Europe's prestigious Esterházy treasure
Haydn Philharmonie
Founded in 1987 by members of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Hungarian National Philharmonic under conductor Adam Fischer. At the time, before the fall of the Iron Curtain, Fischer's idea was to "bring together the best musicians from both Austria and Hungary and perform Haydn's works together to overcome borders musically." homes gathered.
From the 2015/16 season, Nicola Altstedt will serve as artistic director, and the name of the orchestra will only be written as "Haydn Philharmonic". The 2016/2017 season will feature performances of Haydn's "The Creation" at the Esterházy Palace, a live broadcast of Beethoven's "Fidelio" by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, a seven-performance China tour, and performances by Marc Minkowski, Mikko Frank, and others. It is noteworthy that he has collaborated with conductors and soloists such as Alexander Ronkwig (piano), François Leroux (oboe), and Sharon Cam (clarinet) in Vienna and other places in Europe. became an activity.
Based in Eisenstadt, Haydn Saal (where Haydn wrote many songs) in Esterházy Castle. The orchestra consisted of 45 musicians, slightly more than at the time when Haydn was music director of Esterházy Castle, and included works by Haydn and his contemporaries, romantic and contemporary works, Haydn's operas and Eisenstadt. The concert program faithfully reproduces the Haydn Festival, which continues to fascinate audiences not only in Central Europe but all over the world.
He has been invited to many international music festivals such as the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Musikverein, Budapest Spring Festival, BBC Proms (London), Mostly Mozart Festival (New York), and has performed in Austria, Hungary and other European countries. The Haydn Orchestra has established itself as the one and only Haydn Orchestra in the world, receiving high acclaim on tours in , the United States and Japan.
All Haydn symphonies from 1987 to 2001 are recorded on Nimbus Records. Recordings 40-54 among them were honored with Gramophone magazine's "Best of the Year" award. Since 2004, he has been working on the re-recording of Haydn's "London Symphony" using surround sound technology at Dublinghouse & Grimm. The first two releases of this series won the 2006 and 2008 Echo Classic Awards respectively. It won Gramophone Magazine's "Best of the Year" award again.
In 2009, Haydn's year, the 200th anniversary of Haydn's death ``Creation'' concert at Esterházy Castle was relayed to countries around the world (broadcast by NHK in Japan) and attracted even more attention. In addition to the Japan tour in November and December, he has been invited to perform at Vienna Konzerthaus, Palace of Arts (Budapest), Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, National Music Hall (Madrid), etc. Also, he has performed in Switzerland and Germany. Both tours were well received.
Enrico Onofri (Principal Guest Conductor)
(Principle Guest Conductor/Italy)
Enrico Onofri was born in Ravenna, Italy. From the time he was studying the violin, he was asked by Jordi Savart, the founder of La Cappella Reial de Catalunya, a prestigious group in the world of early music, to join the group as its concertmaster. For 23 years he was concertmaster and soloist of the Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico, and was a regular violinist with the Vienna Concentus Musicus and the Concert Toitaliano.
Onofri has also been a successful conductor for many years at prestigious music festivals in Europe, Canada and Japan, and formed the Ensemble Imaginarium in 2000, performing as both conductor and soloist.
As a guest conductor, he has performed with the Berlin Academy of Early Music, Orquesta Barocca de Sevilla, Camerata Bern, Lucerne Festival, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Chipango Consort, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Florence May Music Festival Orchestra, etc. are invited to Since 2019, he has been the Principal Guest Conductor of the Haydn Philharmonic.
In addition to performing in many major concert halls, he has collaborated with renowned artists such as Cecilia Bartoli, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt, the Labec sisters and Christophe Coing.
On CD, many of his discographies on labels such as Teldec, Decca Records and Sony America have won awards.
He currently teaches baroque violin and early music at the Conservatorio Bellini in Palermo, Italy. He regularly gives master classes in Europe, Japan and at the Juilliard School in New York. He is the leader and conductor of the European Union Baroque Orchestra.
Nicolas Altstaedt (conductor/cello solo)
(Conductor, Violoncello/Germany)
One of the most exciting and successful young artists of his generation. As a soloist and conductor, he is also a multi-artist demanded by the current music world, captivating audiences with his repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary.
As a conductor, he visited Japan with the Haydn Philharmonic in June 2018, and has worked with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Belgian National Orchestra, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and Les Violons du Roi. In the 2017/18 season, he gave the Finnish premiere of the new Cello Concerto, composed and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, at the Helsinki Festival, followed by his debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Since then, he has toured with famous orchestras in Europe and America, and is scheduled to perform with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in 2019.
Born in 1982 to a family of one German and one French, he was one of the last students of the famous Russian cellist Boris Pergamenschikov, who worked with Gidon Kremer and others. in Berlin, and later studied under Eberhard Felts.
After winning several international music competitions, he won the Borletti Buitoni Foundation Prize in 2009. Earlier in 2010, he won the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award and was given the honor of performing Schumann's Cello Concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel at the Lucerne Festival.
Since early September 2010, Altstedt has been one of the few members of the BBC's New Generation Artists scheme. The award includes performances with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at major UK music festivals and concert halls.
From 2012, at the recommendation of Gidon Kremer, he succeeded Kremer as the new artistic director of the Rockenhaus Chamber Music Festival.
Since then, he has performed with the Tonhalle Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony under the direction of N. Marriner, N. Järvi, R. Norrington, D. Russell Davis, A. Fischer, V. Fedoseev, V. Ashkenazy and A. Boreyko. Orchestra, Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra (formerly Youth Orchestra), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, etc.
In 2011-2012, he made his debut at the Vienna Musikverein with the Tonkünstler Orchestra conducted by J. Tate, and toured all over Germany and China with the German Federal Youth Orchestra. He has performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by A. Davis, M. Brabbins and M. Pincher, respectively, as well as the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lille National Orchestra conducted by Jean-Claude Casadesus.
In 2014, he succeeded Adam Fischer as artistic director of the Haydn Philharmonic.
Altstedt also has a deep sympathy for contemporary composers such as Kurtag Györg, Jörg Widmann, Moritz Eggert, Sofia Gubaidulina, Thomas Adès, HK Gruber, Thomas Larcher, Raphael Merlin and Fazil Say. There are also many collaborations with other composers.
His frequent chamber musicians include Alexander Ronkwich, José Gallardo, Pekka Kuusisto, Barnabas Kelemen, Yuri Bashmet and the Ebene Quartet. He was one of the few European members of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society in New York for the 2009-2012 season.
He has also recorded CPE Bach's cello concerto on CD, and in 2017 he won the "Concerto Award" from BBC Music Magazine, and his concerto recordings have always been highly acclaimed.
The instrument used is Giulio Cesare Gigli around 1760.