Name: Winter Dreams
Start: 2025-04-17T20:00:00
Location: Hessischer Rundfunk

Erina Yashima

Bryan Cheng

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conducting is the most natural way for her to communicate music, says conductor Erina Yashima. And this approach is proving remarkably popular with orchestras, audiences, and critics alike. The Hamburger Abendblatt called her a "new star in the conducting firmament." Now, she is making her debut in Frankfurt. The German-Japanese conductor, First Kapellmeister at the Komische Oper Berlin, is at home in the symphonic realm of Eastern European and Russian late Romanticism. More precisely, she is currently in her Dvořák phase, a composer who is very close to her heart, as Erina Yashima explains. The woman with the dance-like agility on the podium introduces him here with Tchaikovsky's "Winter Dreams" Symphony, a work steeped in dark sound, and also presents a piece by the Syrian-American composer Kareem Roustom as well as Camille Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1. The soloist is Bryan Cheng, also a debutant with the hr-Sinfonieorchester. The Canadian-born, Berlin-based cellist has recently enjoyed considerable success at some of the world's most prestigious international competitions, showcasing his instantly appealing, bright yet warm tone, achieved through his 1699 Stradivarius cello "Dubois".