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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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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Program:

Sergej Prokofieff: Symphonie Nr. 1 D-Dur op. 25 ("Symphonie classique")
Camille Saint-Saëns: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 2 g-Moll op. 22
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Sergej Rachmaninoff: Symphonische Tänze op. 45 (1940)

Soloist:

Fazıl Say

Symphony Hall Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Program:

Sergej Prokofieff: Symphonie Nr. 1 D-Dur op. 25 ("Symphonie classique")
Camille Saint-Saëns: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 2 g-Moll op. 22
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff: "Scheherazade" - Symphonische Suite op. 35 nach 1001 Nacht

Sage Gateshead

Gateshead, United Kingdom

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Program:

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt-Suite Nr. 1 op. 46
Maurice Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye - Ballett

Symphony Hall Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

Program:

Sergej Rachmaninoff: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 d-Moll op. 30 (1909)
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Sergej Rachmaninoff: Symphonie Nr. 3 a-Moll op. 44

Soloist:

Evgeny Kissin

Auditorium Rainier III

Monte-Carlo, Monaco

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