The 2024 North America tour of the Orchestre de Paris
The 2024 North America tour of the Orchestre de Paris
Twenty years after
its last tour in the United States, the Orchestre de Paris is now returning to
American stages, with its musical director Klaus Mäkelä, one of the most
sought-after figures on the symphonic world scene today.
Four exceptional concerts in eastern
North America will showcase French culture, shining the international spotlight
on the cultural missions of the Philharmonie de Paris.
Concert dates
• 14 March 2024 -
Hill Auditorium,
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor • 16 March 2024 - Carnegie Hall – New York City • 17 March 2024 -
Symphony Hall – Boston • 19 March 2024 - Place des Arts -
Montreal
Totalling some 10,000 spectators
A special
relationship in the Philharmonie’s artistic mission
The Philharmonie de Paris has cultivated close ties with the foremost
American symphony orchestras. Its 2022/2023 season, for example, opened with
the Philadelphia Orchestra and closed with the MET Orchestra. Next season, the
Philharmonie will host five of America’s most prestigious orchestras, and it
continues to develop innovative collaborations with renowned American partners
and conductors, building a network of lasting artistic connections with
stakeholders across the Atlantic.
Over the course of its history, as
the spearhead of the Philharmonie de Paris, the Orchestre de Paris has formed
enduring relationships with cultural institutions around the world, affording
it the opportunity to perform in the finest concert halls on the international
scene.
A close relationship with the United States
From its foundation, the Orchestre de Paris has cultivated an enduring relationship with its American audience, centered around a US tour every two decades. 1968: New York, Philadelphia, Washington, RichmondMusic Director: Charles Munch 1982: New York Music Director: Daniel Barenboim 2003: New York, Carnegie HallMusic Director: Christoph Eschenbach
Like a 20-year promise kept, the orchestra’s 2024 reunion with this exacting audience will be led by Klaus Mäkelä, the orchestra’s current music director and a global phenomenon in the symphony world. 2024: Ann Arbor, New York, Boston and Montreal
Klaus Mäkelä, a rising star
A brilliant young conductor At just 27 years of age, Klaus Mäkelä is
already Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, and future Chief
Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.
Soaring from triumph to
triumph on both sides of the Atlantic During the 2022/2023 season, Klaus Mäkelä made conducting debuts with
the New York Philharmonic, the Berliner Philharmoniker,
the
Gewandhausorchester of Leipzig and the Wiener Symphoniker, and returned as
conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. ‘At 26, the conductor Klaus Mäkelä’s star
keeps rising and rising’ The New York Times, 2 December 2022 ‘Finnish phenom Klaus Mäkelä leads
the Cleveland Orchestra andthe rest of the
classical music to catch this week’ Cleveland
Scene, 31 January 2023
The program
The Orchestre de Paris brings to life the fabulous repertoire of
Stravinsky’s Russian ballets (premiered in Paris under Serge de Diaghilev),
infusing these emblematic scores with a resolutely modern approach that casts
the forms of expression in a fresh light while weaving a pas de deux between music and image. Program A – Ann Arbor, Boston and Montreal • Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Claude
Debussy (12’) • Piano Concerto No. 2, Sergei
Prokofiev (31’) • The Firebird, Igor
Stravinsky (45’)
Piano: Yunchan Lim Program B – New York • The Firebird, Igor Stravinsky (45’) • The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky (33’) This program is also a nod to the
internationally acclaimed album released in March 2023.
The stakes involved in an
international orchestra tour
Touring as an ambassador of French music
heritage means performing in front of the exacting audiences of the most
prestigious concert halls in the symphonic world scene, in order to share a
recognised brand image, with global reach.
On
recent tours, in France and abroad, the Orchestre de Paris has performed for
Asian and European audiences.
européens. October 2022: Japan March 2023: Luxembourg,
Amsterdam, Cologne, Vienna, Munich, Essen,
Hamburg April
2023:
Easter Festival of Aix-en-Provence, Lyon and Lugano June 2023: Musée du Louvre July
2023:
Residency at the Festival of Lyric Art in Aix-en-Provence
The 2024-2025 tours also look promising. September 2024: Proms Festival (London) and Lucerne Festival (Switzerland) February-March 2025: European tour (Vienna, Hamburg, Baden Baden, Essen, Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Frankfurt) June 2025: Korea and Japan
Supporting our mission
Providing support for the 2024 tour of the Orchestre de Paris not only
makes it possible to reunite the orchestra musicians with their American
audience, but also contributes to a powerful socio-cultural initiative that
opens the possibility of a career in music for the children in the Orchestre
Démos – Orchestre de Paris. Individuals, join the Cercle de l’Orchestre de
Paris, mark your donation for the North American tour and enjoy all the
benefits of membership.
Companies, become associated with the
Orchestre de Paris, adding resonance to your international presence, and enjoy
considerations in France and the United States.