CLASSICAL COLLECTION A Hero’ s Journey: Schumann & Strauss
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 7:30 pm
THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Eun Sun Kim, conductor Javier Perianes, piano
Maria Theresia Von Paradis Overture to Der Schulkandidat
Robert Schumann |
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 |
I. |
Allegro affettuoso |
II. |
Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso |
III. |
Allegro vivace |
INTERMISSION
Javier Perianes, piano
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben( A Hero ' s Life), Op. 40
This performance is approximately 2 hours and includes a 20-minute intermission
Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Philharmonia, Los Angeles and New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Boston Symphony.
Kim appears regularly at many of the world’ s leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, Semperoper Dresden, the Berlin State Opera, the Opéra national de Paris, and Teatro alla Scala in Milan. On the heels of Kim’ s Met debut in 2021, noted for an“ assured technical command, subtlety, and imagination,” The New York Times recognized her as classical music’ s breakout star.
Eun Sun Kim studied composition and conducting in her hometown of Seoul( South Korea) before continuing her studies in Stuttgart. Immediately after graduating, she won first prize at the International Jesús López Cobos Opera Conducting Competition at the Teatro Real in Madrid.
The appearance of pianist Javier Perianes is made possible by the major support of the Sidney M. Friedberg Guest Artist Fund.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Eun Sun Kim
Eun Sun Kim
Korean conductor Eun Sun Kim is the Caroline H. Hume Music Director of the San Francisco Opera, a position she has held since 2021. The 2025 – 26 season
Kim Tae-hwan underscores Kim’ s global recognition and continued success with a number of prestigious debuts, including with the Dresden Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. In 2026, she will join the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, and Minnesota Orchestra along with her upcoming debut venues.
Kim’ s career has already featured several notable orchestral engagements that she continues to build upon, including Berlin Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio
Javier Perianes
Javier Perianes
The international career of Javier Perianes has led him to perform in the most prestigious concert halls, with the world’ s foremost orchestras, working with celebrated conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Gustavo Dudamel, Klaus Mäkelä, Gianandrea Noseda, Gustavo Gimeno, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Simone Young, and Vladimir Jurowski.
The 2025 – 26 season features an array of high-profile concerts, including San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas and Baltimore symphony orchestras, Bamberger
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