Tchaikovsky

Christmas concert featuring The Nutcracker Suite and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
© Suxiao Yang

12/25

Wednesday | 12/25/2024
7:30 pm Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
Floor Plan
59 | 49 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 20 €
29 € for young people
29 € for Dresden-Pass
29 € for SB ab GdB80 (+ggf. Begleitung)

12/26

Thursday | 12/26/2024
11:00 am Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
Floor Plan
59 | 49 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 20 €
29 € for young people
29 € for Dresden-Pass
29 € for SB ab GdB80 (+ggf. Begleitung)

12/26

Thursday | 12/26/2024
6:00 pm Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
Floor Plan
59 | 49 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 20 €
29 € for young people
29 € for Dresden-Pass
29 € for SB ab GdB80 (+ggf. Begleitung)

About the Concert

Unplayable? Indeed, the best violinists 150 years ago thought that Tchaikovsky's newly composed violin concerto was far too difficult, that it could not be played at all. When someone finally dared to perform it, the piece was torn apart by critics. It is hard to believe when one hears it today in all its beauty and brilliance in the concert hall. Here, it is performed by Artist in Residence Augustin Hadelich, who makes even the most difficult passages seem as if they could be played effortlessly. For those who are not already in a festive mood, Tchaikovsky's ballet music "The Nutcracker" will surely put them in the Christmas spirit - and evoke happy memories of childhood, Christmas scents, and candlelight...

Program

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy-Overture in B minor
Violin Concerto in D major
"The Nutcracker" Excerpts from the ballet (compiled by Anna Rakitina)

Contributer

Anna Rakitina
Conductor
Augustin Hadelich
Violin
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Anna Rakitina

"Anna is one of the most talented and promising young conductors I know, and her potential is truly extraordinary," says Andris Nelsons about Anna Rakitina. She comes from a Russian-Ukrainian family and studied in Moscow and Hamburg. She was a Dudamel Fellow with the L.A. Philharmonic in 2019/20 and Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 2019 to 2023. In the last two years, she has already performed with many renowned orchestras in the USA and Europe.

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Augustin Hadelich

Artist in Residence

Augustin Hadelich has established himself as one of the great violinists of his generation and performs with all the major orchestras in North America, Europe and the Far East, whereby his phenomenal reputation always precedes the German-American. The GRAMMY winner has also recorded numerous works for CD, in recent years as an exclusive artist of Warner Classics. As Artist in Residence, he will perform several programs with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the 2024/25 season.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

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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