VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH THE EROICA TRIO Fabio ...

fabio LuiSi, principaL conDuctor
Fabio Luisi was named principal conductor of the
Metropolitan Opera in September 2011, having
previously been principal guest conductor with
the company since September 2010. He has been
the principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony
Orchestra since 2005. He has been the music
director of the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo,
Japan, since 2010. Luisi begins his position as
music director of the zurich Opera in the 2012-
2013 season. He was the Generalmusikdirektor
of the Dresden Staatskapelle and Saechsische
Staatsoper (2007-2010), the artistic director of the
MDR Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig (1999-2007),
the music director of the Orchestre de la Suisse
Romande (1997-2002), the chief conductor of the
Tonkünstler-Orchester in Vienna (1995-2000), and
the artistic director of the Graz Symphony Orchestra
(1990-1996).
Luisi maintains an active schedule of guest
engagements with international orchestras and opera
companies. He has appeared with, among others,
the Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra,
Vienna Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra,
San Francisco Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia,
NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, Munich
Philharmonic, Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome, and
Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Additionally, he is a
frequent guest at the Vienna Staatsoper, Bayerische
Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper, and Staatsoper in
Berlin. He made his debut at the Salzburg Festival
with Richard Strauss’ Die Liebe der Danae in 2002
and returned the following season for Strauss’ Die
Ägyptische Helena.
During the 2011-2012 season, he makes his
debut with the Teatro alla Scala for Massenet’s
Manon. At the Metropolitan Opera, he conducts
new productions of Don Giovanni, Siegfried in
fall 2011, and Massenet’s Manon as well as La
Traviata in spring 2012. in October 2011, he led the
Metropolitan Orchestra in a concert at Carnegie Hall.
He makes debuts with the Cleveland Orchestra and
with the Filarmonica della Scala. Guest engagements
include concerts with the Concertgebouw, the
Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt, the Stuttgart
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Accademia Nazionale
di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Orchestra of the
Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Oslo Philharmonic,
and the Genoa Opera Orchestra. in addition to its
season of concerts in Vienna, he will tour with the
Vienna Symphony Orchestra in North America and
extensively in europe. in the summer of 2012, he
returns to the Pacific Music Festival.
Last season, he conducted Das Rheingold, Ariadne
auf Naxos, and Rigoletto at the Metropolitan
Opera and toured with the company to Japan,
conducting Don Carlo and La Bohème. He made
debuts at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden with a
production of Aida and at the Liceu in Barcelona
conducting Falstaff. in addition to concerts in Vienna,
he toured with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in
europe. Guest engagements included concerts with
the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Mahler Chamber
Orchestra, and the Concertgebouw, as well as a
production of Pagliacci in his hometown, Genoa.
During the summer of 2011, he returned to the
Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan.
Luisi made his American debut in 2000 both with
the New York Philharmonic and with the Lyric Opera
of Chicago in a new production of Rigoletto. He
made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2005
with Don Carlo and subsequently conducted Die
Ägyptische Helena, Simon Boccanegra, Turandot,
Le Nozze di Figaro, Tosca, Lulu, Elektra, Hansel and
Gretel, and La Bohème.
His recordings include rare Verdi operas (Jérusalem,
Alzira, Aroldo), Salieri’s La Locandiera, Bellini’s I
puritani, and symphonic repertoire of Honegger,
Respighi, and Liszt. He recorded all the symphonies
and the oratorio Das Buch mit den sieben Siegeln
by the neglected Austrian composer Franz Schmidt.
He has recorded several works by Richard Strauss
for Sony Classical and a highly awarded Anton
Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony with the Dresden
Staatskapelle.
Born in Genoa in 1959, Luisi began his piano studies
at the age of four and received his diploma in 1978
from the Conservatorio Nicolò Paganini. He later
attended conducting studies with Milan Horvat at
the Conservatory in Graz.
eroica trio
erika Nickrenz, Piano
Susie Park, Violin
Sara Sant’Ambrogio, Cello
The most sought-after trio in the world, the
Grammy-nominated eroica Trio thrills audiences with
flawless technical virtuosity, irresistible enthusiasm,
and sensual elegance. Whether playing the great
standards of the piano trio repertoire or daring
contemporary works, the three young women who
make up this celebrated ensemble electrify the
concert stage with their passionate performances.
The New York Times writes, “They play chamber
music for the concert hall. There is an edge of the
seat intensity to every note they produce.” The trio
won the prestigious Naumburg Award, resulting in
a highly successful Lincoln Center debut, and has
since toured the united States, europe, and Asia.
While maintaining a demanding concert schedule,
the eroica Trio has released eight critically lauded
recordings for Angel/eMi Classics Records, garnering
multiple Grammy nominations.
The eroica Trio performs Beethoven’s Triple
Concerto more frequently than any other trio in the
world, having appeared with renowned symphonies
such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis
Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Mostly Mozart
Orchestra, indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Houston
Symphony, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra,
and Seattle Symphony Orchestra. in addition,
the trio has performed the work abroad with the
Orquesta Sinfónica de euskadi in Spain, the Haydn
Orchestra in italy, and the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra and Budapest Symphony Orchestra
in Germany and on multiple tours in the united
States with the Cincinnati Symphony as well as
with the Prague Chamber Orchestra, culminating
in a Lincoln Center performance. The eroica Trio’s
recording of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the
Prague Chamber Orchestra was so successful that
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