The Viennese have the waltz * On the Beautiful Blue Danube* , the Praguers have the tone poem *The Moldau* , and the New Yorkers have the musical *West Side Story* . But we Nurembergers have Richard Wagner's opera * The Mastersingers of Nuremberg * as the "music of our city" – the greatest tribute to the Franconian metropolis ever composed. The prelude to Act 1, relatively short in duration but monumental in its impact, is a veritable symphonic poem that encompasses all of the opera's central plot motifs. Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 3, dedicated to Wagner in its original version, is monumental in every respect. Between these two monuments of late Romanticism is a famous masterpiece of early Classical music: Haydn's virtuoso C major concerto featuring the young Japanese rising star of the cello world, Michiaki Ueno. Benjamin Reiners, GMD in Chemnitz and conductor of the Robert Schumann Philharmonic, will be conducting. He has been a guest with us several times since 2012.

Bruckner And The Mastersingers

Meistersinger Hall

Born in Paraguay in 1995, raised in Spain, and eventually moving to Japan, Michiaki Ueno, a true globetrotter, is a guest at the Orangery in Neustrelitz. In this architectural gem designed by none other than Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the cellist, who has won awards at the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition, among others, will be on stage with his piano partner, Tomoki Kitamura. The two will be dedicated to 19th-century music: the program includes works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, and Richard Strauss.

Michiaki Ueno

Events

Past events

Oct 26, 2025

Bruckner And The Mastersingers · Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

Aug 21, 2025

YOUNG ELITE Michiaki Ueno · Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Cello Concerto No. 1 by Haydn

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

Cello in Cello Sonata by Strauss

Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Cello in Cello Sonata No. 2 by Beethoven

Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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