Symphonic passion / Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Fri 28.03.
7.30 p.m.
Bremen
·Die Glocke

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Symphonic passion

2nd Hansa II subscription concert

Works by Sibelius, Shostakovich and Beethoven

A reunion after ten years: in 2015, Anastasia Kobekina won the prestigious Tonali Competition for young artists in Hamburg and performed her prizewinner’s concert with The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. She returns as the soloist in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, written for his friend Mstislav Rostropovich. His characteristic sarcastic humour contrasts with deep introspection and sparkling virtuosity, featuring famous solos for horn and timpani. While there are autobiographical references, they are not essential to understanding the piece. The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen’s Principal Guest Conductor, Tarmo Peltokoski, begins the evening with a piece of music from his homeland, Jean Sibelius’ ›Pelléas et Mélisande‹, a multi-part orchestral suite featuring excerpts from the incidental music to Maurice Maeterlinck’s symbolist drama of forbidden love. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, composed during a particularly joyous period in his life, when he was newly in love and brimming with joie de vivre, was described by Robert Schumann as the »slender Greek maiden between two Nordic giants« (Symphonies 3 and 5).

Programme

- Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
- Excerpts from ›Pelléas et Mélisande‹ op. 46
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
- Violoncello concerto No. 1 in E flat major op. 107
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
- Symphony No. 4 in B major op. 60

Conductor

Tarmo Peltokoski

Described by the Tagesspiegel newspaper as a »once-in-a-century talent«, Tarmo Peltokoski was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in January 2022, thereby becoming the first conductor in the orchestra’s history to hold this position. In May 2022, he was appointed Music and Artistic Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and was later appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Since the 2025/26 season, this Finnish conductor has been Music Director of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. From the 2026/27 season, Peltokoski will become Music Director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, having served as Designated Music Director in 2025/26. In addition, Peltokoski will begin his three-year residency as ›Exclusive Artist‹ at the Konzerthaus Dortmund in the 2025/26 season.

Peltokoski has already conducted numerous orchestras of note worldwide, including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and The Los Angeles Philharmonic. He conducted his first complete ›Ring Cycle‹ at the age of 22 at the Eurajoki Bel Canto Festival. His upcoming Wagner opera productions include ›Tristan und Isolde‹ (Dutch National Opera), his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with ›Parsifal‹, and ›Lohengrin‹ with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.

In 2023, he received the OPUS Klassik award for his recording with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. In October of the same year, he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon; his debut album was released in May 2024.

Violoncello

Anastasia Kobekina

Born in Ekaterinburg, Russia, Anastasia Kobekina is known for her breathtaking musicality and technique, her extraordinary versatility and infectious personality. After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory, she studied at Kronberg Academy in Germany, at Berlin College of the Arts and at the Paris Conservatory with Jerome Pernoo. She is currently completing postgraduate studies at Frankfurt College of Music and Performing Arts. With a broad repertoire, Anastasia Kobekina has established herself as one of the most exciting cellists of the younger generation.

She has already performed as soloist with world-renowned orchestras. Highlights of the 2023/24 season included concerts with the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich conducted by Paavo Järvi, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jakub Hrusa, the Orchester National du Capitole de Toulouse, the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, the Orchester National de Belgique and appearances at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and Rheingau Music Festival. As a chamber musician, she regularly performs with renowned artists such as Lars Vogt, Isabelle Faust, Fazıl Say, Gidon Kremer and András Schiff. This musician has also received numerous awards, most recently the Leonard Bernstein Award from the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 2024. Her instrument, a 1698 Stradivarius cello is on generous loan from the Stradivari Foundation Habisreutinger.

Conductor