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After their triumphant debut at the Elbphilharmonie in 2022, the newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt hailed Concertgebouworkest Young as a »five-star orchestra of young talent«. Every summer, gifted young musicians from across Europe come together to form this exceptional youth orchestra, working alongside world-class artists. This year, they take the stage with the acclaimed cellist Julia Hagen to perform Edward Elgar’s legendary Cello Concerto. Under the baton of star conductor Elim Chan, who opened the BBC Proms in 2024 and continues to enthral orchestras around the world with her infectious energy.

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Concertgebouw Orchestra Young / Julia Hagen / Elim Chan

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Talented young musicians from dozens of different countries form a youth orchestra, performing Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, a Dutch premiere of Elizabeth Ogonek, and Elgar’s Cello Concerto featuring Julia Hagen.

Concertgebouw Orchestra Young 2025

The Concertgebouw

Every piece of music makes its own world. Shostakovich faced the terror of Stalin’s Russia and composed a symphony that echoed down the twentieth century. The young Benjamin Britten set out to impress with a Piano Concerto that plays fabulous games with light and shade. Elizabeth Ogonek, meanwhile, simply gazed into a moonlit sky – and heard sounds of unforgettable enchantment.

Chan conducts Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony

Barbican Centre

Two crown jewels of the chamber music repertoire— Ravel’s hypnotic Piano Trio and Brahms’s grand Piano Quartet in A Major—share a program with Elizabeth Ogonek’s Lightenings, a stunning and complementary piece that the Festival commissioned and premiered in 2016. Pianist Ran Dank, whom The Washington Post praised for playing with “explosive force and triumphant exultation,” is featured in the Ravel and Ogonek, and Haochen Zhang, hailed for his “preternatural virtuosity” by The Boston Music Intelligencer, joins violinist Paul Huang, violist Toby Appel, and cellist Peter Stumpf for the Brahms. 

Ravel & Brahms

New Mexico Museum of Art

Join us for an extraordinary evening of contemporary music at the "musica viva: François-Xavier Roth" concert, featuring the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. This remarkable event will take place on Friday, April 12, 2024, at 8:00 pm in the majestic Herkulessaal of the Munich Residence. An introduction to the evening's program will be provided at 6:45 pm, offering insights into the night's performances.

The concert will showcase an impressive lineup of works, including the world premiere of Francesco Filidei's Concerto for viola and orchestra, commissioned by the Bavarian Radios’ musica viva series and Milano Musicá Associazione per la musica contemporanea. The program also features Elisabeth Ogonek's "Cloudline" for orchestra 2021, commissioned by the BBC Proms and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Iannis Xenakis' "Aïs" for baritone, percussion, and orchestra 1979-80, a piece commissioned by the Bavarian Radios’ musica viva series in 1980.

Under the baton of François-Xavier Roth, the concert will see performances by esteemed artists including baritone Georg Nigl, percussionist Dirk Rothbrust, violist Antoine Tamestit, and sound designer Norbert Ommer. The evening promises to be a profound exploration of contemporary music, highlighted by Xenakis' "Aïs," a piece that delves into the themes of death and the afterlife, and Filidei's Viola Concerto, a new addition to the contemporary music repertoire.

This concert is a part of the Bavarian Radios’ musica viva series, renowned for being one of the world’s most prestigious platforms for contemporary and future-oriented music. The series has been instrumental in premiering experimental works and performances for orchestra and chamber music.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience cutting-edge contemporary music performed by one of the world's leading orchestras. The concert will also be broadcasted on BR-KLASSIK radio on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, starting at 8:05 p.m., for those who cannot attend in person.

For tickets and more information, visit the BRticket-Webshop at shop.br-ticket.de. Join us for an unforgettable night of music that pushes the boundaries of the orchestral experience.

musica viva: François-Xavier Roth

Munich Residence

In her series of Mahler symphonies, chief conductor Elim Chan has chosen to present the enchantingly beautiful Symphony No. 4 this season. In this popular symphony, Mahler combines intimate melodies with his astounding orchestration. Like Mahler, Erich Wolfgang Korngold spans the late Romantic period and modernism. This wunderkind would later go on to become one of Hollywood’s most influential composers. His Einfache Lieder demonstrate his consummate lyricism and originality. Prepare to be overwhelmed by this exceptional programme, with soprano Christiane Karg in the starring role!

Mahler and Korngold with Elim Chan

Queen Elisabeth Hall

Music Center De Bijloke

In this evening of manic melodies, the frenzied energy felt in Shostakovich’s first cello concerto is paired with the dark and turbulent power of Brahms’ Symphony No. 4. The program also features a contemporary piece by Elizabeth Ogonek as part of the California Festival: A Celebration of New Music, a two-week state-wide music initiative showcasing the most compelling and forward-looking voices in performances of works written in the past five years.

Colburn Orchestra: Shostakovich, Brahms, and Ogonek

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts

Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Colburn School’s Director of Conducting leads the Colburn Orchestra in an electrifying performance of Elizabeth Ogonek’s Moondog, composed in 2022.

Colburn Orchestra with Esa-Pekka Salonen

Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter is a singular artist. She enters the emotional world of each composer, captivating listeners. Fliter returns to the SLSO with Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, continuing the SLSO’s cycle. Conductor Elim Chan paints vivid natural landscapes. The bracing Scottish winds press against us in Mendelssohn’s Third Symphony, then the still night air of Elizabeth Ogonek’s Moondog sends us to a place of calm. 

Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto

Touhill Performing Arts Center

Join us in 2022-23 for a season of vibrant musical experiences.

Elim Chan conducts Tchaikovsky

Davies Symphony Hall

Returning to the Granada Theatre stage for the first time since CAMA and the LA Phil’s 100th Anniversary concert on March 6, 2020, the venerated orchestra and century-long local favorite brings its trademark artistic programming featuring convincingly interpreted new works alongside the great masterpieces of the classical canon. The LA Phil will be guest-directed by Elim Chan, Chief Conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and joined by 2018 Gilmore Artist Award-winner Igor Levit as soloist in Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto.

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Granada Theatre

Hailed for his “staggering command of centuries of repertory” (The New Yorker), Igor Levit performs Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto—the first of his concertos written in his second period, heroic style. Former Dudamel Fellow Elim Chan, whom the Los Angeles Times praised for conducting with “sophisticated grace,” leads Mendelssohn’s sunny “Italian” Symphony as well as a U.S. premiere of Cloudline by Elizabeth Ogonek, which offers a lyrical homage to ancient musical forms and techniques.

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Elizabeth Ogonek

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Aug 21, 2025

Concertgebouw Orchestra Young / Julia Hagen / Elim Chan · Elbphilharmonie

18 - 21 Aug, 2025

Concertgebouw Orchestra Young 2025 · Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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