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Der Zauberer

R Recreation
Mei-Ann Chen dirigiert
© Nikola Milatovic

Principal Conductor Mei-Ann Chen

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Mei-Ann Chen dirigiert Mei-Ann Chen waves her magic wand to the sounds of Schubert, John Williams and Paul Dukas and is herself enchanted by Shaghayegh Shahrabi Shaghayegh Shahrabi on the oboe.

Content

Magic

Performing music is like performing magic when Mei-Ann Chen waves her magic wand. John Williams created cult music for “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” with his magical orchestral colours. The soundtrack of the film lures old and young into the Stefaniensaal for an evening of magic: there is Schubert’s magic harp, Dukas’s reckless sorceror’s apprentice and a magical oboe concerto. An invitation to brandish your magic wand and cry “Expecto Patronum”.

Programme

Franz Schubert: Overture from "Die Zauberharfe"
Paul Dukas: Der Zauberlehrling
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Oboe concert
John Williams: Harry-Potter-Suite "The Sorcerer’s Stone"

Tickets

Prices: EUR 72 / 60 / 47 / 34 / 21
Subscriptions
Discounts:
U27: 50% off for all younger than 27

Cast

Shaghayegh Shahrabi

Shaghayegh Shahrabi
© Michiko Saiki
Oboe

Born in Iran, the young oboist moved to Germany at the age of 18 for her studies, where she discovered her love of New and Baroque music.

Recreation - Das Orchester

die Mitglieder von Recreation auf der Stiege im Grazer Congress
© Werner Kmetitsch
Orchestra

Recreation is special in many ways: consisting of musicians whose nationalities range from Japan to Venezuela, most of the members received part of their training in Graz. After its formation in 2002, the collective has played in unique halls such as the Alte Oper Frankfurt and has worked with outstanding conductors.

Mei-Ann Chen

Mei-Ann Chen dirigiert
© Nikola Milatovic
Conductor

Born in Taiwan, Mei-Ann Chen has lived in the US since 1989 and holds a doctorate in music (conducting) and a master’s degree in violin performance. One of America’s most promising young conductors, she was the first woman to win the Malko International Conductors Competition and has been appointed chief conductor of Recreation Graz beginning fall 2021.

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