The Philadelphia Orchestra

Performers

• Piotr Anderszewski, Piano
• The Philadelphia Orchestra
  Charles Dutoit, Chief Conductor

Program

• SZYMANOWSKI Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 "Symphonie concertante"
• DEBUSSY La mer
• STRAVINSKY Le sacre du printemps
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  Program is approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes, including one intermission

Bios

• Piotr Anderszewski
  
  Piotr Anderszewski’s engagements during the 2009–2010 season include appearances with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the NDR Sinfonieorchester, as well as recitals at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Vienna’s Konzerthaus, Warsaw’s Philharmonic Hall, and Munich’s Herkulessaal. He also leads a Szymanowski concert series this season at both Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall in London.
  
  In recent seasons, Mr. Anderszewski has appeared with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the Boston, Chicago, and London symphony orchestras. He has also directed numerous ensembles from the keyboard, including the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and soloists of the Berliner Philharmoniker. With the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, he has toured extensively and has recorded a disc featuring Mozart’s G-Major and D-Minor piano concertos. He has also made recordings with the Sinfonia Varsovia and, most recently, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. An exclusive artist with Virgin Classics since 2000, Mr. Anderszewski’s first disc on that label was of Beethoven’s “Diabelli” Variations. His strong identification with this work became the subject of a film by Bruno Monsaingeon. Mr. Anderszewski’s discography also includes a Grammy-nominated CD of Bach’s partitas and a disc of works by Chopin. His affinity with the music of his compatriot Szymanowski is captured in a recording of the composer’s solo piano works, which received the Classic FM Gramophone Award in 2006 for best instrumental disc. His most recent recording for Virgin is a Carnegie Hall recital given in December 2008.
  
  Recognized for the originality of his interpretations, Mr. Anderszewski has won several high profile awards: He received the Gilmore Award in April 2002, the Szymanowski Prize in 1999, and the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Best Instrumentalist Award in 2001. He recently collaborated with Mr. Monsaingeon on another prize-winning film, released by Idéale Audience at the end of 2008.
  
  Born in Warsaw to Polish-Hungarian parents, Mr. Anderszewski studied piano at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw and at the conservatories of Strasbourg and Lyon. At the age of 18, he spent a year at the University of Southern California on a scholarship, and later, in his 20s, studied with Murray Perahia, Fou Ts’ong, and Leon Fleisher. Mr. Anderszewski currently lives in Paris and Lisbon.

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• Charles Dutoit
  
  Chief Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra—as well as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic and Music Director of the Verbier Festival Orchestra—Charles Dutoit regularly collaborates with the world’s leading orchestras. Since his debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1980, Mr. Dutoit has been invited each season to conduct all the major orchestras of the US. He has also performed regularly with all the great orchestras of Europe, Japan, South America, and Australia. Mr. Dutoit has recorded extensively for Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Philips, CBS, Erato, and other labels. His more than 170 recordings—half of them with the Montreal Symphony—have garnered over 40 awards and distinctions.
  
  Since 1990, Mr. Dutoit has been Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s summer festival at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Between 1990 and 1999, he also directed the orchestra’s summer series at the Mann Center, and led them in a series of distinctive recordings. From 1991 to 2001, he was music director of the Orchestre National de France. In 1996 he was appointed principal conductor, and in 1998 music director, of the NHK Symphony in Tokyo. For 25 years (1977 to 2002), Mr. Dutoit was artistic director of the Montreal Symphony.
  
  
  Mr. Dutoit holds honorary doctorates from McGill University, the University of Montreal, and Université Laval. In 1982 he was named Musician of the Year by the Canadian Music Council; in 1988 the same organization awarded him the Canadian Music Council Medal. In 1991, Mr. Dutoit was made an Honorary Citizen of the City of Philadelphia. In 1994 the Canadian Conference of the Arts awarded him their Diploma of Honour. In 1995 the government of Québec named him Grand Officier de l’Ordre National du Québec, and in 1996 the government of France made him Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He has also been invested as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Canada, the country’s highest award of merit.
  
  Mr. Dutoit was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and his musical training took him to Geneva, Siena, Venice, and Tanglewood, where he worked with Charles Munch. A globetrotter motivated by his passion for history and archaeology, political science, art, and architecture, Mr. Dutoit has traveled and visited all the nations of the world. He maintains residences in Switzerland, Paris, Montreal, Buenos Aires, and Tokyo.
  
  
  The Philadelphia Orchestra
  
  Founded in 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the leading orchestras in the world through a century of acclaimed performances, historic international tours, best-selling recordings, and its unprecedented record of innovation in recording technologies and outreach. The orchestra has maintained unity in artistic leadership with only seven music directors throughout its history: Fritz Scheel (1900–1907), Carl Pohlig (1907–1912), Leopold Stokowski (1912–1941), Eugene Ormandy (1936–1980), Riccardo Muti (1980–1992), Wolfgang Sawallisch (1993–2003), and Christoph Eschenbach (2003–2008).
  
  This rich tradition is carried on by Chief Conductor Charles Dutoit. Mr. Dutoit has a longstanding relationship with the orchestra, having made his debut with the ensemble in 1980. Highlights of his second season include performances of Berlioz’s Te Deum and Symphonie fantastique, part of Mr. Dutoit’s four-year focus on the works of that composer, and a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Samuel Barber’s birthday. During his tenure, Mr. Dutoit will also showcase the music of the Ballets Russes, continuing in the 2009–2010 season with performances of Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Le Sacre du printemps.
  
  
  Recent Philadelphia Orchestra highlights include the opening of the orchestra’s online music store, thephiladelphiaorchestra.com; regular broadcasts on NPR; a series of critically acclaimed recordings on the Ondine label; and a $125 million endowment campaign.
  
  The Philadelphia Orchestra annually touches the lives of more than one million music lovers worldwide through its performances, publications, recordings, and broadcasts. Each year the orchestra presents a subscription season in Philadelphia, education and community partnership programs, regular appearances at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and a three-week tour. Its summer schedule includes performances at Philadelphia’s Mann Center for the Performing Arts, free Neighborhood Concerts, and residencies at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
  
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