On tour with Klaus Mäkelä
Kirill Gerstein performs Brahms in Seoul
On tour in South Korea, the Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Brahms’s First Piano Concerto with Kirill Gerstein, followed by Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, all under the direction of Klaus Mäkelä.
Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is a powerful, vibrant masterpiece – a pure celebration of life itself.
Concert programme
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1
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-- interval --
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Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra
Performers
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Klaus Mäkelä
chief conductor designate
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Kirill Gerstein
piano
About this concert
With our chief conductor designate, we kick off our tour of East Asia in Seoul. Kirill Gerstein has made frequent guest appearances with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, but never before has he performed Brahms with us. In Seoul, you can hear him in Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1.
After the interval, we will be performing Bartók’s irresistible Concerto for Orchestra, the unexpectedly powerful, vibrant masterpiece that Bartók produced in his final dark years – a pure celebration of life itself.
Dates and tickets
About this concert
With our chief conductor designate, we kick off our tour of East Asia in Seoul. Kirill Gerstein has made frequent guest appearances with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, but never before has he performed Brahms with us. In Seoul, you can hear him in Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1.
After the interval, we will be performing Bartók’s irresistible Concerto for Orchestra, the unexpectedly powerful, vibrant masterpiece that Bartók produced in his final dark years – a pure celebration of life itself.