A musical highlight
Spanish violinist María Dueñas and Semyon Bychkov, chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, will perform at this year’s Nobel Prize Concert on 8 December. Together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, they will perform music by Modest Mussorgsky, Max Bruch and Victoria Borisova-Ollas.
María Dueñas
Spanish violinist María Dueñas is still in the beginning of her career, but has quickly established herself as one of the brightest shining stars in the classical music field, including cooperations with conductors such as Manfred Honeck, Herbert Blomstedt, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Gustavo Dudamel.
“To perform in Stockholm for the Nobel Prize laureates is a profound honour,” says María Dueñas. “Standing before those who have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of knowledge, I am reminded that music, like the Nobel vision, seeks to transcend boundaries, unveil the unseen, and unite us in our common humanity. I am deeply grateful to contribute my voice to this moment of shared inspiration.”
Semyon Bychkov
Multiple award-winning and internationally renowned Semyon Bychkov is the chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic. Bychkov was born in the Soviet Union and is now an American citizen, emigrating to the United States in his 20s. Bychkov has worked with the world’s leading orchestras and opera houses, and was previously music director of Orchestre de Paris, chief conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and of the Dresden Semperoper.
Read more about Semyon Bychkov
Concert programme
One of María Dueñas’s most celebrated qualities is her ability to breathe new life into well-known repertoire, something the audience will experience firsthand as she performs the beloved Violin Concerto in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Semyon Bychkov conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in Victoria Borisova-Ollas Open Ground from 2006, inspired by Salman Rushdie’s novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet, as well as in Modest Mussorgsky’s masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition in Maurice Ravel’s colorful orchestration.
Victoria Borisova-Ollas Open Ground
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Violin Concerto in E minor
Intermission
Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
Tickets will be released to the public on 12 November.
Read more about the concert at Konserthuset Stockholm
The Nobel Prize Concert is an annual concert that is part of the Nobel Week official programme celebrating that year’s Nobel Prize laureates. The concert is presented by Nobel Prize Outreach in collaboration with Konserthuset Stockholm.
Concert partners
The concert is presented by Nobel Prize Outreach in collaboration with Konserthuset Stockholm.
The concert is supported by BNP.
Previous Nobel Prize concerts
The first concert was held in 2005. Read more about previous concerts here
