Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with performances of all five piano concertos by three award-winning soloists.
Yefim Bronfman, Daniil Trifonov and Emanuel Ax to perform all five piano concertos in a concentrated three-week period.
Performance of Piano Concerto No. 4 marks orchestra’s return to the Academy of Music for first subscriptions concerts since 2001.
The year 2020 marks the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates this milestone by performing all five of the composer’s piano concertos from Jan. 23 through Feb. 8, with three of the greatest living pianists: Yefim Bronfman, Daniil Trifonov and Emanuel Ax.
The Philadelphia Orchestra will return to its original home, the historic Academy of Music in Philadelphia, for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 from Jan. 23–26 with acclaimed artist Yefim Bronfman.
The performances mark the orchestra’s first subscription concerts at the academy since 2001.
Led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the program also features composer Vivian Fung’s “Dust Devils” and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3, which received its world premiere on the academy stage in 1936.
The orchestra’s Grammy-winning recording partner, Daniil Trifonov, joins the ensemble for four performances of two piano concertos from Jan. 30 –Feb. 2.
Nézet-Séguin leads the program, featuring Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 on Jan. 30 and 31 and Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”) on Feb. 1 and 2. Amplifying both programs are two works by formidable women composers: Lili Boulanger and Louise Farrenc.
Award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax has performed with the orchestra for over 40 years, and he joins the ensemble again to complete Beethoven’s piano concerto cycle with Concertos Nos. 2 and 3.
The Second Concerto is featured on Feb. 6 and 8, while the Third Concerto is presented Feb. 7. Rising star and Curtis Institute of Music alumna Karina Canellakis makes her Philadelphia Orchestra debut on the podium. Both programs also feature Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri’s “Lineage,” as well as Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra.
