Tribute Concerts to Frank Gehry
- Place
- Auditorium
- Hours
- 20h
The Fondation pays tribute to Frank Gehry, the architect of its building, who passed away on 5 December last year.
On 7 and 9 July, two exceptional concerts bring together close friends of Frank Gehry on stage: conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel and Thomas Adès, alongside three musicians associated with the Fondation since its opening in 2014: violinist Daniel Lozakovich and pianists Yuja Wang and Alexandre Kantorow, who have given the Auditorium some of its finest musical moments.
On 7 July, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra of London in Jean Sibelius's sublime violin concerto, followed by his Symphony No. 7.
The first half is given over to Yuja Wang, performing as a solo pianist, in a four-hands piece with Thomas Adès, and in a violin sonata with Daniel Lozakovich. Thomas Adès closes this first programme by conducting his own work, Shanty, for string orchestra.
On 9 July, Gustavo Dudamel revisits his travels across Venezuela with Frank Gehry, conducting the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, of which the architect was so fond.
A programme is devoted to the master Ludwig van Beethoven, featuring the famous Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 4 with Alexandre Kantorow.
A family of international talents, celebrating the memory and work of Frank Gehry.
