Ravinia 2019, Issue 6, Week 12

FIRST VIOLINS Lisa Schatzman Concertmaster Maxim Kosinov Associate Concertmaster Julian Fels Christa Zahner Eva von Dach Denitza Kucera Fiona Aeschlimann-Harvey Vladimir Krasnov Jeannine Brechbühler Eszter Major Ulla Obereigner Mikhail Yakovlev Lucie Koci SECOND VIOLINS Jonas Erni Principal Daniel Meller Jana Zemp-Kupsky Assistant Principals Nenad Miloš Antje Davis Horst Peters Rebekka Trümpler Murielle Chevallier Keiko Yamaguchi Reiko Koi Jonas Moosmann Agata Lazarczyk Olga Stepien VIOLAS Alexander Besa Principal Bernd Haag Assistant Principal Madeleine Burkhalter Hans Jutz Katrin Burger Bettina Kurz Maria Opotskaya Evelin Tomasi Anton Vilkhov Paul Westermayer CELLOS Heiner Reich Principal Sebastian Diezig Assistant Principal Gregor Albrecht Beat Feigenwinter Jonas Vischi Sabina Diergarten Joachim Müller-Crepon Anne-Christine Vandewalle BASSES David Desimpelaere Petar Naydenov Principals Randy Barboza Assistant Principal Stephan Rohr Nikola Ajdacic Ignacio Fernadez FLUTES Zofia Neugebauer Principal Anne-Laure Pantillon Assistant Principal Mayuko Akimoto ( piccolo ) OBOES Andrea Bischoff Principal Andrey Cholokyan Assistant Principal Martin Danek CLARINETS Stojan Krkuleski Principal Regula Schneider Assistant Principal Vincent Hering ( bass clarinet ) Telmo Costa Alain Dobler ( alto saxophone ) BASSOONS Andrea Cellachi Beat Blättler Principals Markus Boppart HORNS Lukas Christinat Florian Abächerli Principals Philipp Schulze Elia Bolliger TRUMPETS Philipp Hutter Principal Dominic Wunderli Thomas Portmann Assistant Principals Simon Blatter TROMBONES Jean-Philippe Duay Principal Simone Maffioletti Assistant Principal Daniel Hofer ( bass trombone ) TUBA Hans Duss Principal PERCUSSION Iwan Jenny Timpani/Principal Marco Kurmann Christof Estermann Ramon Kündig Norbert Uhl Raphael Christen HARP Mahalia Kelz Principal Cheryl Losey PIANO (CELESTA) Alexander Mathas The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra is the orchestra-in-residence of the renowned KKL Luzern. As Switzerland’s oldest sym- phony orchestra, it has gained an interna- tional standing and is perceived as one of the leading Swiss orchestras. Strongly an- chored in Lucerne, a city with a worldwide reputation for music, the orchestra offers a number of concert cycles and organizes the Zaubersee Festival of Russian chamber music in Lucerne. It also acts as the opera orchestra of the Lucerne Theatre. James Gaffigan was appointed chief conductor of the orchestra in the 2011/12 season. Leading conductors such as Constantinos Carydis, Thomas Dausgaard, Lawrence Foster, Marek Janowski, Juanjo Mena, Andris Nelsons, Jonathan Nott, Michael Sanderling, John Storgårds, and Pinchas Steinberg understand what it takes to make the most of the creative potential offered by this cosmopolitan ensemble. Closely associated with the orchestra are soloists of international renown, including Martha Argerich, Joshua Bell, Rudolf Buchbinder, Gautier and Renaud Capuçon, Vilde Frang, Nelson Freire, Vadim Gluzman, Hélène Grimaud, Hilary Hahn, Steven Isserlis, Truls Mørk, and Daniil Trifonov. The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra was founded in the course of the 1805/06 con- cert season, a time that saw the emergence of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto as well as his Fourth Symphony and Fourth Piano Concerto. As an ensemble with a 200-year LUCERNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JAMES GAFFIGAN, Chief Conductor NUMA BISCHOFF ULLMANN, Intendant history, it understands how to mediate successfully between tradition and inno- vation. The orchestra embraces music of a contemporary character, commission- ing work from such composers as Sofia Gubaidulina, Rodion Shchedrin, Thomas Adès, and Wolfgang Rihm. The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra fosters young artists through such concert formats as Rising Stars, lunchtime concerts, and the Arthur Waser Award. It maintains its own orches- tral academy and a comprehensive out- reach programme, for which it was award- ed the “Junge Ohren” prize in 2018. The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra has, to date, been invited to perform in 80 cities across 25 countries and four continents and has been featured in some of the world’s most prestigious concert venues. It regularly tours in Asia, such as in Japan, China, South Korea, India, and Singapore. Other tours and engagements have seen the orchestra appear in Germany, Israel, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, and Uruguay. The orchestra’s international profile is reflected in its CD and DVD recordings: most recently Sony Classical has issued its Beethoven’s Ninth, and a high-profile performance of Brahms’s Violin Concerto has appeared under the BIS Records label. Kindly supported by: AUGUST 19 – AUGUST 25, 2019 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 93