A Finnish conductor, a South African soprano, and Gershwin walk into a concert hall...
Between Russia and the USA, an enchanting concert in summery tones, led by young Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski and South African soprano Golda Schultz. On the program: works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky and Samuel Barber, as well as George Gershwin's classic "Summertime".
Direction
Leconte captures the heat-haze intimacy of live performance.
Sound
Shostakovich and Gershwin in one evening? Chef's kiss.
Production
Geopolitical tensions dissolve in shared musical beauty.
Director
Corentin Leconte
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peltokoski became the youngest chief conductor in German orchestral history at 24—this concert captures him at peak chaotic brilliance.
The 2023 timing matters: a deliberately apolitical program between Russian and American repertoire, performed as real-world tensions escalated.
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