BEETHOVEN
Asher Fisch conductor
Alessandro Taverna piano
Israeli conductor, born in 1959, he regularly collaborates with the major European and American theaters and with prestigious symphonic ensembles.
Exalted by critics as one of the most refined Wagnerian interpreters of our times, Asher Fisch has brought his wide operatic repertoire to the greatest theaters in the world, also holding the role of Music Director at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv and at the Volksoper in Vienna. His concert activity is also intense, even as a pianist. Among the direct orchestras we remember: The Chicago Symphony, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Berliner Philharmonischer, the Israel Philharmonic, the NHK of Tokyo and others.
Referred to by English music critics as the “natural successor of his great compatriot Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli”, Alessandro Taverna possesses a musical creativity capable of “arousing a feeling of wonder like a visit to his native Venice”.
Alessandro Taverna made a name for himself internationally at the Leeds Piano Competition in 2009: “Suddenly the audience was pervaded by a solemn beauty: they were impeccable minutes of intense poetry!” said the British newspaper The Independent when he performed Chopin’s First Piano Concerto. Since then his career has led him to perform all over the world in the most important halls and musical seasons: Teatro alla Scala in Milano, Teatro San Carlo in Napoli, Musikverein in Vienna, Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, Gasteig in Monaco. , Konzerthaus in Berlin, Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool, Sala Verdi and Auditorium in Milano, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Roma.
Sunday 24 January 2021 | H 17.30
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Program
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
ORCHESTRA OF THE TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA
With its long-standing tradition, the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna has been led by Musical Directors like Sergiu Celibidache, Zoltán Peskó, Vladimir Delman, Riccardo Chailly, Daniele Gatti, Michele Mariotti. Some of the conductors who have worked with the ensemble include Gary Bertini, Myung-Whun Chung, James Conlon, Pinchas Steinberg, Valery Gergiev, Eliau Inbal, Vladimir Jurowskij, Daniel Oren, Peter Maag, Neville Marriner, Kurt Masur, Riccardo Muti, Mstislav Rostropovič, Esa Pekka Salonen, Georg Solti, Christian Thielemann, Charles Dutoit, Georges Prêtre. The Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale is often invited abroad (The Netherlands, Romania, Spain, France, and Switzerland) and has played in many prestigious festivals (Amsterdam 1987, Parma 1990, Wiesbaden 1994, Santander 2004 and 2008, Aix en Provence 2005, Savonlinna 2006, Macao 2013, Muscat 2015, Guanajuato in Mexico 2017, Paris 2018). A special connection with Japan has brought to several tours, including the tour in June 2019 in Osaka, Tokyo, Yokohama, Fukuoka, with performances of Rigoletto directed by Alessio Pizzech, and of Il Barbiere di Siviglia directed by Federico Grazzini.
Its numerous recordings include La Favorite conducted by Richard Bonynge; Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio conduted by Zoltán Peskó, Il Barbiere di Siviglia conducted by Giuseppe Patané, La Fille du Régiment conducted by Bruno Campanella, Le Maschere and La Bohème conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti, La Scala di Seta conducted by Gabriele Ferro, Macbeth, Manon Lescaut, Rigoletto, La Cenerentola, Messa Solenne, and the video production of Vespri siciliani and Giovanna d’Arco and Werther conducted by Riccardo Chailly, Armide conducted by Daniele Gatti, Simon Boccanegra conducted by Michele Mariotti.
The Orchestra, conducted by Michele Mariotti, has recorded a CD under the label Decca with sacred arias sung by Juan Diego Flórez, and an album under Sony with Romantic arias sung by Nino Machaidze. Under Deutsche Grammophon the Orchestra recorded Le Comte Ory with Flórez, and La Nuit de Mai – a selection or arias and songs by Leoncavallo – with Placido Domingo. Under the label PENTATONE it recently released a CD containing overtures by Rossini, to celebrate 150 years since the death of the composer.
In March 2013 the artistic ensembles of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, led by Michele Mariotti, opened the IV International Festival Mstislav Rostropovich in Moscow, where they performed Verdi’s Messa da Requiem. In October 2015, again with Michele Mariotti on the podium, they opened the Lingotto Music Festival at the Auditorium Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, where they performed Stabat Mater by Rossini, and his Overture and Ballet Music from Guillaume Tell.
After working with the Rossini Opera Festival for nearly thirty years (from 1988 to 2016), the year 2017 brought new collaborations between the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and the Verdi Festival in Parma, where the Orchestra performed, among other productions, the Stiffelio directed by Graham Vick. Staged at the Teatro Farnese, the show was highly appreciated by audience and critics alike and was granted the Special Prize at the 37th edition of the “Franco Abbiati” Critics award. The Orchestra’s engagements with the Verdi Festival for the Fall of 2019 include Luisa Miller at the Chiesa di San Francesco del Prato in Parma, and Aida at the Teatro Verdi in Busseto.
The Teatro Comunale’s 2018 production of La Bohème staged by Graham Vick received the Abbiati Award as best show.