From Bad Reichenhall via Kraków to Singapore: UR classics season finale

The 2023/2024 season came to an end for our artists with wonderful concerts: 

Ewa Strusińska concluded her time as Music Director of the Gerhart Hauptmann Theatre Görlitz/Zittau and the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie with five acclaimed concerts. Svetoslav Borisov delighted audiences at the Family Day in Grafenegg with the Tonkünstler Orchestra and made a guest appearance with the Bochum Symphony Orchestra at the Weilburg Music Summer. Florian Csizmadia ended the season of his Vorpommern Philharmonic Orchestra with a magnificent Brahms concert and made his debut with the Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic Orchestra, while Shao-Chia Lü will conduct an exciting project with the Orchestra of Music Makers in Singapore in July.

Polina Tarasenko made her debut in Poland with the Filharmonia Sudecka and received standing ovations with Derek Bourgeois’ trombone concerto.  Liv Migdal finished her residency with the Pfalzphilharmonie Kaiserslautern with Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1; Ania Vegry‘s season ended with Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang at the final concert of the Speyer Music Festival. It’s festival season in July and August: Zofia Neugebauer and Jean-François Heisser have been invited to the Ravel Festival in St. Jean-de-Luz, the Feininger Trio plays at Murten Classics, Adolfo GutiérrezArenas at MurciArt and at the Delft Chamber Music Festival, Paul Goodwin will conduct the Young Israel Philharmonic and will lead a masterclass at the Baroque Vocal Academy in Mainz. After a packed season, Piotr Pławner will appear in August at the Wawel Castle in Kraków with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.