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About the Concert
What happens when classical meets jazz? George Gershwin achieved exactly that with his "Concerto in F." A concert that sounds like New York in the 1920s: vibrant, pulsating, full of energy. Gershwin, a true jazz prodigy, became an overnight star with his piece "Rhapsody in Blue." But with the "Concerto in F," he proved that he could not only write for the stage and clubs but also for the concert hall. Right from the start, the piano takes the listeners on a rapid run, almost like a wild taxi ride through Manhattan. The music tells of everything that inspired Gershwin: jazz clubs in Harlem, crowds on Broadway, and the pure excitement of a city that never sleeps. It's a bit like a musical adventure: from cheerful melodies that invite you to sway along, to emotional passages that go straight to the heart. Gershwin shows that classical music can be anything – cool, captivating, and full of surprises.
Program
John Adams "The Chairman Dances" from the opera "Nixon in China"
George Gershwin Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra
After his training and first engagements in St. Petersburg, Vasily Petrenko began a successful career as an internationally renowned conductor. He has been music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since 2021, and prior to that was head of the Royal Liverpool Orchestra and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for many years. His charismatic nature and versatility on the concert and opera stage make him a sought-after artist. In 2024, he launched a new academy for conductors in Armenia.
Our Artist in Residence introduces himself. You can find more pictures & videos of Boris Giltburg here.
Moscow-born Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg is praised worldwide as an extremely sensitive, empathetic and captivating performer, and he appears each season with a wide variety of repertoire. He demonstrates this again in the 2025/26 season, when he – as Artist in Residence of the Dresden Philharmonic – performs a solo recital at the Kulturpalast, as well as four concerts with the orchestra in Dresden and two concerts on tour with works by Beethoven, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Ravel and Gershwin.
That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.
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