WHERE:
Carnegie Music Hall,
Oakland
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
WHO:
Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic
Andrés Cárdenes,
Music Director
Carnegie Mellon University
Chorus
Thomas W.
Douglas,
Director of Choral Studies
Yan Pascal Tortelier,
Guest Conductor
DETAILS:
Under the direction of guest conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier the Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic and Chorus will perform
Stravinsky's
Symphony of Psalms and
Berlioz's
Symphony fantastique.
REPERTOIRE:
Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
Berlioz -
Symphonie fantastique
BIO:
Yan Pascal Tortelier enjoys a distinguished career as guest conductor of the world’s most prestigious orchestras. He began his musical career as a violinist and, at fourteen, won first prize for violin at the
Paris Conservatoire, making his soloist debut with the
London Philharmonic Orchestra shortly afterward.
Following general musical studies with
Nadia Boulanger, Tortelier studied conducting with
Franco Ferrara at the
Accademia Chigiana in
Siena, and from
1974 to
1983 he was Associate Conductor of the Orchestre
National du
Capitole de Toulouse. Further positions since then have included
Principal Conductor and
Artistic Director of the
Ulster Orchestra (1989-1992) and Principal Guest Conductor of the
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (
2005-2008). He was also Principal Conductor of the
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra from 2009-2011, and currently holds the position of Guest Conductor of
Honour, in which capacity he returns to the orchestra a number of times each season. Following his outstanding work as
Chief Conductor of the
BBC Philharmonic between
1992 and
2003, including annual appearances at the
BBC Proms and a very successful tour of the US to celebrate the orchestra's 60th anniversary season, he was given the title of Conductor
Emeritus and continues to work with the orchestra regularly. He also holds the position of Principal Guest Conductor at the
Royal Academy of Music in
London.
Yan Pascal Tortelier has collaborated with major orchestras including the
London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Orchestre de Paris,
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,
Czech Philharmonic,
St Petersburg Philharmonic,
Oslo Philharmonic, Filarmonica della
Scala Milan,
Philadelphia Orchestra,
Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the
Boston,
Chicago, and
Montreal symphony orchestras. Further afield he has collaborated with the
Melbourne Symphony, the
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, and the
Hong Kong and
Malaysian philharmonic orchestras.
Highlights of the 2014/15 season and beyond include returns to the
United States to conduct the orchestras in
Pittsburgh,
Dallas, Montreal,
San Francisco, Minnesota, and
Baltimore;
European performances with the
Iceland,
Royal Flemish,
Lyon National,
Bournemouth symphony orchestras, and the
Royal Liverpool and BBC philharmonic orchestra; and his return to
Australia to conduct the Melbourne,
Adelaide, and
Sydney symphony orchestras. Tortelier will also perform with the St Petersburg Philharmonic and
Montreal Symphony.
Tortelier has enjoyed a long association with
Chandos Records, resulting in an extensive catalogue of recordings, notably with the BBC Philharmonic and
Ulster orchestras, and including award-winning cycles of the orchestral music of
Debussy,
Ravel (featuring his own orchestration of Ravel's
Piano Trio), Franck, Roussel, and
Dutilleux. He has also conducted critically acclaimed discs of repertoire ranging from
Hindemith and
Kodaly to
Lutoslawski, and Karlowicz. Recent releases for Chandos include the Ravel piano concertos coupled with Debussy’s
Fantaisie, with pianist
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, and a disc of works by
Florent Schmitt with the Sao Paulo Symphony
. In the 13/14 season, Yan Pascal Tortelier added to this catalogue with the release of an entire disc of Stravinsky, once again collaborating with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
- published: 18 Feb 2016
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