Salzburg Festival 2017: Lorenzo Viotti conducts Beethoven and Schumann

Synopsis

Hailed as one of the most talented conductors of his generation, Lorenzo Viotti returns to the Salzburg Festival, which proved to be a stepping stone for the young Swiss: After he won the festival’s “Young Conductors Award”, leading the renowned Camerata Salzburg, he took the classical world by storm. Reunited with the Camerata, Viotti is joined by Sergey Khachatryan in the picturesque Großer Saal of the Stiftung Mozarteum. In their “debut of the young and wild” (ARD), they rise to the challenge that is Beethoven’s Violin Concerto: After all, Beethoven’s work was deemed too difficult whilst not being virtuosic enough when it premiered in 1806. Khachatryan demonstrates his extensive skills, producing “celestially delicate sounds” (drehpunktkultur.at). Viotti’s treatment of the “Renish”, Robert Schumann’s Third Symphony, is “youthful and brisk” (Kronenzeitung). PROGRAM Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Schumann: Symphony No. 3

Additional Info

• No: A045500820000
• Conductor: Lorenzo Viotti
• Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg
• Artists: Sergey Khachatryan
• Production year: 2017
• Run time: 01:31:00
• Producers: A co-production of BR, ARTE and UNITEL in cooperation with Salzburg Festival
• Format: HDTV 16:9