Conductor

The Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg is the second largest opera and concert orchestra in Bavaria and is one of the top orchestras in Europe. The history of this traditional orchestra began almost 650 years ago. Now the Nuremberg State Philharmonic is celebrating its debut in the Elbphilharmonie’s Grand Hall under the direction of the eminent conductor Nabil Shehata.

EPSG:4326

Staatsphilharmonie Nuremberg / Elena Bashkirova / Nabil Shehata

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Written on a walking holiday in the countryside, its unstoppable stream of melody immediately evokes freedom, natural beauty and high spirits.

Voyagers: Schubert, Ravel, Hankash, Weill

Smith Square Hall

Mendelssohn and Strauss were teenagers when they wrote their Piano Sextet and first Horn Concerto respectively. Mendelssohn chose the unusual combination of two violas, cello and double bass alongside violin and piano, and with this dark, sumptuous palette he creates a rich symphonic soundscape.

Fanfare: Mendelssohn, Strauss and Beethoven

The intimacy of Schubert’s graceful Andantino Varié for piano four-hands sits alongside the grandness of Messiaen’s Interstellar Call for solo horn, inspired by the canyons of Utah. We encounter Luciano Berio, one of the leading voices of the European post-war avant garde, in virtuosic (Psy for solo double bass) and introspective (Wasserklavier for solo piano) moods.

Nightfall: Elgar, Berio, Messiaen, Schubert

Because of its melodic beauty and positive mood, Brahms' Symphony No. 2 has been compared time and again to Beethoven's "Pastoral". Yet it was precisely with this symphony that Brahms had emancipated himself from his great role model to such an extent that, as he said, he no longer "heard this giant marching behind him". But Brahms would not be Brahms if, as an eternal brooder, he had not hidden a tear in the charming harmony of his 2nd Symphony, if he had not surrounded the beauty that extends into the universal with a certain melancholy. It is precisely this ambivalence that lends great passages such as the yearning Adagio of the second movement their magic.

7th Philharmonic Concert

Konzerthalle Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

The Belgian clarinetist Annelien Van Wauwe is known for her emotional, intense and lyrical interpretations. In the performance of Carl Maria von Weber's 2nd Clarinet Concerto, which was written in 1811 for the clarinet virtuoso Heinrich Joseph Baermann, the design principle of sound speech seems crucial to her: she extracts the small musical cells from the musical text and thus finds a precise vocabulary that enables her to articulate herself clearly in melodies. At the same time, she embarks on a highly virtuoso journey in which the composer presents the enormous possibilities of the then new instrument and amazes his audience.

Conductor

Nabil Shehata

Events

Past events

Apr 2, 2026

Staatsphilharmonie Nuremberg / Elena Bashkirova / Nabil Shehata · Elbphilharmonie

Mar 26, 2026

Voyagers: Schubert, Ravel, Hankash, Weill · Sinfonia Smith Square

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Symphony No. 2 by Beethoven

Sinfonia Smith Square

Conductor in Symphony No. 2 by Brahms

Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Conductor in Horn Concerto No. 1 by Strauss

Sinfonia Smith Square

Double Bass in Piano Quintet by Elgar

Sinfonia Smith Square

Conductor in Piano Sextet by Mendelssohn

Sinfonia Smith Square

Double Bass in Piano Quintet by Schubert

Sinfonia Smith Square

Conductor in Dream Play by Reznicek

Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Conductor in 6 Songs after Poems by Maeterlinck by Zemlinsky

Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

About

Nabil Shehata hasn't added a bio