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Thierry Fischer bids farewell to Utah Symphony after 14 years as Music Director
Thierry Fischer concludes his 14 year tenure as Music Director of the Utah Symphony with performances of Messiaen’s all encompassing Turangalîla Symphony, Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde” with the NOVA Ensemble and Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square – all monumental, reflective pieces befitting the closure of a 14...
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Utah Symphony’s Farewell to Thierry Fischer
Utah Symphony pays tribute to Music Director Thierry Fischer after 14 years.
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Turangalîla with Utah Symphony
Utah Arts Review, May 2023: Fischer and the orchestra proved brilliant guides, imbuing the piece’s strange twists and turns with lucidity and charm, creating moments of exquisite beauty along the way.
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Brass for Africa & Dvořák with OSCyL
Ritmo, April 2023: It was all done with precision, taste, solvency in the soloists, a lot of rhythm and contagious joy, thanks to the good work of Thierry Fischer, the concertmaster Pavaci and the commitment of all the musicians, who won over the entire Auditorium, who enjoyed the varied and correct writing of this Todo...
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Recording: Messiaen’s “Des canyons aux étoiles” with Utah Symphony
The Guardian, April 2023: Fischer ensures that their superb contributions fit perfectly into what he projects as a vast musical canvas, and that the orchestral playing is fabulously precise too, so that the performance is easily a match for the fine recordings of Des Canyons aux Etoiles … The Times, April 2023: A colourful epic...
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Thierry Fischer releases Messiaen’s “Des canyons aux étoiles” with Utah Symphony
Inspired by the colossal landscapes of southern Utah, which Messiaen visited while working on the score of “Des canyons aux étoiles”, who better than the Utah Symphony under the inspirational direction of Thierry Fischer to tackle the considerable demands of this thrilling epic? “Being at the end of my tenure here, I could simply not imagine another piece to...