Stéphane Denève
AUG 1-3

"Conductors of this quality don't come along very often, and, when they do, attention must be paid and admiration extended."
Chicago Tribune

Stéphane Denève returns to SPAC with The Philadelphia Orchestra for three performances!

Chief Conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stephane Denève, has been described as “impressive” “gifted” and a “kinetic presence on the podium.”

Recognized internationally as a conductor of the highest caliber, Stéphane Denève has won praise from audiences and critics alike for his performances and programming.

His achievements as Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, a post which he assumed in 2005, have earned particular admiration. During his five years with the ensemble he has overseen a number of critically acclaimed initiatives including a cycle of Albert Roussel’s orchestral works for Naxos and a disc of orchestral music by Guillaume Connesson for Chandos. The Orchestra lauded Deneve’s tenure, which concludes with the 2012 season, as “one of the most rewarding in the organization’s recent history.”

A graduate and prize-winner of the Paris Conservatoire, Stéphane Denève began his career as Sir Georg Solti’s assistant with the Orchestre de Paris and Paris National Opera, also assisting Georges Prêtre and Seiji Ozawa during this time. At home in a broad range of repertoire and a champion of new music, Denève has a particular affinity with the music of his native France, and in recent years he has also premiered a number of works by the contemporary French composer Guillaume Connesson.

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Programming

AUG 1

OPENING NIGHT
Stéphane Denève Conductor
Garrick Ohlsson Piano

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 op. 23, B-Flat minor
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 op. 27, E minor

AUG 2

Stéphane Denève,  conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet,  piano

BERNSTEIN Candide Overture
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major, G major
RAVEL Piano Concerto for Left Hand, D major
BERNSTEIN On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

AUG 3

CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE
Stéphane Denève Conductor

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