Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, principal conductor*
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
London's stellar Philharmonia Orchestra returns to Berkeley with Finnish maestro Santtu-Matias Rouvali--one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation--making his Berkeley debut! In two programs featuring 2025-26 season Artist in Residence Víkingur Ólafsson, orchestra, conductor, and soloist take us on a spectacular journey through a sublime collection of works, from Romantic masterpieces to an exciting new commission.
The first concert features Ólafsson as soloist in Beethoven's iconic Emperor concerto, as well as the orchestra performing Sibelius' Fifth Symphony, a majestic work evoking a vast, unfolding Nordic landscape. The program also includes the Bay Area premiere of a new commission by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, a truly original voice in concert music who won three 2025 Grammy Awards for a recording of her most recent orchestral works.
The second concert matches Ravel's frolicking, jazz-inflected Piano Concerto in G major with Shostakovich's emotionally turbulent and engrossing Fifth Symphony.
"Rouvali was always alive to the pictorial detail, matched by the Philharmonia's alert playing...vivid music-making is one of [his] strengths" (The Times, London).
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Santtu-Matias Rouvali, principal conductor*
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
London's stellar Philharmonia Orchestra returns to Berkeley with Finnish maestro Santtu-Matias Rouvali--one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation--making his Berkeley debut! In two programs featuring 2025-26 season Artist in Residence Víkingur Ólafsson, orchestra, conductor, and soloist take us on a spectacular journey through a sublime collection of works, from Romantic masterpieces to an exciting new commission.
The first concert features Ólafsson as soloist in Beethoven's iconic Emperor concerto, as well as the orchestra performing Sibelius' Fifth Symphony, a majestic work evoking a vast, unfolding Nordic landscape. The program also includes the Bay Area premiere of a new commission by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, a truly original voice in concert music who won three 2025 Grammy Awards for a recording of her most recent orchestral works.
The second concert matches Ravel's frolicking, jazz-inflected Piano Concerto in G major with Shostakovich's emotionally turbulent and engrossing Fifth Symphony.
"Rouvali was always alive to the pictorial detail, matched by the Philharmonia's alert playing...vivid music-making is one of [his] strengths" (The Times, London).
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, principal conductor*
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
London's stellar Philharmonia Orchestra returns to Berkeley with Finnish maestro Santtu-Matias Rouvali--one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation--making his Berkeley debut! In two programs featuring 2025-26 season Artist in Residence Víkingur Ólafsson, orchestra, conductor, and soloist take us on a spectacular journey through a sublime collection of works, from Romantic masterpieces to an exciting new commission.
The first concert features Ólafsson as soloist in Beethoven's iconic Emperor concerto, as well as the orchestra performing Sibelius' Fifth Symphony, a majestic work evoking a vast, unfolding Nordic landscape. The program also includes the Bay Area premiere of a new commission by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, a truly original voice in concert music who won three 2025 Grammy Awards for a recording of her most recent orchestral works.
The second concert matches Ravel's frolicking, jazz-inflected Piano Concerto in G major with Shostakovich's emotionally turbulent and engrossing Fifth Symphony.
"Rouvali was always alive to the pictorial detail, matched by the Philharmonia's alert playing...vivid music-making is one of [his] strengths" (The Times, London).
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Santtu-Matias Rouvali, principal conductor*
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
London's stellar Philharmonia Orchestra returns to Berkeley with Finnish maestro Santtu-Matias Rouvali--one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation--making his Berkeley debut! In two programs featuring 2025-26 season Artist in Residence Víkingur Ólafsson, orchestra, conductor, and soloist take us on a spectacular journey through a sublime collection of works, from Romantic masterpieces to an exciting new commission.
The first concert features Ólafsson as soloist in Beethoven's iconic Emperor concerto, as well as the orchestra performing Sibelius' Fifth Symphony, a majestic work evoking a vast, unfolding Nordic landscape. The program also includes the Bay Area premiere of a new commission by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, a truly original voice in concert music who won three 2025 Grammy Awards for a recording of her most recent orchestral works.
The second concert matches Ravel's frolicking, jazz-inflected Piano Concerto in G major with Shostakovich's emotionally turbulent and engrossing Fifth Symphony.
"Rouvali was always alive to the pictorial detail, matched by the Philharmonia's alert playing...vivid music-making is one of [his] strengths" (The Times, London).
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