15. July 2017

Past performances

Fabio Luisi, Conductor
InMo Yang, Violin
Philharmonia Zurich


RICHARD STRAUSS
Don Juan, Op. 20

NICCOLÓ PAGANINI
Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, Op. 6

RICHARD STRAUSS
A Hero's Life, Op. 40

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Musical Director:
Fabio Luisi

Fabio Luisi

Fabio Luisi comes from Genoa. The former General Music Director of the Zurich Opera House (2012–2021) is Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Chief Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and Chief Conductor of the NHK Orchestra in Tokyo. He is also Music Director of the Valle d'Itria Festival in Apulia and Honorary Conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin. Previously, he held important positions at orchestras and opera houses, including the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He regularly appears as a guest conductor with, among others, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, the Orchestra of La Scala in Milan, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic, and leads productions at the Bavarian State Opera, the Berlin State Opera, La Scala in Milan, the Salzburg Festival, and the Vienna State Opera, among others. At the Zurich Opera House, he conducted, among others, the new productions of three Bellini operas as well as "Rigoletto," "Fidelio," "Wozzeck," "The Land of Smiles," and Verdi's "Requiem Mass." An extensive discography complements his artistic work. At the Zurich Opera House, he founded the label "Philharmonia Records" of the Philharmonia Zurich (Orchestra of the Zurich Opera). Fabio Luisi, who comes from Genoa, studied at the Conservatorio Niccolò Paganini in his hometown and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria. His awards include the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, the Italian Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana, the Commendatore della Stella d’Italia, the Grifo d’Oro of Genoa, the Danish Order of the Dannebrog, and an honorary doctorate from St. Bonaventure University in New York. Off the podium, he is also a composer and perfumer, producing his creations for his own company.

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Cast


Violine InMo Yang

InMo Yang

Inmo Yang is a violinist of rare depth and poetic insight, recognized internationally for his compelling sound, emotional precision, and remarkable technique. Hailed by The Boston Globe for his «seamless technique and a tender warmth of tone», Yang has emerged as one of the most distinctive violinists of his time. Yang’s solo career has brought him to major stages around the world, performing with the New York Philharmonic, LA Phil, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Dresdner Philharmonie, Berliner Barock Solisten on tour, Orchestre National de France, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra among others. He has collaborated with many of today’s most esteemed conductors, including Marin Alsop, Myung-whun Chung, Roberto Gonzales-Monjas, Hannu Lintu, Tianyi Lu, Fabio Luisi, Jonathan Nott, Sakari Oramo, Kristiina Poska, John Storgårds, Osmo Vänskä, and Jaap van Zweden. Launching the season on a high note with his sold-out BBC Proms debut with Marie Jacquot and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the 2025/26 season sees several debut appearances with Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Münchner Symphoniker, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, SWR Symphonieorchester, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, and Macao Orchestra. During this season, he returns to BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Festival Strings Lucerne for a subscription debut following their successful Asia tour a year prior, as well as Carnegie Hall for chamber music concert with Kirill Gerstein. He first captured global attention by winning the 2015 Premio Paganini Competition in Genoa – the first prize awarded since 2006 – where he also received special distinctions for best performance of a contemporary piece and audience favorite. In 2022, he further solidified his standing with the First Prize at the Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki. Inmo released his second Deutsche Grammophon album «The Genetics of Strings» in 2021. His debut album – «24 Caprices by N. Paganini» – was recorded live as part of the Kumho Art Hall residency and released under the same label in 2019. Inmo studied with Namyoon Kim at Korea National University of Arts, Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and Antje Weithaas both at Kronberg Academy and Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where he currently resides in. Inmo Yang plays a violin made by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù in Cremona in 1743, known as the «Carrodus», on generous loan from a member of the Stretton Society.

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Philharmonia Zürich

Philharmonia Zürich

1985 entstand in Folge der Trennung des traditionsreichen Tonhalle- und Theaterorchesters das Orchester der Oper Zürich. 2012, mit Beginn der Intendanz von Andreas Homoki und dem Amtsantritt des neuen Generalmusikdirektors Fabio Luisi, wird das Orchester der Oper Zürich zur Philharmonia Zürich. Pro Saison ist das Orchester in rund 250 Opern- und Ballettvorstellungen des Opernhauses Zürich zu hören. Als Podium für das Konzertrepertoire werden zusätzlich die Philharmonischen Konzerte veranstaltet. Soiréen und Kammermusikmatinéen ergänzen das künstlerische Spektrum des Orchesters. Bevor Fabio Luisi mit der Saison 2012/13 als Generalmusikdirektor die künstlerische Leitung des Orchesters übernommen hat, haben u. a. Franz Welser-Möst (1995-2008, ab 2005 als Generalmusikdirektor) und zuletzt Daniele Gatti als Chefdirigent (2009-2012) das Orchester geleitet. 2000/01 fanden die Beständigkeit der Leistungen des Orchesters der Oper Zürich und die Breite seines Könnens mit der Wahl zum «Orchester des Jahres» in der Umfrage der Zeitschrift «Opernwelt» weit verbreitete internationale Anerkennung.

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Abstract

"A captivating artist: at times lovely, then upsetting, sometimes plain, then flowery again - and always controlled", so The Boston Globe described the game of the Korean violinist InMo Yang, who won the first prize at the prestigious Paganini Competition in Genoa in 2015. Since then the artist performs in the great halls worldwide; 2016 he gave his debut at Carnegie Hall, New York in 2016. Together with Fabio Luisi and the Philharmonia Zurich the young, talented artist will interpret the First Violin Concerto by Paganini.

Repeatedly the devilishly difficult virtuoso gesture flashes by in this 1818 enden concert that made the violinist Paganini a legend. Virtuoso passages for each orchestra offer the tone poems of Richard Strauss: With Don Juan concert a big cast of the only 24-year-old composer is on the program. The ten years later resulting work Ein Heldleben is one of the most mature and most performed symphonic poems by Strauss.

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