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Klezmer Concerto

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Mei-Ann Chen, Daumen hoch und Dirigierstab
© Nikola Milatovic

Principal Conductor Mei-Ann Chen

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Mei-Ann Chen dirigiert Mei-Ann Chen is looking forward to Franz Schreker's Chamber Symphony and a Klezmer-style violin concerto, which the composer Noah Bendix-Balgley lachend mit Violine Noah Bendix-Balgley himself will bring to life.

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An evening to dream

As a child in the USA, violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley grew up with klezmer. Today he is first concertmaster of the great Berlin Philharmonic – and has fulfilled a long-cherished dream of writing a violin concerto in klezmer style. He performed the premiere of his “Fidl-Fantazye” in Pittsburgh in 2016. This klezmer vision for solo violin and orchestra is just as sensually flamboyant as Franz Schreker’s Chamber Symphony – a musical vision composed in 1916 in Vienna by the son of a Jewish photographer and a Styrian aristocrat.

Programme

Franz Schreker: Chamber Symphony in A major, op. 17
Noah Bendix-Balgley: Fidl-Fantazye, a Klezmer Concerto

Tickets

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

Cast

Noah Bendix-Balgley

Noah Bendix-Balgley lachend mit Violine
Violin

The all-rounder not only accomplishes unique things with his violin as concertmaster and soloist, but also expresses his love for klezmer as a composer.

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 played unique halls such as the Alte Oper Frankfurt and 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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