On March 14 and 15, David Afkham joins the Orchestre National de Lyon for a program of Beethoven, Berg, and Brahms, featuring violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann. The concert opens with Beethoven’s powerful and intense Coriolan Overture, written for a play, Coriolan, based on the story of the Roman general Gaius {…}
David Afkham makes his highly-anticipated debut with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra on February 21 and 23, with a program that highlights the music of Johannes Brahms, W.A. Mozart, and Outi Tarkiainen. The program opens with Tarkiainen’s The Ring of Fire and Love, an intense exploration of the moment of birth, followed {…}
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 {…}