Yi-Jia Susanne Hou returns to the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra to perform the Sibelius Violin Concerto in d-minor in the opening concert of the orchestra’s Early Spring Season conducted by Daniel Boico. The performance takes place on August 25th at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg with the programme including Dvorak’s Symphony No 9 “From the New World” and the arrangement of the song Moon We shall rise again by the renowned South African jazz songwriter Don Laka. For more details see HERE
Following the pandemic pause, Antoni Wit participates in the 42ndKusatsu International Summer Music Academy & Festival in August 2022. Mo Wit conducts Bruckner’s Symphony No 2 with the Gunma Symphony Orchestra on August 16th in Takasaki and on August 17th in Kusatsu. He also leads the Festival’s choral concert on August 21st featuring Requiem by Saint-Saëns.
Long-postponed by the pandemics, Canadian violinist Yi-Jia Susanne Hou finally fulfils her invitation by the Folsom Lake Symphony, premier community orchestra in California, to work on a joint project at the start of the new season. Yi-Jia Susanne Hou performs the Sibelius Violin Concerto under the baton of the orchestra’s music director Peter Jaffe on October 21st at the Harris Centre for the Arts and she participates in extensive educational activities as part of the orchestra’s wider community mission. For more details see HERE
Janáček Quartet’s concert performed at The Queen’s Hall in August 2002 is to be broadcast as part of the BBC Radio 3 documentary series “Great String Quartets at Edinburgh” on 25th of August 2022. The legendary performance features a programme of some of the most outstanding works in string quartets’ repertoire from the Bohemian and Moravian music traditions by Martinů, Dvořák and Smetana. For more details see HERE
Following the pandemic pause, Antoni Wit returns to the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra to conduct Bruckner Symphony No 6. He is joined by the renowned Japanese soloists Yu Kosuge, Kentaro Ifuku, Takeshi Kubota and Joel Biedrzycki in the exhilarating Bartók’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion opening the programme. Their two performances take place on June 10th & 11th at Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Concert Hall in Nagoya. For more details see HERE
Antoni Wit conducts Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire on tour of four concerts with the renowned French soprano Véronique Gens singing Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été. The performances taking place on March 13th & 15th in Angers and March 16th & 17th in Nantes will also feature Satie/Debussy Gymnopédie I & III and Brahms final Symphony No 4.
Yi-Jia Susanne Hou’s recording of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Andreas Delfs is launched on takt 1 streaming platform on 16th December. Playing on 1735 Guarneri Del Gesu violin that belonged to Fritz Kreisler at the time of his writing the cadenza for the Concerto, Yi-Jia Susanne Hou’s performance with the unsurpassed London Symphony Orchestra is a special tribute to a unique instrument and the music it inspired. The launch marks Beethoven’s 251st birthday.
Antoni Wit conducts Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in his much-awaited debut with the Orchestra di Padova a del Veneto on 17th of February 2022. The fast-rising Italian pianist Filippo Gorini will open the concert at Teatro Verdi in Padua playing the monumental Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83. Freischutz Overture by Carl Maria von Weber will follow the symphony and conclude the programme.
Yi-Jia Susanne Hou returns to Canada to perform Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of the orchestra’s Music Director Gemma New. The live performance takes place on March 19th 2022 at FirstOntario Concert Hall and it will be also available via online broadcast.
“The virtuosity on display here is quite astonishing. The longstanding Janáček Quartet is joined by fellow Czech pianist Ivo Kahánek for Korngold’s Quintet, before paying tribute to their namesake in a programme that gels superbly.”
