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Auditorio Nacional in Madrid with OSCyL
Scherzo, January 2025: With Manfred, Fischer offers a lesson in conducting. To the question of how to get people excited with this symphony that seems less inspired than the Fifth or the Pathétique, the answer he offered is multiple: through dramatic intensity; taking advantage of and accentuating the composer’s resources as an orchestrator; of his...
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São Paulo Symphony Announces 2025 Season
Together with OSESP music director Thierry Fischer is looking forward to its 2025 season: OSESP’s anniversary season lies behind us and it was an important moment for us to not only look back on the 70 year history of the orchestra but also to lay the foundations for the future – which begins with the...
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World Premiere of Frank Martin’s “Die blaue Blume” in Geneva
After almost a century of oblivion, the ballet music “Die blaue Blume” by Frank Martin will finally be performed. Originally composed in 1936 for a competition organized by the Zurich Opera Ballet, the work remained unheard due to its avant-garde approach, as the choreographers Pino and Pia Mlakar considered it too demanding for the dancers....
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