Antoni Wit returns to the Lisinski Hall in Zagreb to conduct Bruckner’s Symphony No 6 with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra on 16th of February. The concert will also include Mozart Symphony No 38 in D major “Prague” and will be held in memory of the renowned Croatian conductor Lovro von Matačić.
Antoni Wit returns to Japan to lead the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra on 19th of December at Suntory Hall. The concert features Krzysztof Penderecki’s Symphony No 2 “Christmas” and Wojciech Kilar’s Prelude & Christmas Carol bridged by the Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor with the International Chopin Piano Competition prize-winner Kyohei Sorita as soloist.
Celebrated pianist Stephen Kovacevich returns to his native California to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C-Minor with the Pacific Symphony under the baton of the Orchestra’s music director Carl St.Clair. Their performance as part of an all-Mozart concert takes place on Sunday 29th of October at the acclaimed Soka Performing Arts Centre in Aliso Viejo Orange County. For more details see HERE
This month marks the release of Antoni Wit’s new recording on Naxos of late works by Krzysztof Penderecki with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra . This new recording is a continuation of a series of releases of the Polish composer’s orchestral works recorded by Antoni Wit to high critical acclaim.
Stephen Kovacevich joins distinguished forces in a duo with Martha Argerich as part of their special chamber music concert at the Philharmonie de Paris on 15th of October. The evening dedicated to music by Schumann, Beethoven and Debussy also features young upcoming musicians cellist Edgar Moreau and violinist Geza Hosszu-Legocky. Debussy’s works for two pianos Lindaraja and En blanc et noir conclude the programme with the legendary artists’ joint performance at Grande salle Pierre Boulez.
Antoni Wit returns to Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy & Festival in its 43rd edition this year themed: Prague and Vienna Two Musical Cities―Mozart, Brahms and Dvořák. Mo Wit will conduct symphonic concerts with the Gunma Symphony Orchestra on August 13th and 16th in the programme featuring Brahms Academic Overture and Dvorak’s Symphony No 7. On August 20th he will lead the Festival main choral concert with Dvořák’s magnificent Stabat Mater op. 58.
Polish conductor Antoni Wit returns to the Norrkoping Symphony to lead the orchestra in Lutosławski’s masterpiece Concerto for Orchestra at their concert at Geerhallen on March 18th 2023. The renowned Swedish-Danish cellist Andreas Brantelid will perform Tchaikovsky The Variations on a Rococo Theme in A major, Opus 33 inspired by Mozart whose Symphony No 38 ‘Prague” opens the concert.
In February 2023 Maestro Antoni Wit travels to Tallinn to lead the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in a programme of Wagner, Elgar and Lutosławski. He will be joined by the award-winning young generation Estonian soloist Marcel Kits performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto. The concert will take place at Estonia Concert Hall on February the 3rd. For more details, click HERE
On 22nd of November 2022 Yi-Jia Susanne Hou is playing the iconic Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestra Tong Chen. The performance takes place at the Orpheum as part of the cultural event Image China East-West Symphonic Concert presenting renowned soloists and featuring Chinese and Canadian classical music .
Susanne Hou recorded live He Zhanhao’s & Chen Gang’s Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall in London. She subsequently toured the work with the RPO under the baton of Mo John Nelson in China and Taiwan. Her connection to the piece has been both artistic and personal since her violinist father was chosen to make a premier recording of the concerto in Shanghai.
Clip from Susanne Hou’s concert on tour at NCPA Beijing:
In his first appearance abroad this season, Maestro Antoni Wit conducts the Dortmunder Philharmoniker at the Konzerthaus Dortmundon 10th of October this year. Together with an exceptional soloist Jasminka Stancul they will open the “Wiener Klassik” series with two Mendelssohn’s Piano Concertos. Schubert’s Symphony No 5 will follow and conclude the concert programme.
