Farewell and sound rush: Pietari Inkinen presents the 2024/25 season

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The anticipation for the upcoming 2024/25 season of the German Radio Philharmonie is unmistakable with its chief conductor Pietari Inkinen. In an emotional review of his eight -year term, he announced that this season is a very special one for him, since he will say goodbye to the orchestra in the summer of 2025. The Finnish conductor, who has won a place in the hearts of many music lovers, takes the opportunity to express his enthusiasm for the orchestral music of the 19th and 20th centuries.

is particularly proud to be able to present different artists with different musical backgrounds. The season is opened with Gustav Mahler's “Songs of a Moving Fellows” in which the young Bariton André Schuen will be heard. In the past, Schuen has made a name for himself with the great song cycles of Schubert and will surely captivate the audience. In his last concert as chief conductor, Inkinen will also perform Mahler's composition "The Boys Wunderhorn" with the Altist Gerhild Romberger - a highlight in his farewell year.

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The variety of sounds and the wide range of works that will be heard this season are impressive. The renowned pianist Rudolf Buchbinder will not only demonstrate his piano championship, but will also bring the jazzy sounds of Gershwin's piano concert to life. The pianists Anna Vinnitskaya and Anastasia Voltchok will delight the audience with a powerful Rachmaninow fireworks, while Augustin Hadelich will present the gorgeous Tschaikovsky Concerto.

The passion of inkines for the music of Richard Wagner will also be expressed by the appearances of Camilla Nylund and Andreas Schager, which will appear at the Baden-Baden Festival House in the season. As a native Finn, which was trained among other things for renowned sizes such as Leif Segerstam and Jorma Panula, it is also a matter of course for incoming in his programs for incomes, compositions by Jean Sibelius. In his farewell year, he plans to complete the Sibelius cycle and present the last masterpiece "Kalevala", a symphonic poetry based on the Finnish national epic.

Another highlight of the coming season is Anton Bruckner's 200th birthday, whose sound language of the German Radio Philharmonie is familiar. Incins and the orchestra will perform three of its symphonies in cities such as Salzburg, Ottobeuren and Metz. The Dvořák symphonies are also not neglected during this season; The ninth, "from the new world", is brought to the stage again after its successful performance at SWRMUSIC.

The commitment of the German Radio Philharmonie extends to various music styles, from Baroque to contemporary music. Inkinen emphasizes the value of their programs to promote young talents, including the Saarbrücken composition workshop and the Saarbrücken conducting workshop. He is particularly concerned with the Education program "Learning to Love", which is intended to offer young people access to classical music and serves as a place to gain their first experience with this genre.

A creative partner for this season is the composer and musician Jörg Widmann, who will deal with his own works and a special focus on Schumann and the romance in contemporary music. His enthusiasm for the works of composers like Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn draws inspiration for his own work and the program of the orchestra.

The German Radio Philharmonie is based in the large broadcast room of the Saarland radio and in the SWR Studio Kaiserslautern. They are active in the SR and SWR broadcast area, and inkines emphasize how much he has learned with the orchestra in recent years. His farewell message "Hyvasti" underlines the emotional bond that he developed into this unique ensemble.