Rotterdam Philharmonic Gergiev Festival

ATTENTION: THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT!

Rimsky-Korsakov sailed the world, Berlioz travelled throughoutEurope. Their broad world view – and that of Wagner, Mahler and many others – is at the centre of this festival. Edition 2011 is an invitation to look across borders, with the sea as a symbol for everything that connects countries and peoples.

- Valery Gergiev

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Lohengrin! This mystical knight on the back of a swan skims over the water to the city opening our 16th Festival. Visions of the temporal and the eternal colour this opening concert: a revelation of the Sea and the Other Side.

Wagner Voorspel Lohengrin
Britten Suite from Death in Venice
Mahler Ninth symfonie

Introduction: For this concert it is optional to visit an introduction. Jelle Dierickx has a degree in History of the Arts and is the Artistic Coördinator of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Festival. He gives an introduction to the concert and puts it in the perspective of the festival as a whole. Costs for attending the introduction are 5 euro, you can purchase a ticket for the introduction by selecting this option when ordering your regular ticket at the ordering form.

Participants

Valery Gergiev
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra