Name: Symphonic Dances
Start: 2024-11-22T19:00:00
Location: Alte Oper

Petr Popelka

Kian Soltani

hr-Sinfonieorchester

Would you have thought that? Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances" topped the list of the most performed orchestral works in 2023. And deservedly so - because these dances are of outstanding impact, they can be considered the best that Rachmaninoff has ever written for orchestra. With this major work about the dark side of dance, Petr Popelka, the charismatic Czech and new chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, returns to the podium of the hr Symphony Orchestra - not only, but also with the orchestra members, he made the most lasting impression as a conductor who attracted attention. The playing of Kian Soltani, the Austrian cellist with Persian roots, also has a downright magnetic attraction. After winning the International Paulo Cello Competition in Helsinki a good ten years ago, his name is on everyone's lips when it comes to sound-sensitive but also highly virtuoso cello playing. With Prokofiev's "Sinfonia concertante", this idiosyncratic orchestral concerto with solo cello bursting with energy, Soltani has chosen a work that is made for cellists who are looking for the ultimate challenge. This music demands everything a cello can do. And as a listener you don't believe it can be done.