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About the Concert

"Once upon a time..." - this is how all fairy tales begin. Surely also with Scheherazade, the most famous storyteller in the world. According to legend, she was the wife of a Persian king whom she captivated night after night with a story and its continuation. The oldest fairy tales are almost 2000 years old and have inspired the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to one of the most beautiful compositions of the 19th century. Who can resist Sinbad the Sailor, Prince Calendar, or a young princess?

Programme

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade - Symphonic Suite from "One Thousand and One Nights"

Artists

Aziz Shokhakimov
Conductor
Malte Arkona
Moderation
Michael Kube
Conception
Victoria Esper
"Voice of Phili"
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Aziz Shokhakimov

Aziz Shokhakimov is Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and Artistic Director of the Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2015 to 2021, he served as Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. As a guest conductor, he has led orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (hr-Sinfonieorchester). In North America, he has conducted, among others, the symphony orchestras of Houston, Seattle, and Toronto.

His current symphonic engagements include the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Tonhalle-Orchester Düsseldorf, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, and Sinfonia Varsovia.

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Malte Arkona

The presenter, actor and voice actor Malte Arkona is known to many viewers from television, but is also one of the most sought-after music educators in the German-speaking world. He has been a regular stage partner of the Dresden Philharmonic in this capacity for many years and has been presenting its new "Best of Classics" series, which he co-designed, since the 2024/25 season. He also directs video clips for the orchestra, in which he can also be seen himself.

 

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Michael Kube

Concept

Michael Kube is a passionate music educator and has been conceiving the school and family concert series "phil zu entdecken" for the Dresden Philharmonic since the 2015/16 season. He also works as an editor and consultant, is a juror for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, and a university lecturer in music history, musicology and music education.

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Victoria Esper

Her main goal is to present musical education in a lively way and to inspire children in particular for the world of classical music: Victoria Esper often works as a speaker and presenter and helped develop the fantasy character Phili for the concert series “phil zu entdecken” for the Dresden Philharmonic. She has a degree in singing and has also worked as a cultural manager in recent years. In her free time, she is committed to social interaction and media literacy for children.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

Top class! That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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