Orchester international

Orchestras from Europe and North America as well as world stars as soloists and conductors underline the internationality of the title: guest orchestras from the Netherlands, France, Finland, Great Britain, Canada, Italy and Luxembourg meet the Vienna Philharmonic. The latter will be celebrating Zubin Mehta's upcoming 90th birthday with the former master and will bring the concert to a monumental close with Mahler's 8th Symphony under the direction of Andris Nelsons. Nelsons' predecessor as Gewandhaus conductor, Riccardo Chailly, honors us with his Filarmonica della Scala and a Russian program. Another top orchestra closely associated with Chailly opens the cycle: under its designated chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performs the first of no less than four Mahler symphonies in this cycle.