Beethoven Symphony No. 6
Thu Apr 3 — Fri Apr 4, 2025
Orchestra Hall
Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz felt a tiny invisible motor inside of her. “Thanks to this I run, not walk,” she said. That rings true in her compact Overture. Then hear how two boundless stars, Poland’s Marta Gardolińska and pianist Behzod Abduraimov, team up beautifully to uncover the soul of Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
A Few Things to Know
- Marta Gardolinska has spent her life combining two loves, music and athletics. She grew up participating in sports such as acrobatics, dance, swimming and running. Now she often describes conducting as a sport of its own and advocates that musicians must care for their bodies just as athletes do.
- As a teenager, pianist Behzod Abduraimov surprised everyone when he turned down educational opportunities at Juilliard and chose instead to travel to a small city in Missouri and study with Stanislav Ioudenitch, a fellow Uzbekistani pianist and Van Cliburn International Piano Competition winner.
- Although they are two wildly different works with completely different sources of inspiration, Beethoven worked nearly simultaneously on his radical Fifth Symphony and Pastoral Sixth Symphony.
- Plan your visit to Orchestra Hall
Program
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BACEWICZ
Overture
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CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Artists
Minnesota Orchestra
Marta Gardolińska
conductor
Behzod Abduraimov
piano
The Grammy Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra, now in its second century, ranks among America’s top symphonic ensembles, with a distinguished history of acclaimed performances in its home state and around the world; award-winning recordings, broadcasts and educational engagement programs; and a commitment to intentionally build concert programs to feature more works by composers of color, exploring music both contemporary and historic. In September 2024, Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård begins his second season as music director.
Marta Gardolińska is currently music director of Opera national de Lorraine and principal guest conductor of Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona. She came to international attention in 2018 as Young Conductor in Association at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, where she conducted two highly successful subscription concerts. This led to a Dudamel Fellowship with the Los Angeles Philharmonic during the 2019-20 season which included an invitation to be second conductor to Gustavo Dudamel for their Grammy Award-winning live Deutsche Grammophon recording of Ives’ Symphony No. 4. Gardolińska then returned to Los Angeles to make her debut with the Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl followed by an immediate re-invitation.
Behzod Abduraimov’s performances combine an immense depth of musicality with phenomenal technique and breath-taking delicacy. He performs with renowned orchestras worldwide including Philharmonia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, San Francisco Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Concertgebouworkest, Czech Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) with prestigious conductors such as, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Gustavo Dudamel, Semyon Bychkov, Gianandrea Noseda, Juraj Valčuha, Vasily Petrenko and Constantinos Carydis.
Plan your visit
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- Helpful Tips
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- For 2pm concerts: 12:30-1pm
Know Before You Go
An engaging performance awaits, and the fun doesn’t stop there. Make this visit your own with food and activity options. Browse these helpful tips, and when your concert date arrives, all you have to do is sit back and enjoy.
Directions & Parking
All the information you need to know for getting to and from Orchestra Hall. Parking is just steps away from Orchestra Hall in the city-owned and skyway-connected 11th and Marquette Ramp.
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