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Symphony Concert

Mahler 4

Master conductor Ádám Fischer conducts Haydn and Mahler
© Nikolaj Lund

12/18

Friday | 12/18/2026
7:00 pm Start of Concert
Concert introduction with Albert Breier 1 hour before the concert begins in the hall of the Central Library (1st floor)
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

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12/19

Saturday | 12/19/2026
7:00 pm Start of Concert
Concert introduction with Albert Breier 1 hour before the concert begins in the hall of the Central Library (1st floor)
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

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from 64 | 53 | 45 | 39 | 29 | 22 €
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from 10 € for students and under 18 years old | young people under 30 years old.
from 11 € for Dresden Pass and SB from GdB 80

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About the Concert

Duration: approx. 1 hr 45 mins without intermission

Joseph Haydn was a star long before there were any stars at all. Particularly with the twelve symphonies he wrote for the London audience, which were also premiered in London, he achieved such success that he became a truly wealthy man. There was merchandising, fan merchandise, and press coverage, and the audience was practically ecstatic at his concerts. This also applies to his very last Symphony No. 104, which begins with a thunderous bang and carries the character of a Bohemian folk song in the final movement.<br>Gustav Mahler referred to his Fourth Symphony as his "cheeriest work." The audience at the premiere found it almost too simple for Mahler and did not take the elegant surface seriously – its profundity was only understood later: The "heaven" in Mahler's 4th Symphony is not an exalted beyond but a childishly naive vision of paradise. Starting from the Wunderhorn song "Das himmlische Leben," Mahler paints a bright, transparent sound world full of irony, simplicity, and gentle rapture, where innocence and quiet doubt coexist.<br>

Programme

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D major

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major

Artists

Ádám Fischer
Conductor
Ruzan Mantashyan
Soprano
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Ádám Fischer

Conductor

Whether in Bayreuth, at the Metropolitan Opera, with the Berlin Philharmonic or at the Salzburg Festival, Ádám Fischer inspires audiences as much as the musicians he conducts. Born in Budapest, he began his international career in 1978. Today, he is the Artistic Director of the Danish Chamber Orchestra and the Budapest Wager Days, as well as principal conductor of the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. He regularly uses his international reach to spread messages of humanity and democracy.

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Ruzan Mantashyan

Soprano Ruzan Mantashyan comes from Armenia, where she also studied before continuing her training in Modena and Frankfurt and becoming a member of the Atelier lyrique of the Opéra national de Paris. Today, she sings roles such as Fiordiligi in "Così fan tutte", Marguerite in "Faust", Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni" and Violetta in "La traviata" with huge success, performing at opera houses in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Paris, Geneva, Vienna and Tokyo, to name but a few.

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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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