CINCINNATI—“Behold the greatest trumpeter on Earth,” declares The Times of London. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra welcomes Håken Hardenberger to Music Hall for the famed Swedish trumpeter’s “can’t miss” Cincinnati debut. Paavo Järvi leads the CSO in a powerful, “Bold Brass” concert program on Friday, January 25 and Saturday, January 26 at 8 p.m.
The program opens with Mr. Hardenberger performing the trumpet solo in Arvo Pärt’s Concerto Piccolo über B-A-C-H (“Little Concerto on B-A-C-H”), a work written specifically for him, followed by Eino Tamberg’s dazzling, virtuosic Concerto for Trumpet.
“”(Hardenberger) is considered to be the premier trumpet player today,” said CSO Music Director Paavo Järvi. “He’s a strong advocate of new music… There are hundreds of pieces written for him. What sets him apart is a quest to bring the trumpet into the soloist realm.”
The concert closes with Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 9, a final work that the composer “dedicated to beloved God,” featuring blazing brass and a huge symphonic sound.
“Bruckner’s music is not so much religious as it is spiritual… There are all these folk-like moments and folkloric dances… There’s something very human – very positive – very simple in a way,” said Mr. Järvi.
College Night at the CSO
Friday, January 25 is College Night at the CSO. Current students can purchase $10 tickets that include a post-concert party in Music Hall’s Corbett Tower featuring music by the Gregory Morris Group, free appetizers and a cash bar. For more information, please call (513) 381-3300 or email groupsales@cincinnatisymphony.org.
Saturday CSOEncore! Wine Tasting
CSOEncore!, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s young professionals group, will host a pre-concert wine tasting on at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 26, at City Cellars on Race Street. The event will feature four Australian wines and appetizers. Admission is $15. For more information, please call (513) 744-3356 or email csoencore@cincinnatisymphony.org.
Classical Conversations
Audiences are invited to learn more about the music at Classical Conversations with renowned guest artist Håken Hardenberger and CSO Assistant Conductor Eric Dudley, one hour before each performance.
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Håkan Hardenberger is held in high regard not only for his inspired musicianship, technical mastery and unique presence, but as the most noted pioneer of new works for the trumpet.
Håkan Hardenberger performs with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors. He is a frequent guest at the major festivals of Lucerne, Salzburg and the BBC Proms, and has given recitals in the Konzerthaus Vienna, Wigmore Hall, Tonhalle Zürich and Musikhalle Hamburg.
A notable list of works written for Hardenberger and championed by him now stand as key highlights in the trumpet repertoire, including music by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Hans Werner Henze, Rolf Martinsson, Arvo Pärt and Mark Anthony Turnage. HK Gruber’s concerto Aerial, commissioned by and premiered at the BBC Proms in 1999, has be given no fewer than 40 performances by Hardenberger.
Hardenberger has made many recordings for Philips, EMI and BIS Records. Two discs were released in 2006—solo works for BIS Records, and a disc of Turnage, Gruber and Eotvös with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Peter Eötvös for Deutsche Grammophon, which has received high praise.
Hardenberger opened the 2006-07 season giving the world premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s concerto, “O…miramando multiplo…” at the Salzburg Festival with the Vienna Philharmonic and Pierre Boulez. His schedule includes additional performances with its’ co-commissioning partners, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under Ilan Volkov.
During this season, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic presents Hardenberger in a major focus that will see him performing Henze’s Requiem, Gruber’s Aerial, the aforementioned Neuwirth coupled with Haydn, and Rolf Martinsson’s Bridge both in Stockholm and on a Balkan tour. In addition, he performs with The Philharmonia, Helsinki Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, as director-soloist with Amsterdam Sinfonietta with a new Gruber commission in Amsterdam and on tour to Spain, and as soloist with the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras.
In recital Håkan Hardenberger has key partnerships with pianist Aleksandar Madžar, with whom he has toured to the USA, and Roland Pöntinen. He also performs with percussionist Colin Currie and has a unique partnership with Swedish poet Jacques Werup.
A professor at the Malmö Conservatoire, Hardenberger’s commitment to teaching is further recognized in his increased presence at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where he is now a Fellow.
Håkan Hardenberger was born in Malmö, Sweden. He began studying the trumpet at the age of eight with Bo Nilsson in Malmö and continued his studies at the Paris Conservatoire with Pierre Thibaud, and in Los Angeles with Thomas Stevens.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are $12-$79.25 and are available by phone at (513) 381-3300, on the Internet at www.cincinnatisymphony.org, and in person at:
- CSO Box Office at Music Hall, 1241 Elm Street, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- CSO Box Office at Music Hall 2 hours prior to the performance.
- Student Tickets for CSO and Pops concerts are $10 and are available the week of the concert in person at the CSO Sales Office, over the phone at 513-381-3300, or online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org (limit two tickets per valid student ID).
- Half-price ZIPTIX for “A” to “D” seating are available for CSO concerts only in person from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the day of the concert at the Music Hall Box Office. For Friday morning concerts, ZIPTIX are available on Thursday, and for Sunday concerts they may be purchased on Saturday.
- Extreme Seats, orchestra sections one and four closest to the stage, are $12 and are available for CSO concerts only at the CSO Box Office or by phone.
- Senior Tickets for CSO evening concerts only are 50% off and are available the week of the concert in person at the CSO Sales Office, over the phone at (513) 381-3300, or online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org.
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