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Canaletto - das Dresdner Stadtfest

Viva la Vida

Broadway and accordion for the city festival opening
© Kaupo Kikkas

08/14

Friday | 08/14/2026
7:00 pm Start of Concert
Theaterplatz vor der Semperoper

About the Concert

City festival and Dresden Philharmonic, they have been together for many years! This time we open it with a programme that simply creates a good mood. This is ensured by tango rhythms as well as the typical Broadway sound of George Gershwin. The whole thing gets the right momentum from the accordion, which can do much more than one usually thinks...

Programme

Manuel de Falla
"The Three-Cornered Hat" Suite from the ballet

George Gershwin
"Three Preludes" for accordion, strings and percussion

Carl Maria von Weber
"The Three Pintos" Intermezzo music from the opera

Manuel de Falla
“Fire Dance” from the ballet “El amor brujo”

Astor Piazzolla
“Libertango” for accordion, strings, glockenspiel, harp and piano
"Oblivion" - arranged by J. Lenehan

Maurice Ravel
"Bolero" (Arr. Stefan Behrisch)

Zequinha Abreu
"Tico Tico no Fubá" (Arr. Stefan Behrisch)

Artists

Christoph Koncz
Conductor
Ksenija Sidorova
Accordion
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Christoph Koncz

The Austrian conductor Christoph Koncz has already established himself as one of the outstanding musicians of his generation, performing worldwide with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, hr‑Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal and Hong Kong Philharmonic as well as at opera houses such as the Opernhaus Zürich, National Theatre Prague, Teatro Real Madrid and Wiener Staatsoper.

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Ksenija Sidorova

Ksenija Sidorova is hailed as "revelatory" and praised for her vibrant stage presence and virtuosity. The Riga-born musician is regarded as a leading ambassador for the classical accordion and continually contributes to expanding the repertoire for her instrument by commissioning new works from contemporary composers and entering into special collaborations. She performs with leading orchestras worldwide as well as in chamber music ensembles and as a soloist

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

Top class! 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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