Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) presents

The Seasons of Vivaldi and Piazzolla

Venice and Buenos Aires: together, Vivaldi’s Baroque-era panache and Piazzolla’s Argentinian tango join in a dialogue that spans the seasons. Vivaldi ingeniously showcased the orchestra’s array of sounds with his vividly descriptive music, while Piazzolla offers his reflections on the four seasons of life in Argentina, with nods here and there to his Venetian precursor.

Rosanne Philippens, conductor/violin

Rosanne Philippens is an extraordinary communicator, with an innate musicality and an infectiously joyful yet sincere approach to music-making. Her playing is refined, exuberant and profound, and was described by the Dutch daily paper De Telegraaf as “energetic, sensitive and flawless.” She performs widely across Europe with a particular focus on twentieth century concerti and this season looks forward to making her debut in Japan.  A strong believer in breaking down barriers in classical music, she is the founder of ‘The Amsterdam Salon’, which presents high-quality concerts in Amsterdam in carefully sought-out and unusual locations in an intimate salon atmosphere.

Highlights of Philippens’ recent seasons have included performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, with the BBC Scottish Symphony, Ulster Orchestra, Norrkoping Symphony, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra at the Palau de la Música as part of the Mozart Festival 2021, in Stuttgart and Munich with the Munich Symphony Orchestra and on tour across Germany with the SWR Konstanz. She has play/directed programmes with the Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre d’Auvergne and the Orchestre National d’Ile de France on a national tour including a performance at the Paris Philharmonie.  In 23/24 highlights include debuts with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and a return to the Real Filharmonia de Galicia.

In her native Netherlands Philippens has performed with the Rotterdam Philharmonic at De Doelen, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic in the prestigious Zaterdag Matinee series and the Residentie Orkest both in The Hague and at the Concertgebouw Hall, Amsterdam. Conductors with whom she has worked include Nézet-Séguin, Foster, Ward, Tausk, de Vriend, Wigglesworth, Hermus, Collon, Equilbey and Edusei. During the darkest moments of the Covid pandemic, Philippens channelled her energies into the creation of a new ensemble, the Vondel Strings, with whom she worked intensely and which led to a performance at the Concertgebouw and a new recording of Haydn and Stravinsky, released by Channel Classics.

In recital and chamber music, Philippens plays regularly with artists such as Kian Soltani, István Vardai, Vilde Frang, Julien Quentin, Vikingúr Olafsson, Amihai Grosz, Camille Thomas and Zoltán Fejérvári in halls and festivals across Europe.

Philippens plays on the 1727 Barrere Stradivarius, thanks to the generous support of the Elise Mathilde Foundation.

Program
Antonio VIVALDI, The Four Seasons, violin concertos, op. 8
Astor PIAZZOLLA, The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Maison symphonique
Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 2:30pm

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