Music: Georges Bizet
L'Arlésienne, Suite No. 2
 I. Pastorale
 II. Intermezzo
 III. Menuet
 IV. Farandole

 

Music: Maurice Ravel

Piano Concerto in G Major, M.83
 I. Allegramente
 II. Adagio assai
 III. Presto

 

- Intermission -

 

Music: Modest Mussorgsky
Arr.: Maurice Ravel
Pictures at an Exhibition
 I. Promenade
 II. The Gnome
 III. Promenade
 IV. The Old Castle
 V. Promenade
 VI. Tuileries
 VII. Bydlo
 VIII. Promenade
 IX. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
 X. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
 XI. Limoges. The Market
 XII. Catacombs
 XIII. Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua
 XIV. The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba Yaga)
 XV. The Great Gate of Kiev

 

Music: Camille Saint-Saëns
Three Symphonic Pictures-3rd Movement, from La Foi, Op. 130
 III. Allegro Moderato E Maestoso

 

Music: Camille Saint-Saëns
Piano concerto No. 5 in F Major, Op. 103, “The Egyptian”
 I. Allegro animato
 II. Andante
 III. Molto Allegro

 

Music: Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, “Organ”
 I. Adagio - Allegro Moderato
 II. Poco Adagio
 III. Allegro Moderato -Presto
 IV. Maestoso -Allegro

 

The above information, including performance times, lineups, programmes and ticket prices, are all subject to change without prior notice and for reference only.

 

 

Cristian Măcelaru
GRAMMY® Award-winning conductor Cristian Măcelaru is the Music Director Designate of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Director of the George Enescu Festival and Competition, Music Director of the Orchestre National de France, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Interlochen Center for the Arts’ World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Music Director and Conductor of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and Chief Conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Cologne, where he will serve through the 2024/25 season and continue as Artistic Partner for the 2025/26 season.

 

Măcelaru appeared at the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony which was broadcast to 1.5 billion viewers worldwide. He led the Orchestre National de France and Chœur de Radio France in the performance of the Olympic Anthem as the Olympic Flag was raised beneath the Eiffel Tower. Măcelaru and the Orchestre National de France continue their 2024/25 season in tours throughout France, Germany, South Korea and China. Guest appearances include his debuts with the Oslo Philharmonic and RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin as well as returns with the Wiener Symphoniker, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in Europe. In North America, Măcelaru leads the Pittsburgh Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

 

 

Bruce Liu
Bruce Liu was brought to the world's attention in 2021, when he won the First Prize at the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. Following his competition’s success, he immediately embarks on a world tour, appearing at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Wiener Konzerthaus, BOZAR Brussels, Tokyo Opera City, Sala São Paulo, Royal Festival Hall with the Philharmonia Orchestra, U.S. tour with the Warsaw Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. Past highlights include performance with ensembles such as the Cleveland Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as North-America tour with the China NCPA Orchestra.

 

His upcoming highlights include debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, European tour with Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker at Musikverein, festival appearances at la Roque d’Anthéron, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Rheingau, Edinburgh, Chopin and his Europe, Duszniki, and Gstaad Menuhin.

 

An exclusive recording artist with Deutsche Grammophon, his first album featuring the winning performances from the Chopin Competition won a Fryderyk Award and received international acclaim including both the Critics' choice and Editor's choice from the Gramophone Magazine, as well as being included in its list of Best classical albums from 2021.

 

"What we all have in common is our difference", the young pianist likes to say. Born in Paris to Chinese parents, Bruce Liu grew up in Montreal. His life has been steeped in cultural diversity, which has shaped his differences in attitude, personality and character. He draws on various sources of inspiration for his art: European refinement, Chinese long tradition, North American dynamism and openness. Following his artist path with optimism and a smile, his teachers include Richard Raymond and Dang Thai Son.

 

 

Orchestre National de France
The Orchestre National de France is both an established authority and a dynamic force in the interpretation of French music. Its international tours have made it a flagship for French culture across the world, while its presence throughout France, reinforced by vibrant educational programmes, has cemented its relationship with a diversity of national audiences.

 

A Radio France ensemble, the Orchestre National de France was founded in 1934 as the country’s first full-time symphony orchestra. Its mission to serve the symphonic repertoire was furthered by radio broadcasts of its concerts, and it soon achieved an enviable reputation.

 

After the Second World War, Manuel Rosenthal, André Cluytens and Jean Martinon, among others, enriched this tradition, magnified by successive musical directors (Lorin Maazel, Charles Dutoit, Kurt Masur, Daniele Gatti, Emmanuel Krivine) and regular guests (Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa...). On September 1st, 2020, Cristian Măcelaru took over as Music Director of the Orchestre National de France.

 

In the course of the 20th century the Orchestre National de France gave the premieres of a number of major works, including Le Soleil des eaux by Boulez, Déserts by Varèse, Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony (French premiere), Xenakis’s Jonchaies and the majority of Dutilleux’s large-scale compositions.

 

Numerous recordings by the orchestra are commercially available. The Orchestre National, under the baton of Louis Langrée, recorded Ravel's two piano concertos with pianist Alexandre Tharaud, and to mark the centenary of the death of Camille Saint-Saëns, a complete set of symphonies conducted by Cristian Măcelaru for Warner Classics. Finally, a boxed set of George Enescu's symphonies conducted by Cristian Măcelaru has been released in 2024 by Deutsche Grammophon.