Laura Michelin in Ibert’s Flute Concerto
Laura Michelin, principal flutist in the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, takes center stage in Jacques Ibert’s eccentric and technically challenging flute concerto from 1934. Conductor Kristiina Poska also conducts Swedish composer Valborg Aulin’s only orchestral suite, Tableaux Parisiens, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s overture-fantasy Romeo and Juliet.
Participants
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a multiple-award-winning ensemble renowned for its high artistic standard and stylistic breadth, as well as collaborations with the world’s finest composers, conductors, and soloists. It regularly tours all over Europe and the world and has an extensive and acclaimed recording catalogue.
Daniel Harding has been Music Director of the SRSO since 2007, and since 2019 also its Artistic Director. His tenure will last throughout the 2024/2025 season. Two of the orchestra’s former chief conductors, Herbert Blomstedt and Esa-Pekka Salonen, have since been named Conductors Laureate, and continue to perform regularly with the orchestra.
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs at Berwaldhallen, concert hall of the Swedish Radio, and is a cornerstone of Swedish public service broadcasting. Its concerts are heard weekly on the Swedish classical radio P2 and regularly on national public television SVT. Several concerts are also streamed on-demand on Berwaldhallen Play and broadcast globally through the EBU.
Flöjtisten Laura Michelin är en flitigt anlitad solist, kammar- och orkestermusiker som för närvarande går sitt sista år på masterprogrammet vid Hochschule für Musik und Theater i München för professor Andrea Lieberknecht. Vid sidan av sina studier frilansar hon i de olika svenska orkestrarna. Tidigare studerade hon i fyra år vid Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm för professor Tobias Carron. Laura har mottagit stipendier från bland andra Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien, Svenska Frimurarorden och 2019 dessutom G.T. Bäckmans stipendium, ett av Sveriges största kulturstipendier.
Programme
I. Vie bruyante dans le lointain: Allegro vivace e con brio
II. ans la calme de nuit: Andante
III. Scène de bal: Tempo di valse
IIIV. Un soir de fête à Trocadero: Tempo di marcia
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro scherzando
Approximate concert length: 1 hour without intermission
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