On Thursday, March 3, at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Music Director Osmo Vänskä leads the Minnesota Orchestra in an all-Sibelius program, performing the symphonies nos. 1 and 3 as well as the Violin Concerto in D Minor featuring soloist Hilary Hahn. A pre-concert talk at 7:00 p.m. features Glenda Dawn Goss of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra are among the world's greatest interpreters of the music of Jean Sibelius. The orchestra first performed Sibelius's music in 1909 and made its first recording of the composer's Symphony No. 1 in 1935. Under the direction of Maestro Vänskä, the orchestra won its first-ever Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance in January 2014 for their recording of Sibelius's symphonies nos. 1 and 4 on the BIS Records label. In 2015, they recorded Sibelius's symphonies nos. 3, 6, and 7 for BIS, continuing their symphony cycle. Maestro Vänskä and the orchestra last performed at Carnegie Hall in October 2011. Three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn has brought her virtuosity, expansive interpretations, and creative repertoire choices to diverse global audiences since making her major orchestra debut at the age of 12. She has gone on to perform as a recitalist and as a soloist with major orchestras in more than 40 countries. As a recognized champion of new music, she has premiered new works written for her by several composers, including Jennifer Higdon's Pulitzer Prize-winning Violin Concerto. Ms. Hahn has released 16 albums on the Deutsche Grammophon and Sony labels, and she is featured in the Academy Award-nominated soundtrack for the film The Village. Her most recent album, released in spring 2015, references her musical heritage, featuring works by Mozart and Vieuxtemps and recorded with longtime colleagues Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. In 2001, Hahn was named America's Best Young Classical Musician by Time magazine.Thursday, March 3 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA
Osmo Vänskä, Music Director and Conductor
Hilary Hahn, Violin
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