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French music has long enriched the world of classical music with its radiant colours and returning to the Czech Philharmonic with just such a palette is conductor Alain Altinoglu who will also treat audiences to the sounds of Italy. Appearing alongside Altinoglu In her Czech Philharmonic debut is Beatrice Rana who brings her “bel canto” playing to Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto.
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Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Hector Berlioz
Royal Hunt and Storm from the opera Les Troyens
Maurice Ravel
Suite No. 2 from the ballet Daphnis et Chloé
Beatrice Rana piano
Alain Altinoglu conductor
Czech Philharmonic
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French conductor Alain Altinoglu is currently Music Director of the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra and the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels where his exciting and inspiring performances have been widely acclaimed. He is not only a regular guest of some of the world’s best orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony, and Boston Symphony Orchestras, but also of the most prestigious opera stages such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, London’s Royal Opera House, and the Vienna State Opera.
For his debut with the Czech Philharmonic in 2022, Altinoglu presented a pleasant evening of musical French Impressionism. For his return to the Orchestra, he has chosen the music of Maurice Ravel once again with the second suite from the ballet Daphnis et Chloé in which the composer took inspiration from paintings of Greece by French artists from the late 18th century. Also on the programme will be beautiful excerpts from Berlioz’s most monumental opera Les Troyens which brings to mind another love story from antiquity that begins in Troy and ends in Carthage. The opening Roman Carnival Overture, also by Berlioz, is based on the Italian dance “saltarello” and sees the composer borrow music from his own forgotten opera Benvenuto Cellini, written whilst he was studying in Rome, a city which he found to be underwhelming.
The French sound worlds of Berlioz and Ravel will be heard side by side with the more Italianate one of Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concerto, also written in Rome during the composer’s tours of Europe during 1829-1831. The soloist is the Italian pianist Beatrice Rana who appears with the Czech Philharmonic for the first time. Like many outstanding musicians, Rana began her musical studies early, perhaps even earlier than most of her colleagues: “It began even before I was born because both of my parents are pianists.” In this same interview she gave ahead of her New York Carnegie Hall debut, she also spoke about her passion for opera which inspires her music making: “It’s a very dramatic way of approaching life. In my playing, the idea of ‘bel canto’ or ‘beautiful singing’ is very present because it is part of my culture and my origins.”
Beatrice Rana piano
Alain Altinoglu conductor
Alain Altinoglu is Music Director of Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels and hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt. Since 2015, he has earned widespread recognition for his extraordinary leadership, inspiring riveting and transcendent opera performances in Brussels. His tenure with hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt commenced from the 2021/2022 season.
Alain Altinoglu regularly conducts such distinguished orchestras as Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Münchner Philharmoniker, Russian National Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra London, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, as well as all the major Parisian orchestras.
Highlights of the 2021/2022 season include conducting the season opening concerts of the Wiener Philharmoniker, and appearing at the Salzburger Festspiele conducting Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust. Altinoglu debuts with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Czech Philharmonic, and continues guesting relationships returning to Wiener Symphoniker and Staatskapelle Berlin.
A regular guest at the world’s leading opera houses, Altinoglu appears at Metropolitan Opera New York, Royal Opera House London Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich, the Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Bayerische Staatsoper München and all three opera houses in Paris. He has also appeared at the festivals in Bayreuth, Salzburg, Orange and Aix-en-Provence.
Alongside his conducting, Altinoglu maintains a strong affinity with the Lied repertoire and regularly performs with mezzo-soprano Nora Gubisch. Altinoglu has released audio recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Naïve, Pentatone and Cascavelle. DVD productions of Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher (Accord), Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer (DG), The Golden Cockerel, Iolanta, The Nutcracker, Pelléas et Mélisande (BelAirClassiques) have also been released to critical acclaim.
Born in Paris, Alain Altinoglu studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris where he now teaches the conducting class.
