The Ljubljana International Orchestra letos praznuje deseto obletnico. Jubilej bo obeležil nocoj s koncertom s solistko Nuško Drašček in dirigentko Živa Ploj Peršuh v dvorani Marjana Kozine v Slovenski filharmoniji (SF). Koncert bo oživil spomin na dva velikana klasične glasbe, ki že od nekdaj razdvajata – Richarda Wagnerja in Johannesa Brahmsa.
The concert, which marks the end of the International Orchestral Academy within the framework of the Creative Europe / Sounds of Change for a Creative Europe project, will feature Brahms' Fourth Symphony and Wagner's Five Songs for female voice to verses by Mathilde Wesendonck.
As the producers recall, the split in the 19th century between Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms divided progressives and conservatives. Wagner proclaimed his music to be the music of the future, while Brahms remained a stubborn classicist. Brahms's Fourth Symphony never disappoints listeners. It is full of dialogue, reflections and pictures of nature. And Wagner set five of Mathilde Wesendonck's songs to music during the creation of Tristan und Isolde. Together with Siegfried's Idyll, the songs are Wagner's most frequently performed works, the organisers said.
Orkester bo izvedel tudi novo delo Sounds of Change, ki je nastalo prav za istoimenski projekt in letošnjo akademijo. V Wagnerjevih samospevih Mathilde Wesendonck bo nastopila Nuška Drašček, dirigirala bo Živa Ploj Peršuh.
The Ljubljana International Orchestra od leta 2013 deluje v Ljubljani, kamor člani za večdnevno pripravo programa vsakič pripotujejo z vseh koncev sveta.
In ten years, the orchestra has brought together at least 800 musicians from 42 countries, performing in Slovenia, Italy and the UK, and collaborating with renowned institutions such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia Rome, Orchestre National Lille and the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra.
The orchestra has been joined by renowned soloists including trumpeter Reinhold Friedrich, violist Gilad Karni, violinist Michael Barenboim, violinist Gregory Ahss and cellist Konstantin Pfiz, double bassist Knut Erik Sundquist, violist Joerg Wikler, clarinettist Jože Kotar, soprano Urška Breznik and tenor Aljaž Farasin, as well as director and composer Heiner Goebbels.
Poleg prve dirigentke in ustanoviteljice orkestra Živa Ploj Peršuh so orkestru dirigirali še Klaus Arp, Uroš Lajovic, Carlo Rizzari, Domingo Hindoyan, Osvaldo Ferreira in Daniele Gatti.
