Maxim Vengerov © Davide Cerati
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra / Vengerov / Chung
Saturday
8
November
2025
19:30
Großer Saal
Performers
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchester
Maxim Vengerov, Violine
Myung-Whun Chung, Dirigent
Programme
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-Dur op. 35 (1878)
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Igor Strawinski
Le sacre du printemps. Bilder aus dem heidnischen Russland (1911–1913)
Subscription series
Wahlabo U30
Virtuos!
Links
https://maximvengerov.com
https://www.tpo.or.jp
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
Recovered and archaic energies
»I owe it to you that my love of work has returned with redoubled strength. Never, never, not for a moment will I forget that you have helped me to continue living my artistic profession.« Peter Tchaikovsky wrote this in November 1877 to his patron and friend Nadeshda von Meck, who enabled him to recuperate in the Swiss spa town of Clarens on Lake Geneva after a serious crisis. The positive energy he regained here is also reflected in the violin concerto he composed there. It is on the program for the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra's first performance at the Wiener Konzerthaus. The soloist is Maxim Vengerov, who has already wowed audiences here in various orchestral and chamber music concerts. Like the conductor of the evening, Myung-Whun Chung, the dedicated violinist is a UN Goodwill Ambassador. In the second half of the concert, Chung, who has already been chief conductor of the Paris Opéra Bastille, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and principal guest conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden, will conduct Igor Stravinsky's »Le sacre du printemps«, which sparkles with archaic power.