Iván Fischer will conduct the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in their concert at Les Arts
02.11.2022
Les Arts
- Master Zubin Mehta cancels his appearance in Valencia due to health reasons
- Fischer will conduct Haydn's 'Sinfonia Concertante' and Mahler's 'Fifth Symphony' with the BRSO, considered one of the best orchestras in the world.
Valencia (2.11.22). Iván Fischer will conduct the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra on November 25 at 7:30 p.m. in an extraordinary concert at the Auditori del Palau de les Arts.
The esteemed Hungarian maestro is replacing Zubin Mehta, who has had to cancel his appearance on this tour due to health reasons . The maestro from Bombay expressed his gratitude for the audience's enthusiastic reception of the concert and his great admiration for Fischer, the most suitable conductor to replace him on this occasion.
Iván Fischer, a regular guest conductor of the prestigious ensemble, will lead a program at the Auditori de les Arts featuring Haydn's 'Sinfonia concertante in B-flat major' and Gustav Mahler's legendary 'Fifth Symphony'.
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra is considered one of the world's finest symphony orchestras thanks to its conductors and the flexibility and high artistic level of each of its musicians. Their visit marks the return of major international ensembles to Valencia after the years of the pandemic.
Founded in 1949 by Eugen Jochum, its members include Rafael Kubelík, Colin Davis, Lorin Maazel and Mariss Jansons, and it has also worked with legendary names such as Leonard Bernstein, Clemens Krauss, Erich Kleiber, Carlos Kleiber, Charles Munch, Ferenc Fricsay, Otto Klemperer, Karl Böhm, Günter Wand, Georg Solti, Carlo Maria Giulini, Kurt Sanderling and Wolfgang Sawallisch.
Currently, Sir Simon Rattle leads the orchestra, which maintains its collaboration with the most renowned conductors of the moment, such as Riccardo Muti, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Franz Welser-Möst, Daniel Harding and Zubin Mehta himself.
Ivan Fischer
Considered one of the most visionary musicians of our time, he founded the Budapest Festival Orchestra in the mid-1980s, and his work as its music director has become one of the greatest international musical successes of the last 30 years. He has founded several festivals: Budapest's Mahlerfest, the Bridging Europe Festival, and the Vicenza Opera Festival. The World Economic Forum awarded him the Crystal Prize for his achievements in fostering international cultural relations.
He has been principal conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, the Lyon National Opera, and the Berlin Konzerthausorchester, the latter of which named him conductor laureate. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra named him honorary guest conductor after decades of collaboration. He is a regular guest conductor with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.
Iván Fischer is an honorary citizen of Budapest, the President of Hungary awarded him the Gold Medal, and the French government distinguished him as a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters. In 2006, he was awarded the Hungarian Kossuth Prize; in 2011, the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Prize and the Dutch Ovatie Prize; and in 2013 he was made an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in London.
