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Kazuki Yamada is Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), a role he commenced in Spring 2023.

Alongside his commitments in Birmingham, Yamada is also Artistic and Music Director of Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo (OPMC). Yamada has forged a link between Monaco and Birmingham having conducted collaborative performances with CBSO Chorus of Mendelssohn’s Elijah in both cities in 2019 and Orff’s Carmina Burana in 2023. CBSO Chorus open the current season with Yamada in both Birmingham and in Monaco with performances of Verdi Requiem and Mahler Symphony No 2 respectively.

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Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven: "König Stephan" - Ouverture op. 117
Ludwig van Beethoven: Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 Es-Dur op. 73
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Franz Schubert: Sinfonie Nr. 5 B-Dur D 485 (1816)

Soloist:

Piotr Anderszewski

Auditorium Rainier III

Monte-Carlo, Monaco

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Program:

Richard Strauss: Don Quixote - Phantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters op. 35 für Violoncello, Viola und Orchester
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur op. 55 (Eroica)

Symphony Hall Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra

Program:

Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)
Francis Poulenc: Sinfonietta (1947)
Georges Bizet: L Arlésienne - Suite Nr. 1
Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie op. 64 für großes Orchester (1911/15)

Tokyo-Electron Hall Miyagi

Sendai-shi, Japan

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Program:

William T. Walton: Konzert für Violine und Orchester (1939 rev. 1943)
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Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique op. 14 (Episoden aus dem Leben eines Künstlers)

Symphony Hall Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

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