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SALZBURG FESTIVAL | CONCERT 2011

Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela 1

Felsenreitschule

Performers: Gustavo Dudamel, Simon Callow
Works by William Shakespeare, Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky

Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela 2

Grosses Festspielhaus

Performers: Miah Persson, Anna Larsson, Gustavo Dudamel
Works by Gustav Mahler

Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Grosses Festspielhaus

Performers: Anna Netrebko, Marianna Pizzolato, Matthew Polenzani, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Works by Joseph Haydn, Gioachino Rossini

ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Felsenreitschule

Performers: Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Cornelius Meister
Works by Alban Berg, Hans Rott

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Grosses Festspielhaus

Performers: Daniel Barenboim
Works by Gustav Mahler, Ludwig v. Beethoven

Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra

Felsenreitschule

Performers: Susan Graham, Sir Colin Davis
Works by Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel, Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1

Grosses Festspielhaus

Performers: Riccardo Muti
Works by Bernard Rands, Richard Strauss, Dmitri Shostakovich

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2

Grosses Festspielhaus

Performers: Riccardo Muti
Works by Paul Hindemith, Sergey Prokofiev

SALZBURG FESTIVAL BLOG

Riccardo Muti Awarded Birgit Nilsson Prize 2011

17 MAR2011

by FESTSPIELKIEBITZ 11:59 h;
posted in: Opera, Concert, Whitsun, General

The Swedish Birgit Nilsson Foundation has announced that conductor Riccardo Muti has been awarded the world’s highest cash prize in the music field: the Birgit Nilsson Prize 2011. In a first reaction, the conductor professed himself “deeply touched. For 40 years, Riccardo Muti has enjoyed a close cooperation with the Salzburg Festival. This year, he is one of the busiest artists of the Festival.