Arts Partnerships & Tours — Journeys in June
27/6/2025
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège presents a vibrant summer programme at the Max-Littmann-Saal, featuring Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor with acclaimed soloist Johannes Moser. Under the baton of Lionel Bringuier, the orchestra also performs Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole and the dazzling Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2. Concerts take place on 27 June.
Kent Nagano and musicians from Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg join mezzo-soprano Mihoko Fujimura and the Yamamoto Noh Theatre Group for a special project, Spirit of the Moon. The production combines a Noh piece based on the Japanese folk tale Moon Rabbit with Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. Performances take place on the 20 and 21 June at Konzerthaus Blaibach, and 23 June at the Muffathalle in Munich.
“The special celebration of Tsukimi (moon festival) is one which has a certain relevance for rural communities throughout most Asian cultures. As a young child on our farm on the Northern Pacific coastline, even I was introduced to Tsukimi (moon festival) and the story of“the Rabbit in the Moon” when every autumn my grandmother would take us children outside at night to marvel at the harvest moon and tell us the stories of the selfless rabbit who sacrificed its life for the Spirit, disguised as an old man.
Just as in the past, the moon will retain its special significance in the future, inspire the youth of next generations and reflect the eternal relevance of sharing Tsukimi (moon festival) and Pierrot Lunaire through the theatre arts”.
- Kent Nagano, 2025
This June, Orchestre de Paris sets off on an exciting tour across Asia, led by their conductor and Music Director, Klaus Mäkelä. On 20 June at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, the orchestra will play an all Ravel program featuring Le Tombeau de Couperin, Ma mère l’Oye, and the composer’s arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. On 22 June at National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, pianist Yunchan Lim joins the orchestra for Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.4, alongside works by Ravel and Saint-Saëns. In Taipei, Taiwan, the tour continues with two concerts at National Concert Hall: on 24 June, Yunchan Lim returns as soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.4, in a program that also includes Boulez’s Initiale and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique; on 25 June, violinist Daniel Lozakovich joins the orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, followed by Ravel’s arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. This tour highlights the orchestra’s expressive range and its inspiring collaborations with today’s leading young soloists.
