Sir Antonio Pappano has been Music Director of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia since October 1st, 2005; he had already become Music Director of London’s Covent Garden in September 2002. In the past, he has filled other prestigious positions: in 1990 he was named Music Director of Den Norske Opera of Oslo, the theatre where he made his international debut, and from 1991 to 2002 he carried out the same role at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels.

 

Sir Antonio Pappano has conducted many of the world’s major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Staatskapelle Dresden, Staatskapelle Berlin, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Europe. In April 2014 he made his debut at Teatro alla Scala in Milan with Berlioz’s Les Troyens, a production which was awarded the “Premio Abbiati della Critica Musicale Italiana” as “Best Opera”. The Premio Abbiati of the National Association of Italian Music Critics is Italy’s most prestigious classical music prize.

 

 

Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov – winner of Gramophone’s 2016 Artist of the Year award – has made a spectacular ascent in the world of classical music as a solo artist, a champion of the concerto repertoire, a collaborator at the keyboard in chamber music and song, and a composer.

 

Focusing on Chopin in the 2017-18 season, Trifonov released Chopin Evocations, his fourth album as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, marking Trifonov’s first foray into a new repertoire with works of 20th-century composers who were greatly influenced by the Polish master, including Samuel Barber, Federico Mompou and others.

 

 

Over the past decade, CHEN Sa has established herself as one of the most charismatic pianists of her generation. She earned critical acclaims at the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2000 and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2005 which began her professional performing career, bringing her evocative performances to audience around the world.

 

In recent years, CHEN has performed with many prestigious orchestras, some of which are the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, NHK Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, and with renowned conductors including Sir Simon Rattle, Myung-Whun Chung, Semyon Bychkov, Fabio Luisi, Vasily Petrenko, YU Long among many others.

 

 

The Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia was the first orchestra in Italy to devote itself exclusively to the symphonic repertoire, giving premieres of major masterpieces of the 1900, such as Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome. Founded in 1908, the Orchestra has been conducted by some of the major musical figures of the 20th century: from Mahler, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Strauss, Stravinsky, Sibelius, Hindemith, Toscanini, Furtwängler, De Sabata, Karajan and Abbado to the most impressive performers of our day including Gergiev, Thielemann, Dudamel, Temirkanov, while Bernardino Molinari, Franco Ferrara, Fernando Previtali, Igor Markevitch, Thomas Schippers, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Daniele Gatti, and Myung-Whun Chung have been its Music Directors. Leonard Bernstein was Honourary President from 1983 to 1990.

 

With Sir Antonio Pappano in the role of Music Director since 2005, the stature of the Orchestra has enjoyed extraordinary success, building an international reputation for itself. With Pappano at the helm, the Orchestra has appeared at some of the major music festivals including the Proms in London, White Nights in St. Petersburg, Lucerne Festival, Salzburg Festival and has performed in some of the most world’s best-known venues, including the Philharmonie in Berlin, Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Royal Albert Hall in London, Salle Pleyel and Philharmonie in Paris, La Scala in Milan, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Semperoper in Dresden, Carnegie Hall in New York, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

 

November 27th
1. Mikhail Glinka
Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila

2. Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Pianist: Daniil Trifonov

3. Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

 

November 28th
1. Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

2. Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Pianist: CHEN Sa

3. Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67