Aug19
Salzburg Festival: Kurtág, Berg, Brahms
Grosses Festspielhaus
Salzburg, Austria
György Kurtág
Grabstein für Stephan for guitar and chamber ensemble op. 15c
Alban Berg
Violin Concerto — ‘Dem Andenken eines Engels’ (To the memory of an angel)
Interval
Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra op. 45
Iveta Simonyan — Soprano
Matthias Winckhler — Baritone
Elliot Simpson — Guitar
Vilde Frang — Violin
Utopia Choir (Vitaly Polonsky — Chorus Master)
Utopia Orchestra
Teodor Currentzis — Conductor
The Utopia Orchestra and Choir and Teodor Currentzis, will return to the Salzburg Festival in the summer of 2026. On 19 August, Utopia will perform Kurtág’s Grabstein für Stephan, Berg’s Violin Concerto and Brahms’s Requiem.