Programme

Rachm ninov
& other Romantics

Paavo Järvi & Bruce Liu
Grand Auditorium
Fri

  • Bruce Liu wearing a black suit, sitting on a piano bench, his arm resting on the keyboard
    ©: Christopher Koestlin
  • Paavo Järvi conducts with calm focus, baton in hand, captured mid-gesture in a black-and-white close-up.
    ©: Alberto Venzago

What you’ll hear and see

The music

  • Sergueï Rachmaninov Rhapsodie sur un thème de Paganini
  • Hans Rott Symphonie N° 1

The artists

  • Luxembourg Philharmonic
  • Paavo Järvi conducting
  • Bruce Liu piano

song

How far would you go to become the best in the world?

It is said that 19th-century violin sensation Niccolò Paganini sold his soul to the devil in order to become the greatest virtuoso ever. His legacy inspired Sergueï Rachmaninov to write a piece in a similar virtuosic vein, based on a famous theme the «Devil’s violinist» had once composed. Rising star Hans Rott on the other hand had the potential to become best in class, had his life not been cut tragically short in 1884. An evening of genius awaits, as we embrace the sounds of these Romantics!

Tickets

  • Premium 78 €
  • Cat. I 66 €
  • Cat. II 46 €
  • Cat. III 30 €
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Details

  • Date Friday 06.02.26
  • Time 19:30
  • Duration 110' including a break
  • Room Grand Auditorium
  • Subscription Luxembourg Philharmonic
How to get here

Experience the concert as a part of the subscription: Luxembourg Philharmonic

At the podium or centre stage as soloists, many familiar faces join our orchestra this season.

Paavo Järvi sat down with us for another episode of «the art of conducting», before his concert at the Philharmonie on 18.10.2019. The Estonian artist is the chief conductor of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and the NHK Symphony Orchestra and is the artistic director of Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. He is also the founder and artistic director of the Pärnu Music Festival and the Estonian Festival Orchestra. He talked to us about seeing the conductor as a teacher, his family's insiders knowledge and the different ways of communicating with an orchestra.