Zubin Mehta

Due capolavori di Ludwig van Beethoven per inaugurare la 79° edizione del Festival più antico d’Italia. András Schiff è il solista d’eccezione nel quinto e ultimo Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra, il cosiddetto Imperatore forse per le analogie con la grandiosa Sinfonia Eroica o forse in riferimento al periodo della sua creazione, in una Vienna occupata dalle truppe francesi di Napoleone Bonaparte. Una delle più famose pagine per pianoforte e orchestra mai scritte, qui affiancata da un ancor più celebre monumento musicale: la Sinfonia n. 9. Partitura sublime, affidata a Zubin Mehta e all'Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, che nella rivoluzionaria esplosione dell’Inno alla gioia travolge e supera quanto era stato composto fino ad allora.

Gala evening - black tie

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven
Concert n. 5 in E-flat major op. 73 Imperator for piano and orchestra

Interval

Symphony n. 9 in D minor op. 125 for soloists, choir and orchestra

Artists

Conductor
Zubin Mehta

Choir director
Lorenzo Fratini

Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Piano
Sir András Schiff

Soprano
Julianna Di Giacomo

Mezzo
Julia Rutigliano

Tenor
Burkhard Fritz

Baritone
Tomasz Konieczny

SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF
András Schiff was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1953 and started piano lessons at the age of five with Elisabeth Vadász. Subsequently he continued his musical studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy with Professor Pál Kadosa, György Kurtág and Ferenc Rados, and in London with George Malcolm. For his recording “Geistervariationen” with works by Robert Schumann (ECM) Andras Schiff received the International Classical Music Award 2012, in the category “Solo Instrumental Recording of the Year.” András Schiff has worked with most of the major international orchestras and conductors, but nowadays he performs mainly as a conductor and soloist. In 1999 he created his own chamber orchestra, the Cappella Andrea Barca, which consists of international soloists, chamber musicians and friends. In addition to working annually with this Orchestra, he also works with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. In June 2014 he was bestowed a knighthood for services to Music in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.