1. Sinfonie­konzert – Kultur- und Kongresszentrum - Liederhalle, Stuttgart

About this event

This concert marks Nicholas Carter's inaugural performance as General Music Director of the Staatsoper and Staatsorchester Stuttgart, signaling a key moment in the institution's season. Carter opens his tenure with a program spanning contemporary and Romantic orchestral repertoire, placing a living composer's voice in dialogue with canonical works. The evening begins with Unsuk Chin's Frontispiece for Orchestra, a modern prelude that reframes elements of orchestral literature within a fresh musical language. Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, follows as the centerpiece, featuring Kian Soltani in his debut with the Stuttgart State Orchestra—a work of introspection and elegy shaped by the aftermath of World War I. The concert concludes with Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40, a large-scale autobiographical tone poem rich with self-quotation, sharp caricatures of critics, and the tender presence of the hero's companion portrayed by solo violin.

Cast & creative

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  Cello

  Kian Soltani
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  Conductor

  Nicholas Carter
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  Conductor

  Nicholas Carter
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  Conductor

  Nicholas Carter
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  Composer

  Unsuk Chin
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  Composer

  Edward Elgar
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  Composer

  Richard Strauss