Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra: Mendelssohn / Schumann / DvořákLahav Shani (conductor), Gautier Capuçon (cello)
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When Lahav Shani takes over as the Munich Philharmonic’s youngest principal conductor to date in 2026, the orchestra will have a thoroughbred musician who is as versatile as he is experienced at the helm. At the age of 34, the Tel Aviv-born exceptional talent has already achieved much that one can only dream of in the course of an entire conducting career: Not only has Shani spent the past several years as a guest conductor of the world’s most renowned orchestras; he has also held the illustrious positions of principal conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra for some time now.
This event is in the past.
When Lahav Shani takes over as the Munich Philharmonic’s youngest principal conductor to date in 2026, the orchestra will have a thoroughbred musician who is as versatile as he is experienced at the helm. At the age of 34, the Tel Aviv-born exceptional talent has already achieved much that one can only dream of in the course of an entire conducting career: Not only has Shani spent the past several years as a guest conductor of the world’s most renowned orchestras; he has also held the illustrious positions of principal conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra for some time now.
With the latter, he will present an extensive programme in the Isarphilharmonie this autumn, including Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No 9, From the New World, one of the great works of orchestral literature. At tonight’s concert, the soloist will be the young French cellist Gautier Capuçon. They will perform Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto, which premiered in 1851 and is one of the most memorable, moving works of its genre – sometimes playful, sometimes dramatic, but, above all, melancholic. Reviewing a CD recording of the work, BR Klassik described Capuçon’s approach as “warm-hearted and thoroughly faithful to tradition, but never sentimental”.
Programme
- Felix Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte, selection)
- Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129
- Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 From the New World
