SYMPHONIC STORIES
SYMPHONIC STORIES
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Friday , October 20 , 8pm Sunday , October 22 , 3pm
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Saturday , October 21 , 8pm
Jun Märkl , conductor Jonathan Biss , piano Lisa Steltenpohl , viola Dariusz Skoraczewski , cello
Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre , op . 40
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No . 21 in C Major , K . 467 Allegro maestoso Andante Allegro vivace assai
INTERMISSION
Jonathan Biss
Richard Strauss Don Quixote , op . 35 Introduction Theme and variations Finale
Lisa Steltenpohl Dariusz Skoraczewski
The concert will end at approximately 9:50 pm on Friday and Saturday and at 4:50 pm on Sunday .
The appearance of conductor Jun Märkl is made possible through the major support of the Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Guest Artist Fund .
About the Artists
Jun Märkl
Jun Märkl is highly recognized as an interpreter of both symphonic and operatic Germanic repertoire , and also for his idiomatic explorations of the French impressionists . His long-standing relationships at the state operas of Vienna , Berlin , Munich and Semperoper Dresden have recently been complemented by his directorships of the Orchestre National de Lyon ( 2005 – 11 ) and MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig
( to 2012 ). From 2014 to 2017 , he was Chief Conductor of the Basque National Orchestra . He appears with the world ’ s leading orchestras , including the Czech , Munich and Oslo philharmonics ; the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras ; NHK Symphony Orchestra ; and Tonhalle Orchester Zürich .
This season , Märkl appears with the Minnesota Orchestra and returns to the St . Louis , Dallas , Atlanta , Indianapolis and Vancouver symphonies in North America . In Europe , he returns to the Brussels , Helsinki and Netherlands Radio philharmonics and the Tonkuenstler Orchestra Vienna . He also returns to the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony , and debuts with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra , the Seoul Philharmonic and the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan .
Märkl is a regular guest conductor at the state operas of Vienna , Munich and Semperoper Dresden , and was permanent conductor of the Bavarian State Opera until 2006 . He made his Royal Opera House debut with Götterdämmerung in 1996 and debuted with Il Trovatore at the Metropolitan Opera in 1998 . He conducted complete Ring cycles at the Deutsche Oper and at the New National Theatre in Tokyo , and toured Japan in 2007 . In 2016 , he conducted Fidelio in Cincinnati and Die Liebe der Danae in Tokyo , where he conducts Lohengrin in 2018 .
In 2014 , Naxos released two discs with Märkl conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in works by Toshio Hosokawa . A third recording is expected . He recorded the complete Schumann symphonies with the NHK Symphony ; Mendelssohn , D ’ Albert and Wagner with MDR ; and Ravel , Messaien and Debussy with the Orchestre National de Lyon . He was honored by the French Ministry of Culture in 2012 with the “ Chevalier de l ’ Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .” Recordings of works by Saint- Saëns and Strauss are expected in 2018 .
Märkl ’ s father was a distinguished concertmaster and his mother , a solo pianist . Märkl studied at the Musikhochschule in Hannover , with Sergiu Celibidache in Munich and Gustav Meier in Michigan . In 1986 , he won the conducting competition of the Deutsche Musikrat and a year later won a scholarship from the Boston Symphony Orchestra to study at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa . He soon had appointments in European opera houses followed by music directorships at the Staatstheater in Saarbrücken ( 1991 – 94 ) and at the Mannheim Nationaltheater ( 1994 – 2000 ).
Jun Märkl last appeared with the BSO in November 2015 , performing works of de Falla , Debussy and Ravel .
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