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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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Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

Program:

Rudi Stephan: Musik für Geige und Orchester in einem Satz (1911, rev. 1913)
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde für Tenor und Bariton

Soloist:

Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Pene Pati

Auditorium Rainier III

Monte-Carlo, Monaco

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Program:

Gabriel Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques op. 112 - Suite für Orchester
Sergej Prokofieff: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 C-Dur op. 26
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Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique op. 14 (Episoden aus dem Leben eines Künstlers)

Soloist:

Benjamin Grosvenor

Symphony Hall Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Program:

Hector Berlioz: Fausts Verdammnis op. 24 (La damnation de Faust)

Soloist:

Pene Pati, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Symphony Hall Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Orquesta Nacional de España

Program:

Tōru Takemitsu: A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden (1977) für Orchester
William T. Walton: Konzert für Viola und Orchester
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César Franck: Symphonie d-Moll (1886/88)

Soloist:

Sara Ferrández

Auditorio Nacional de Música

Madrid, Spain

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