, 15, and 16, David Afkham brings his “considerable interpretive insight” (Chicago Tribune)back to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, leading a sweeping program of Richard Wagner, Jean Sibelius, and Arnold Schönberg. Violinist Christian Tetzlaff headlines the concert, acting as soloist for Sebelius’ deeply expressive and technically demanding work Violin Concerto. {…}
David Afkham returns to the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, where he is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, on January 31 and February 1 and 2 for a powerful program that reflects on the horrors of the second World War. It features Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8, written in 1943, {…}
On January 19 and 20, David Afkham joins the Staatsorchester Stuttgart for a lush and virtuosic program of Richard Wagner, Paul Hindemith, and Anton Bruckner. The concert opens with Wagner’s Siegfried-Idyll, a tender symphonic poem originally composed as an intimate birthday gift for his wife, Cosima. Afkham will also lead {…}
David Afkham conducts Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss with the Brucknerorchestra Linz on December 20 at the Landestheater Linz and December 21 at the Großer Musikvereinssaal in Vienna. Featuring lauded baritone Matthias Goerne, the program features several of Wolf’s symphonic lieder, with texts by Goethe and Mörike. Afkham will also {…}
On December 10, David Afkham joins the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin for a concert featuring acclaimed violinist Christian Tetzlaff. Afkham will conduct Béla Bartók’s folk-inspired Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2, one of the composer’s most beloved and accessible pieces and one of the last works he wrote in Hungary before {…}
On November 22, 23, and 24, David Afkham returns to the Orquestra y Coro Nacional de España, where he is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, for Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5. One of the composer’s most deeply spiritual works, Bruckner draws on the sacred music of J.S. Bach, creating complex {…}