Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
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Jaap Van Zweden Conducts Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ① & ②
Seoul Arts Center · Seoul-si
26 Nov 2026
KRW 10,000 – KRW 150,000
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Oratorio / Orchestral Concert
Jaap Van Zweden Conducts Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ① & ② – Seoul Arts Center, Seoul-si
- Date
- Thursday, 26 November 2026
- Time
- 19:30
- Duration
- 01:40
- Venue
- Seoul Arts Center
- Address
- 2406 Nambusunhwan-ro, Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea
- City
- Seoul-si
- Organisation
- Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
- Price range
- KRW 10,000 – KRW 150,000
About this event
This concert is part of the Seoul Philharmonic’s 2026 season theme “Light and Shadow,” continuing Music Director Jaap van Zweden’s Mahler cycle. The program juxtaposes the intensity of contemporary music with the lyricism of late Romanticism: Sofia Gubaidulina’s Viola Concerto (2015 revision, Korean premiere) and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. Under van Zweden, listeners encounter Gubaidulina’s uncompromising sound world alongside one of Mahler’s most serene, celestial symphonies. Violist Antoine Tamestit—who made the first recording of the composer’s 2015 revision—explores the instrument’s constantly shifting colors. In the finale of Mahler’s Fourth, soprano Sumi Hwang sings “Das himmlische Leben,” bringing a warm, sunlit close to the evening. This striking contrast deepens the Mahler cycle, highlights the importance of contemporary repertoire, and showcases the orchestra’s broad artistic range.
Cast & creative
Soprano
Sumi Hwang
Viola
Antoine Tamestit
Conductor
Jaap van ZwedenConductor
Jaap van Zweden- S
Composer
Sofia Gubaidulina - G
Composer
Gustav Mahler
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