Please note: New concert start time – all subscription concerts now begin at 7:00 pm.
Gustav Mahler: “Adagietto” from Symphony No. 5
Alban Berg: Seven Early Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Thierry Fischer, conductor
Hera Park, soprano
Thierry Fischer has been Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León since September 2022.
In recent seasons he has conducted orchestras across the globe, Utah Symphony since 2009 (Music Director) São Paulo Symphonythe (Music Director), Cleveland Orchestra, the Boston, Atlanta and Cincinnati Symphonies, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Maggio Musicale Firenze among others. He has performed and commissioned many world premieres, and works with the London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Intercontemporain but also other leading chamber orchestras such as the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Swedish Chamber.
Fischer started out as Principal Flute in Hamburg and at the Zurich Opera. His conducting career began in his 30s when he replaced an ailing colleague, subsequently directing his first few concerts with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe where he was Principal Flute under Claudio Abbado. He spent his apprentice years in Holland and became Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Ulster Orchestra 2001-2006. He was Principal Guest of the Seoul Philharmonic 2017-2020 and Chief Conductor (now Honorary Guest) of the Nagoya Philharmonic 2008-2011.
