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GRIEG PIANO CONCERTO
Fjord Cadenza Festival since its inception
in 2010, and he regularly conducts a wide
range of orchestras and opera houses
around the world, including the Bergen
and Oslo philharmonic orchestras;
Münchner Symphoniker, Norwegian
National Opera, Staatskapelle Halle and
the Wrocław Philharmonic; the symphony
orchestras of Malmö, Bergen, Trondheim,
Karlskrona and Odense; and Lisbon’s
Orquestra Sinfonica Portuguesa. In North
America, he has appeared with such
orchestras as the Alabama, Detroit, Grand
Rapids, Houston, New Jersey, North
Carolina and Toledo symphony orchestras.
He returned to the Brevard Music Festival
in July 2018.
Bergmann studied choral and orchestral
conducting under Anders Eby, Jin Wang
and Jorma Panula at Sweden’s Royal
College of Music. He graduated with
high honors from the Sibelius Academy
in Helsinki, where he studied conducting
under Leif Segerstam. Honors include
the 2010 Kjell Holm Foundation Culture
Prize, the 2009 SMP Press culture
award and second prize in Helsingborg’s
2002 Nordic Conducting Competition.
Bergmann’s former posts include deputy-
General Musik Direktor with the
Augsburger Philharmoniker and Theater
Augsburg in Germany.

MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Saturday, October 27, 2018, 8 pm
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Sunday, October 28, 2018, 3 pm
Rune Bergmann, conductor
Freddy Kempf, piano
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia, op. 26
Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16

Allegro molto moderato
Adagio

Allegro moderato molto e marcato

Freddy Kempf
INTERMISSION
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 4, op. 29, “The Inextinguishable”
Allegro

Poco allegretto

Poco adagio quasi andante
Allegro
The program will end at approximately 10 pm on Saturday and 5 pm on Sunday.
PRESENTING SPONSOR:
The appearance of Freddy Krempf is made possible through the support of the
Hilda Perl Goodwin Young Artist Fund.
Rune Bergmann makes his BSO debut.
About the Artists
Rune Bergmann
An energetic and
compelling figure
on the podium,
Norwegian conductor
Rune Bergmann is
a dynamic, versatile conductor with an
extensive classical, romantic, operatic and
contemporary repertoire.  Considered
among today’s most talented young
Scandinavian conductors, his elegant
interpretations and reputation as an
inspiring and profound musician continue
to attract the attention of orchestras
throughout the world.
Bergmann has served as music director
of the Calgary Philharmonic and as artistic
Freddy Kempf
director and chief conductor of Poland’s
Szczecin Philharmonic since the 2017–18
and 2016 –17 seasons, respectively. His
work with the Calgary Philharmonic
in the 2018–19 season features Verdi’s
Requiem, a gala evening with Renée
Fleming and an exploration of symphonies
by composers such as Haydn, Mahler,
Mozart and Tchaikovsky. 2018 sees the
release of Bergmann’s first recording with
the Szczecin Philharmonic, including
the “Resurrection” Symphony in E minor
by Mieczyław Karłowicz. The 2018–19
season brings Bergmann to orchestras such
as the Edmonton and Pacific symphony
orchestras in the North America and the
Argovia Philharmonic and Orquesta de
Valencia in Europe. He has also been
artistic director of Norway’s innovative
Exceptionally gifted
with an unusually
broad repertoire, Freddy
Kempf has built a
unique reputation as an
explosive and physical performer who is
not afraid to take risks as well as a serious,
sensitive and profoundly musical artist.
Kempf has collaborated with
conductors such as Vasily Petrenko,
Andrew Davis, Vassily Sinaisky,
Riccardo Chailly, Yan Pascal Tortelier,
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Alan Buribayev
and Yuri Simonov, and has worked with
some of the world’s most prestigious
musical institutions including the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony,

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