ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE DÜSSELDORF
Coral Infantil Juan Bautista Comes
Orfeó Universitari de Valencia
Catriona Morison, mezzosoprano
ADAM FISCHER, Conductor
Mahler, Sinfonía núm.3
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DÜSSELDORF SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The orchestra „Düsseldorfer Symphoniker“, whose activity takes place mainly in the concert hall „Tonhalle“ and at the „Deutsche Oper am Rhein“, as well as through tours aimed at spreading music and culture, has helped Düsseldorf acquire the reputation of a renowned cultural city.
In the 18th century, musicians such as Händel and Corelli worked at the “Düsseldorfer Hofkapell“ court until it was dissolved. In 1818, with the founding of the municipal music association, an orchestral culture emerged in Düsseldorf that attracted many musicians such as Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann. However, it was not until 1864 that the orchestra of the city of Düsseldorf was founded as such, making it one of the oldest orchestras in Germany.
As a result, it became one of the country’s leading and major orchestras, under the baton of great conductors such as Heinrich Hollreiser, Euge Szenkar, Jeean Martinon, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Henryk Czyz, Willem van Otterloo, Bernhard Klee, David Shallon, Salvador Mas Conde, John Fiore and Andrey Boreyko.
Maestro Adam Fischer has been principal conductor since 2015.
In 2011 the orchestra went on a concert tour of Spain, and in 2012 it took part in the „Beethoven Easter Festival“ in Poland, as well as in Moscow.
In 2014 its musicians made their debut at the Vienna Musikverein and in May 2015 in Tokyo with a tour of nine concerts.
In 2017 and 2018 they were invited to Arnhem (Holland) and Moscow, as well as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In 2018 and 2019 the orchestra played in Budapest, followed by a successful five-concert tour of Spain.
Two CDs of Mahler symphonies under the direction of Adam Fischer won two recognised awards in 2019. The First Symphony received the „BBC Award“ and the Third the „Opus Klassik“ award.
ADAM FISCHER, Conductor
He was born in Budapest, where he later also studied conducting and composition in Vienna with Hans Swarowsky. He won a joint first prize at the Cantelli Competition in Milan in 1973, and later held positions at the Graz Opera, Karlsruhe and Freiburg, where he was general music director. His association with the Vienna State Opera also began that same year. Between 1987 and 1992, Fischer was music director of Kassel Opera and in July 1989 he presented and conducted the first Gustav Mahler Festival (of which he is founder and artistic director) in Kassel. For this he created a new orchestra and obtained important support from the German government. This Festival continues to flourish today. He conducts many productions for Zurich Opera, with international artists such as Thomas Hampson, Edita Gruberova and Cecilia Bartoli. Recent seasons have included L’anima del filosofo (Haydn), Cenerentola, and Matrimonio segreto (Cimarosa) and a revival of his highly successful Linda di Chamounix, with Gruberova, for television. In January 1997 Fischer also took the Hungarian State Symphony to Athens for a complete production of Verdi’s Macbeth.
Fischer has conducted a large number of orchestras internationally, including the Vienna Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, the London Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, the Danish Radio Symphony, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and the Bamberg Symphony. He also collaborates closely with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. His first Japanese tour was in 1984; since then he has returned regularly. Fischer made his debut with the Boston Symphony and the Chicago Symphony in 1984, and that year toured the United States with the Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra. In 1987, Adam Fischer launched the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Festival and Orchestra in Eisenstadt, Austria; he is currently the orchestra’s music director. The Festival is now established internationally and attracts major orchestras, ensembles and soloists from all over the world. With the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, he is currently recording the complete Haydn symphonies for Nimbus. Fischer has also recorded for CBS, EMI, Hungaroton and Delta. His BBC film of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle with the LPO won the Premio Italia 1989 and the Royal Philharmonic Society and Charles Heidsieck award for BBC Radio/TV/Video.
