Published on Mar 5, 2016

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: Sunday, May 1, 2016

Venue: Concert Hall of NCPA

Prices: 180, 240, 320, 420, 500, 580, 680

Features: As the NCPA May Festival 2016 Opening Concert, one of the world's foremost musicians Rudolf Buchbinder will conduct the Staatskapelle Dresden to perform at Concert Hall of NCPA on Sunday May 1st, 2016.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Rudolf Buchbinder
The Viennese pianist Rudolf Buchbinder is firmly established as one of the world's foremost musicians. He frequently performs with major orchestras and conductors around the world. His comprehensive repertoire encompasses music from Bach to the present day and can be heard in over 100 recordings, many of them award-winning.

Notable recordings to his credit include Haydn's complete works for piano (Warner Classics) which was honoured with the Grand Prix du Disque as well as his live recording of Beethoven sonatas from the Semperoper in Dresden (Sony/RCA Red Seal) for which he was awarded the 2012 Echo Klassik Award in the category 'Instrumentalist of the year', as well as the Choc de l'Année 2012. Other projects include live recordings of works by Mozart, the five Beethoven concertos and the upcoming recording of both Brahms piano concertos with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta.

Rudolf Buchbinder's interpretations of Ludwig van Beethoven's works are considered benchmarks. He continues to set standards with his performances of the complete 32 sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven in more than 45 cities, among them Vienna, Berlin, Beijing, Buenos Aires, St Petersburg, Milan, Munich, Dresden, Istanbul and Zurich. In 2014 he performed the complete Beethoven sonatas over a course of seven recitals at the Salzburg Festival, as the first pianist in the history of the Festival to do so. All seven concerts were filmed by Unitel. In 2015 Rudolf Buchbinder performed his sonata cycle at the Edinburgh International Festival.

The Staatskapelle Dresden
On 22nd September 2008 the Staatskapelle Dresden celebrated its 460th jubilee. Founded by Prince Elector Moritz von Sachsen in 1548, it is one of the oldest orchestras in the world and steeped in tradition.

Over its long history, many distinguished conductors and internationally celebrated instrumentalists have left their mark on this one-time court orchestra. Previous directors include Heinrich Schutz, Johann Adolf Hasse, Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner, who called the ensemble his 'miraculous harp'. The list of prominent conductors of the last 100 years includes Ernst von Schuch, Fritz Reiner, Fritz Busch, Karl Bohm, Joseph Keilberth, Rudolf Kempe, Otmar Suitner, Kurt Sanderling, Herbert Blomstedt and Giuseppe Sinopoli. The orchestra was directed by Bernard Haitink from 2002-2004 and most recently by Fabio Luisi from 2007-2010. Principal Conductor since the 2012/2013 season has been Christian Thielemann. The first and only Conductor Laureate in the history of the Staatskapelle, from 1990 until his death in April 2013, was Sir Colin Davis. Myung-Whun Chung has been Principal Guest Conductor since the 2012/2013 season.

Richard Strauss and the Staatskapelle were closely linked for more than sixty years. Nine of the composer's operas were premiered in Dresden, including Salome, Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier, while Strauss's Alpine Symphony was dedicated to the orchestra. Countless other famous composers have written works either dedicated to the orchestra or first performed in Dresden. In 2007 the Staatskapelle reaffirmed this tradition by introducing the annual position of 'Capell-Compositeur'. Following on from Hans Werner Henze and Wolfgang Rihm, Sofia Gubaidulina will hold this title for the 2014/2015 season.

PROGRAMME

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K.595 -- Mozart
Piano Concerto No.21 in C Major, K.467 -- Mozart

—— Intermission ——

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 -- Mozart

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