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BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1
North America, he guest conducts
the Pittsburgh, Oregon and Nashville
symphonies.
He has conducted orchestras
around the world including the Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Munich
Philharmonic; Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic; Tonhalle
Orchestra Zürich; Vienna Symphony;
NHK Symphony Orchestra; and the
symphony orchestras of the Bavarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hessischer
Rundfunk, WDR Symphony Orchestra
Cologne and NDR Elbphilharmonie
Orchestra. In the U.S., Stenz has led
the symphony orchestras of Chicago,
Houston, Seattle, St. Louis, Boston
and Dallas, as well as the Los Angeles
Philharmonic.
Stenz’s extensive discography includes
many award-winning recordings, among
them the complete symphonies of Mahler
with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne on
the Oehms Classics label; the recording of
the Fifth Symphony was selected for the
Quarterly Critics’ Choice by the German
Record Critics’ Award Association. Stenz
has made more than 60 recordings with
the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne.
Markus Stenz has been accorded
an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal
Northern College of Music and the
Silberne Stimmgabel (Silver Tuning Fork)
by the German state of North Rhine-
Westphalia. He resides in Cologne,
Germany with his wife and two children.
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Thursday, March 28, 2019, 8 pm
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Friday, March 29, 2019, 8 pm
Saturday, March 30, 2019, 8 pm
Markus Stenz, conductor
Lars Vogt, piano
Arnold Schoenberg Pelléas und Mélisande, op. 5
INTERMISSION
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, op. 15
Maestoso
Adagio

Rondo: Allegro non troppo

Lars Vogt
The concert will end at approximately 10 pm.
PRESENTING SPONSOR:
Markus Stenz
Markus Stenz is
Chief Conductor
of the Netherlands
Radio Philharmonic
Orchestra, Principal
Guest Conductor of the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra and Conductor-
in-Residence of the Seoul Philharmonic
Orchestra. His previous appointments
have included General Music Director
of the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne,
Principal Guest Conductor of the
Hallé Orchestra, Music Director of
the Montepulciano Festival, Principal
Conductor of the London Sinfonietta and
Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of
the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
During the 2018 –19 season, Stenz
leads the much-anticipated world
premiere of Fin de Partie by György
Kurtág at La Scala, broadcast live
on RAI-Radio 3. A highlight of
Stenz’s spring season is a concert
performance with the Netherlands
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of
Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten at the
Concertgebouw. Stenz returns to the
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to
lead the Australian premiere of Chinese
composer Qigang Chen’s Violin Concerto,
performed by Maxim Vengerov.
Markus Stenz’s international guest
engagements in 2018 –19 include the
Orchestra della Toscana, Stavanger
Symfoniorkester, Dortmund
Philharmonic and China National
Centre for the Performing Arts. In

Markus Stenz last appeared with the BSO in
February 2019, conducting works of Chabrier,
Khachaturian, Mozart and Beethoven.
About the Artists
Lars Vogt
Lars Vogt has
established himself
as one of the leading
musicians of his
generation. He first
came to public attention when he
won Second Prize at the 1990 Leeds
International Piano Competition and
has since enjoyed a varied career for
nearly 25 years.
In September 2015, Vogt began the
post of Music Director of the Royal
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