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In 2016 – 2017 , Mr . Debus appears with the Metropolitan Opera , the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the San Diego Symphony .
Mr . Debus has conducted a wide range of world premières and works of the 20 th and 21 st centuries , notably Salvatore Sciarrino ’ s Macbeth and Luciano Berio ’ s Un re in ascolto .
He conducts regularly at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich , Staatsoper unter den Linden Berlin and Frankfurt Opera and has appeared in new productions at English National Opera and Opéra National de Lyon . Other engagements include the Nashville , New Jersey and Montreal symphonies and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa . He made his debut at the BBC Proms in September 2014 , and conducted a new production of The Tales of Hoffmann at the 2015 Bregenz Festival .
Mr . Debus enjoys an ongoing relationship with the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto .
In 2010 , Mr . Debus was invited to replace James Levine in a performance of Mozart ’ s Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and was subsequently invited to replace Sir Colin Davis in works by Mozart and Haydn in four subscription concerts .
Johannes Debus is making his BSO debut .
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Award-winning pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet regularly works with orchestras such as The Cleveland Orchestra , San Francisco Symphony , London Philharmonic , BBC Symphony , NHK Symphony and collaborates with some of the world ’ s most esteemed conductors .
Mr . Bavouzet ’ s 2016 – 2017 season , highlights include opening Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra ’ s new season , a tour with Les Siècles including a concert at London ’ s Royal Festival Hall and performances with BBC Philharmonic , Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra , BBC Scottish , Baltimore and Toronto symphony orchestras , Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and a tour of Japan with Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa .
Recent performances include his appearance at the BBC Proms , concerts with Opernhaus Zürich , Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona and Gothenburg Symphony , Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo , Aspen Music Festival and Seattle Symphony Orchestra .
Mr . Bavouzet ’ s disc for Chandos featuring the complete Prokofiev Piano Concertos with BBC Philharmonic , won the Concerto category of the 2014 Gramophone Awards . Other recordings include Haydn ’ s Piano Concertos with Manchester Camerata , Bartok ’ s Piano Concertos with the BBC Philharmonic , Stravinsky ’ s Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra with Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo . His recordings have garnered two other Gramophone Awards , two BBC Music Magazine Awards , a Diapason d ’ Or and Choc de l ’ année .
In recital , Mr . Bavouzet regularly performs at venues such as The Louvre and London ’ s Wigmore Hall and has recently collaborated with composer Jörg Widmann in a chamber music project at the Prinzregententheater in Munich .
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is making his BSO debut .
About the concert :
Overture to The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini
Born in Pesaro , Italy , February 29 , 1792 ; died in Passy , near Paris , France , November 13 , 1868
With all the gloriously elaborate arias Rossini gave us in his operas , we tend to think of him first and foremost as the master of the voice . But he was also the master of the orchestra , as the continuing popularity of his overtures attests . By age 37 , he ’ d written his canon of 38 operas , and of these , the brilliant comedy The Barber of Seville remains the most popular of all .
In addition to his effortless musical gifts , Rossini was a wit and bon vivant ( his love of fine food ballooned him from
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