Andris Nelsons
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Hanover, 11th August 2010.
The summer festival tour of Andris Nelsons and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra starts on 13th August
Stravinsky Recording (Orfeo) receives German Record Critics’ Award
After two seasons in partnership, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and its acclaimed Music Director, Andris Nelsons, are celebrating a number of achievements, including their appearance at the most prestigious summer festivals and concerts throughout Europe, the German Record Critics’ Award for their CD Stravinsky: The Firebird; Symphony of Psalms, a 90th Birthday and a special homecoming.
Following the success of previous tours, the Orchestra and Andris will from 13 August undertake a ten-day tour of Europe appearing in; Weimar (MDR Musiksommer, 13th August), Berlin Waldbühne (14th August), Lucerne (Lucerne Festival, 16th August), Wiesbaden (Rheingau Music Festival, 18th August), Prague (Dvořák Prague Festival, 20th August) and Grafenegg (Music Festival Grafenegg, 21st August).
Working with world class soloists Martin Grubinger, Hélène Grimaud and Paul Lewis, a wealth of music will be performed for these distinguished audiences including: Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”, Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony “Pathétique”, Wagner’s Prelude to “Lohengrin”, his “Rienzi” Overture, Beethoven’s Piano Concertos No. 2 in B-flat Major and No. 5 in E-flat Major as well as the concerto “Frozen in time” for percussion and orchestra by Avner Dorman.
The acceptance of the “German Record Critics’ Award” for the CD Stravinsky: The Firebird; Symphony of Psalms heralds a successful recording partnership between Nelsons and the CBSO through record label Orfeo. This is set to continue with further releases including Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony “Pathétique”, scheduled for later this year.
The CBSO also celebrates its 90th anniversary on 10 and 11th November with two special concerts at Symphony Hall Birmingham. Exactly 90 Years to the day that Sir Edward Elgar conducted the inaugural CBSO concert at Birmingham’s Town Hall, Nelsons will pay homage to this iconic English composer with a performance of his Violin Concerto. The concert will also feature Richard Strauss’s suite from Der Rosenkavalier and Haydn’s Symphony No. 90.
Performing in his hometown Riga later in the year, on November 26th and 27th, Nelsons with the CBSO will take their special music making partnership to Latvia for the first time. They will also have the chance to tour again in January as part of another European tour, which will take place in Essen, Bielefeld, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid and San Sebastian.
Currently, Nelsons conducts performances of “Lohengrin” at the Bayreuth Festival. In October, he debuts with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic.
www.andrisnelsons.com; www. cbso.co.uk; www.kdschmid.de
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Press Contacts
Nina Steinhart, Director PR, Konzertdirektion Schmid:
Tel: +49-511-36607-59, nina.steinhart@kdschmid.de
Ruth Green, CBSO Communications Manager
Tel: +44-121-616-6511; Email: rgreen@cbso.co.uk
Notes to the Editor
- CBSO 90th Birthday concert. If you would like to be part of this event, please speak with Ruth Green.
- This season, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) celebrates 90 years of great music making and ensuring musical talent is at the heart of the UK. With Andris Nelsons as its Music Director, the Orchestra continues to see rave reviews both in the UK and internationally and has also experienced a 3.5% increase in audience numbers in the following the 2009-10 season at Symphony Hall Birmingham where the Orchestra is in residence.
CBSO Ignite includes activities to attract and engage with audiences including five talented and renowned Choruses, a Youth Orchestra as well as an education and outreach programme that inspires more than 50,000 people regionally each year.
The CBSO is a charity which is core funded by Arts Council England and Birmingham City Council.
