ABOUT THIS CONCERT
You’ll know it from the first note! One of the most iconic openings in all of classical music is spun into a staggering tour de force for the ages in Tchaikovsky’s wildly popular concerto. No one plays it better than Daniil Trifonov, an artist who “reaches places other pianists can only dream about” (Daily Telegraph). Just like your favorite art gallery, Mussorgsky’s vivid, sonic sketches offer a feast for the senses and an escape from the ordinary, from the spooky haunts of Baba Yaga’s hut to the majestic gates of Kiev.
Pre-Concert Activities: Attend the Prelude pre-concert discussion, held 45 minutes prior to each Classical concert. Prelude is led by our Musical Ambassador Carlos Andrés Botero, and sometimes features guest artists or orchestra members.
SELECT CONCERT DATE:
PROGRAM
GUILLAUME CONNESSON Celephais from The Cities of Lovecraft
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
ARTISTS
In September 2019, Urbański entered the ninth season of his tenure as music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. In 2015, he became principal guest conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. In addition to concerts in Hamburg, last season he and the orchestra toured Japan and Europe and released, for Alpha Classics, “wholly excellent renderings” (Gramophone) of Lutosławski’s works, Dvořák’s Symphony No.9, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. His discography includes Chopin’s small pieces for piano and orchestra with Jan Lisiecki and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) and Martinů’s Cello Concerto No.1 with Sol Gabetta and the Berliner Philharmoniker (Sony).
Krzysztof has appeared as guest conductor with numerous orchestras around the world, including the Münchner Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Dresden, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich, Wiener Symphoniker, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra, among others.
Krzysztof served as chief conductor and artistic leader of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, 2010-2017, and embarked on a concurrent four-season tenure as principal guest conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in 2012. In 2017, he was appointed honorary guest conductor of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Opera. In June 2015, Krzysztof received the prestigious Leonard Bernstein Award at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Notably, he is the first conductor to have received this award.
Grammy Award-winning Russian pianist and composer Daniil Trifonov—Musical America’s 2019 Artist of the Year—combines consummate technique with rare sensitivity and depth. “He has everything and more…tenderness and also the demonic element. I never heard anything like that,” marveled pianist Martha Argerich. Daniil won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Solo Album with Transcendental, his third title as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist. As The Times (London) notes, he is “without question the most astounding pianist of our age.” When he premiered his own Piano Concerto in 2013, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) marveled: “Even having seen it, one cannot quite believe it. Such is the artistry of pianist-composer Daniil Trifonov.”
This fall brings the release of Destination Rachmaninov: Arrival, the third volume of the Deutsche Grammophon series he recorded with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, following Destination Rachmaninov: Departure, named BBC Music’s 2019 Concerto Recording of the Year, and Rachmaninov: Variations, a 2015 Grammy nominee. Daniil begins his tenure as 2019–20 artist-in-residence of the New York Philharmonic with Scriabin’s Piano Concerto under Jaap van Zweden. The residency includes the New York premiere of his own Piano Quintet; and he joins the music director and orchestra for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 in New York and on a European tour. He performs with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas with the New World Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the San Francisco Symphony. Other highlights include Mosolov’s First Piano Concerto with the Nashville Symphony and Beethoven concertos with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Nézet-Séguin. In recital, Daniil plays a Bach program in New York, Chicago, Boston, and European destinations, besides partnering with his mentor and fellow pianist Sergei Babayan at Carnegie Hall, Cornell University, Eastman School of Music, and in Dortmund, Germany.
It was during the 2010-11 season that Daniil won medals at three of the music world’s most prestigious competitions: Third Prize in Warsaw’s International Chopin Piano Competition, First Prize in Tel Aviv’s Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, and both First Prize and Grand Prix in Moscow’s International Tchaikovsky Competition.
Born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1991, Daniil began his musical training at age 5, and went on to attend Moscow’s Gnessin School of Music as a student of Tatiana Zelikman before pursuing piano studies with Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
A native of New York City, Nick Eanet has earned a reputation as a master violinist, musician, and teacher. He is in great demand as a soloist, concertmaster, chamber music performer, and teacher. Eanet has been on the faculty of The Juilliard School, Harvard University, North Carolina School of the Arts, and has given masterclasses all over the globe. His playing is hailed as “brilliant and passionate” by the New York Times.
Eanet’s exposure to solo work began when he was very young. At the age of eight he was invited by Zubin Mehta to appear as soloist with the New York Philharmonic. Two years later, he again performed a series of concerts as soloist with the New York Philharmonic and was invited to play at their New Year’s Eve gala concert. Eanet has since performed as soloist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra led by James Levine at Carnegie Hall, the Minnesota Orchestra with Sir Neville Marriner, and again with the New York Philharmonic.
Appointed by James Levine in 1999 at the age of 27, Eanet was the senior concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra through 2014. During his tenure with the orchestra, Eanet regularly performed across Europe and Japan, and appeared in orchestral and chamber music concerts at all three venues at Carnegie Hall.
As former leader and first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet, Eanet performed in all the famous concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. The Juilliard String Quartet has been in residence at The Juilliard School since 1946 and has mentored nearly every major American string quartet and has commissioned hundreds of new works. Eanet is currently very involved in teaching violin and chamber music, and spends his summers at the Marlboro Music Festival, working with some of the greatest young musicians from around the world.
Eanet began his violin studies at the age of three with Nicole DiCecco, and was quickly an avid chamber musician, playing string quartets by the age of five. When he was eleven, his string quartet was invited to perform in Matsumoto, Japan, by Shinichi Suzuki. At the age of twelve, he was admitted to The Juilliard School Pre-College where he studied with Dorothy DeLay, continuing at the college level with DeLay and Robert Mann. Immediately after graduating from Juilliard, Eanet joined the Mendelssohn String Quartet as leader and first violinist. During his years with the Mendelssohn String Quartet, Eanet performed around the world in major venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York City, Wigmore Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
In 2011, Eanet was honored to receive a Grammy award for lifetime achievement.
