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Program & Artists:

You heard:

William Kentridge
"Oh To Believe In Another World" Film for

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor

presented by:

Michael Sanderling, William Kentridge and the Dresdner Philharmonie

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Photography & Music

The Amazon wilderness impresses with its overwhelming beauty and biodiversity. Inspired by this natural environment, Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos created a monumental symphonic cantata. Conductor Simone Menezes has compiled a suite from this work, which is given particular expressiveness in the Dresden Philharmonic's performance through the images of photographer Sebastião Salgado. His impressive photographs show both the fascination of flora and fauna and the dramatic consequences of human intervention in biodiversity. While the orchestra plays live, Salgado's images will be shown on the big screen.

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Further information:

Michael Sanderling ©Marco Borggreve

Michael Sanderling

Michael Sanderling began his career as a cellist, but since 2001 has focused primarily on conducting. Since 2021, he has been Chief Conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, with which he has toured Germany, Asia and South America, among other places. Previously, he was Chief Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic from 2011 to 2019. He holds a professorship for cello at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and is passionately involved in many projects promoting young musicians.

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©Stella Olivier

William Kentridge

South African-born William Kentridge is internationally renowned for his drawings and films, as well as his theatre and opera productions. His works are grounded in politics, science, literature and history, but leave room for contradictions. His art can be seen in museums and galleries around the world, including MoMA in New York and the Louvre in Paris. In 2016, he founded The Centre for the Less Good Idea, an "incubator space" for art, in Johannesburg.

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©Simon Pauly

Dresdner Philharmonie

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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