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Concert

Tchaikovsky's
ballet music

Alain Altinoglu
Glinka, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky

Presentation
Where the heart does not enter, there can be no music— Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

The Golden Cockerel, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Scheherazade, or the musical epos Ilya Muromets in the 2022-23 season — anyone who is familiar with our Music director will know all too well that musical storytelling is where he feels at home. Anyone who wasn't yet aware of this fact will get the chance to find out during this concert, during which Alain Altinoglu will be performing two of the most beloved scores by Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake and The Nutcracker.

The programme will transport us all the way to the land of bears: a plaything of political despotism for many centuries, but a fertile feeding ground for artistic inventiveness all the same. With Glinka's overture from Ruslan and Lyudmila, the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra will be going all the way back to the first Russian steps into the world of classical music. Afterwards, Sergei Babayan will be starring in the Third Piano Concerto by Prokofiev, a competition classic.

Dates & tickets

Location

Bozar, Henry Le Bœuf

Prices

Ticket prices from € 10 to € 46
-30 years old: € 10 / € 25
-15 years old: Free (if accompanied by an adult)

Presentation

Introductory talk (NL/FR) 45' before the start of the performance

Running time

2h (including one interval)

Programme

MIKHAIL GLINKA
Ouverture Ruslan and Lyudmila (1837-42)

SERGEY PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto N°3 in C major,
op.26 (1917-1921)

PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Highlights from Swan Lake, op.20 (1875-76),
The Nutcracker, op.71 (1891-94)

Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

ConductorALAIN ALTINOGLU

PianoSERGEI BABAYAN ViolinSATÉNIK KHOURDOÏAN

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
La Monnaie Children's and Youth Choirs, led by Benoît Giaux

ProductionLA MONNAIE Co-productionBOZAR MUSIC