A Brass Celebration

Dates

17. September 2020 at 19:30
18. September 2020 at 19:30

Fartein Valen, Stavanger konserthus

Dates

Thursday 17. September 2020 at 19:30
Friday 18. September 2020 at 19:30

Program

Gabrieli: Sonata No. 20 à 22
Dvořák: The Wild Dove
Tiensuu: Vie, concert for orchestra – Scandinavian premiere!
Hedstrøm: Saisir for chamber orchestra
Janáček: Sinfonietta

Contributors

Peter Szilvay, conductor
Nordic Brass Ensemble
In cooperation with Bjergsted Brass Week

Peter Szilvay

Conductor

Peter Szilvay studied viola and conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music and is a prominent figure in Norwegian musical life. He made his conducting debut with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in 1996, as part of his diploma exam, and has since built a wide-ranging career with engagements for leading orchestras in Norway and abroad.

He was conducting fellow with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra from 1998 to 2000 and won the Norwegian conducting competition “Conductor of the Year” in 1999. Szilvay has worked with orchestras such as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and the Royal Danish Orchestra.

He has also had long-standing collaborations with Norwegian orchestras such as the Oslo Philharmonic, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and has conducted at institutions including the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet and Opera Østfold.
Nordisk Brass Ensemble

Soloist

21. May

A Brass Celebration

A Brass Celebration

Dates

Dates

Program

Contributors

Peter Szilvay

Conductor

Nordisk Brass Ensemble

Soloist

Mahler’s Third Symphony

Strauss, Schumann and Brahms