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Valery Gergiev & The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Date: Nov 24-25－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 200-1,200 yuan

Born in Moscow, Valery Gergiev initially studied conducting under Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatory. In 1978, aged 24, Valery Gergiev became assistant conductor of Yuri Temirkanov at the Mariinsky Opera, where he made his debut conducting Sergei Prokofiev's adaptation of Tolstoy's War and Peace. More than two decades ago, he assumed his current position as director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, which has since become a cornerstone of operatic culture in Russia. The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1893 on the private initiative of Franz Kaim, the son of a piano manufacturer, and has since then left an indelible imprint on Munich's musical life under the direction of renowned conductors. In the earliest years of the orchestra－initially under the name "Kaim Orchestra"－conductors like Hans Winderstein, Hermann Zumpe and Bruckner pupil Ferdinand Lowe guaranteed the high technical performance level and dedicated considerable attention to the contemporary music of the time. When Felix Weingartner took over the orchestra from 1889 to 1905, the number of foreign tours increased, enhancing the ensemble's international reputation.

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