Les Arts expands its symphonic offering with new dates for Beethoven's 'Ninth' and Verdi's 'Requiem'

Les Arts és Simfònic

• Manfred Honeck will conduct Beethoven's 'Choral' Symphony at the Auditori, replacing Fabio Luisi, who has been forced to cancel for personal reasons.

• Daniele Gatti makes his Les Arts debut with Verdi's 'Requiem', accompanied by an exceptional quartet: Eleonora Buratto, Sonia Ganassi, Fabio Sartori and Michele Pertusi

Valencia (May 26, 2021). The Palau de les Arts responds to the high demand for tickets to Beethoven's 'Ninth' and Verdi's 'Requiem', expanding its symphonic program for the 2020-2021 season with two new dates added to those already scheduled, June 19 and July 1, respectively.

Thus, the Auditori will host a new performance of Beethoven's 'Choral' symphony on Friday, June 18 at 8:00 p.m., while Daniele Gatti will also conduct Verdi's 'Requiem' on Friday, July 2.

'Les Arts és Simfònic' concludes with two of the most beloved works in the repertoire, which will also mark the debut of two great names in orchestral conducting with the Cor de la Generalitat and the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana.

Daniele Gatti, current principal conductor of the Rome Opera and artistic advisor to the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, conducts 'Messa da Requiem' in his first collaboration with Les Arts.

Soprano Eleonora Buratto, mezzo-soprano Sonia Gannasi, tenor Fabio Sartori and bass Michele Pertusi make up the list of soloists who, together with the CGV and the OCV, perform, under the direction of the Milanese conductor, one of the most fascinating and appreciated pieces of the sacred repertoire.

In this regard, Les Arts announces that Manfred Honeck will conduct the two scheduled concerts featuring Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral". Fabio Luisi, who was to make his debut at the Auditori with this work, has been forced to cancel his appearance due to personal reasons.

Manfred Honeck, principal conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since 2008, is one of the most prominent conductors on the international scene, with an extensive career in the symphonic and operatic repertoire. With a particularly strong reputation in Europe and the United States, the Austrian conductor joins the ranks of leading figures in orchestral conducting who have worked with the resident ensembles of Les Arts.

Throughout his long career, he has conducted the most prestigious ensembles in the old continent such as the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Tonhalle Zurich, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Orchestre de Paris or the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as the orchestras that make up the American 'Big Five': the New York Philharmonic, the Boston and Chicago Symphony Orchestras and the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras.

Trained in the purest Viennese musical tradition, the unmistakable stamp of his recordings with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has earned him several Grammy Award nominations, a distinction he finally received in 2018 for his recording of Shostakovich's 'Fifth Symphony'.