Guest concerts

Schostakowitsch
Brahms

Sunday, 12. April 2026, 5 p.m.

Grand Théâtre de Provence Aix-en-Provence

Conductor

Lahav Shani

Since 2018, Lahav Shani has been the Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. From the 20/21 season he started his position as Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, taking over from Zubin Mehta who held the position for…

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Violin

Renaud Capuçon

Born in Chambéry in 1976, Renaud Capuçon began his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of fourteen, winning numerous awards during his five years there. Following this, Capuçon moved to Berlin to study with…

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Dmitrij Schostakowitsch

Russian composer Dmitrij Schostakowitsch, born on September 25th 1906 in St. Petersburg, was in a difficult artistic position. He was severely restricted in his artistic freedom by the severe strictures of the Soviet Union's cultural ideologues and…

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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in A minor, Opus 77

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in A minor, Opus 77

Both of Shostakovitch´s violin concertos are dedicated to the Russian master violinist David Oistrakh, who was a good friend of the composer and advised him, the pianist, on the creation of both solo parts. While Shostakovitch was able to compose his…

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Johannes Brahms

"New Trails“ was the title of an enthusiastic article in the "Neue Zeitschrift für Musik“ in which Robert Schumann introduced Johannes Brahms (born on May 7th 1833 in Hamburg) to the musical world. Praised as an innovator by Schumann, Brahms was…

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Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Opus 98

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Opus 98

Only a few months after its world première in 1885, hardly anyone characterized Brahms´s Fourth Symphony in E minor, Opus 98, with greater enthusiasm than did Brahms´s friend violinist Joseph Joachim in a letter to the composer: Today we played…

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Conductor

Lahav Shani

Since 2018, Lahav Shani has been the Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. From the 20/21 season he started his position as Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, taking over from Zubin Mehta who held the position for…

more
Violin

Renaud Capuçon

Born in Chambéry in 1976, Renaud Capuçon began his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of fourteen, winning numerous awards during his five years there. Following this, Capuçon moved to Berlin to study with…

more

Dmitrij Schostakowitsch

Russian composer Dmitrij Schostakowitsch, born on September 25th 1906 in St. Petersburg, was in a difficult artistic position. He was severely restricted in his artistic freedom by the severe strictures of the Soviet Union's cultural ideologues and…

more

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in A minor, Opus 77

Both of Shostakovitch´s violin concertos are dedicated to the Russian master violinist David Oistrakh, who was a good friend of the composer and advised him, the pianist, on the creation of both solo parts. While Shostakovitch was able to compose his…

more
Johannes Brahms

"New Trails“ was the title of an enthusiastic article in the "Neue Zeitschrift für Musik“ in which Robert Schumann introduced Johannes Brahms (born on May 7th 1833 in Hamburg) to the musical world. Praised as an innovator by Schumann, Brahms was…

more

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Opus 98

Only a few months after its world première in 1885, hardly anyone characterized Brahms´s Fourth Symphony in E minor, Opus 98, with greater enthusiasm than did Brahms´s friend violinist Joseph Joachim in a letter to the composer: Today we played…

more

credit Co Merz

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Conductor and Piano

Lahav Shani

Since 2018, Lahav Shani has been the Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. From the 20/21 season he started his position as Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, taking over from Zubin Mehta who held the position for…

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Kölner Philharmonie

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