演出人員介紹

英國愛樂管絃樂團

演出

英國愛樂管絃樂團被認為是英國三大重要古典樂團之一，1945年由EMI唱片傳奇製作人華特˙李格所成立，樂團原是為錄音而創辦，在世界知名指揮卡拉揚、克倫貝勒、慕提、辛諾波里、杜南伊等人帶領下，輪番注入不同的活力，匯聚歐洲古典樂菁英，創造出輝煌歷史，奠定世界級樂團聲名。其珍貴豐富的錄音資產，更是一大特色。2008年由沙隆年接下首席指揮棒後，以創新的姿態，運用新科技方法，更大舉提升古典樂新境界，開拓新觀眾。現任音樂顧問沙隆年認為，當年錄音工程技術催生了愛樂管絃樂團，科技就是愛樂管絃樂團的DNA，更是觸及觀眾的重要工具。每年一百六十餘場的正式演出之外，還跨足電影配樂、電玩音樂製作，如《鋼鐵人3》電影主題曲、《哈利波特》電玩主題曲等，皆出自於愛樂管絃樂團之手；除此之外也參與跨領域裝置展，邀請民眾共同指揮、演出，並推動新科技計畫。

 

The Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the world’s great orchestras. Widely acknowledged as one of the UK’s foremost musical pioneers, and with an extraordinary recording legacy, the Philharmonia leads the field for its quality of playing, and for its innovative approach to residencies, audience development, music education and the use of new technologies in reaching a global audience. Together with its relationships with the world’s most sought-after artists, most importantly its Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Philharmonia Orchestra is at the heart of British musical life.

 

Today, the Philharmonia has the greatest claim of any to be the UK’s national orchestra, committed to presenting the same quality, live music-making in venues throughout the country as it brings to London and the great concert halls of the world. In 2015 the Orchestra celebrated its 70th birthday and the 20th anniversary of the foundation of its residency programme, which began in 1995 with the launch of its residencies at London’s Southbank Centre and Bedford’s Corn Exchange. The Orchestra also has long-term partnerships with De Montfort Hall in Leicester (Resident Orchestra since 1997), the Anvil in Basingstoke (Orchestra in Partnership since 2001), and, more recently, at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury and Three Choirs Festival (Resident Orchestra).

 

The Orchestra performs more than 160 concerts a year, as well as recording music for films, computer games and commercial audio releases. Under Esa-Pekka Salonen a series of flagship, visionary projects at the Royal Festival Hall, where the Orchestra performs 40 concerts a season, have been critically acclaimed. City of Light: Paris 1900-1950 (2015), City of Dreams: Vienna 1900-1935 (2009), Bill Viola’s Tristan und Isolde (2010), Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Béla Bartók (2011) and Woven Words, a celebration of Witold Lutosławski’s centenary year (2013), are followed in 2016 by Stravinsky: Myths & Rituals, a major, five-concert festival of music by Igor Stravinsky.

 

The Philharmonia has a busy international touring schedule, with recent major series in Taiwan and Japan with Esa-Pekka Salonen, a tour to China with Vladimir Ashkenazy, and concerts in Iceland, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Poland. The Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen take up residence at the 2016 Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence, including two concerts from the Stravinsky: Myths & Rituals series.

 

The Philharmonia’s Principal International Partner is Wuliangye.

 

www.philharmonia.co.uk

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April 2016