Hill Auditorium
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
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Over the course of the next four years, the omnipresent conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct the Chamber Orchestra of Europe at Carnegie Hall in an overview of the orchestral works of Johannes Brahms, including all of his concertos, overtures, and symphonies. UMS is proud to present the first of these concert offerings, which features the first and final works that Brahms composed for orchestra — his Symphony No. 1 and his Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra — performed by the 60-member Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
The COE was originally founded in 1981 by a group of young musicians who were part of the European Community Youth Orchestra, and its members now pursue parallel careers as principals or section leaders of other prestigious orchestras in Europe. Originally mentored by the esteemed conductors Claudio Abbado and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the group now works closely with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and will be joined for this limited tour by violinist Veronika Eberle and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, both making their UMS debuts.
PROGRAM (Thu 12/11/2025: Hill Auditorium)
All-Brahms Program
Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Double Concerto in a minor, Op. 102
Symphony No. 1 in c minor, Op. 68
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Montreal-born Yannick Nézet-Séguin was appointed as Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera, New York in 2018, adding this to his Music Directorship of The Philadelphia Orchestra (where he has served since 2012) and to the Orchestre Métropolitain (Montreal), of which he has been Artistic Director and Principal Conductor since 2000. He joined Harnoncourt and Haitink to become the third-ever Honorary Member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in 2016-17. The end of his ten-year tenure with Rotterdam Philharmonic coincided with the orchestra’s centenary celebrations in its home city and culminated in an acclaimed European summer festivals tour in 2018.
Yannick has worked with many leading European ensembles and has enjoyed many close collaborations with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Chamber Orchestra of Europe, as well as with London Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he was Principal Guest Conductor from 2008 to 2014. He has appeared several times at the BBC Proms and at many European festivals, among them Edinburgh, Lucerne, Salzburg, Berlin and Grafenegg. North American summer appearances include New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Lanaudière, Vail and Saratoga. Once Chorus Master, Assistant Conductor and Music Adviser at Opéra de Montréal he has since conducted at the Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Netherlands Opera, Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival.
Veronika Eberle’s exceptional talent and the poise and maturity of her musicianship have been recognised by many of the world’s finest orchestras, venues and festivals, as well as by some of the most eminent conductors.
Sir Simon Rattle’s introduction of Veronika aged just 16 to a packed Salzburg Festpielhaus at the 2006 Salzburg Easter Festival in a performance of the Beethoven Concerto with the Berliner Philharmoniker, brought her to international attention. Key orchestra collaborations since then include the London Symphony (Rattle), Concertgebouw (Holliger), New York Philharmonic (Gilbert), Montreal Symphony (Nagano), Munich Philharmonic and Gewandhaus Orchestras (Louis Langrée), Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin (Janowski), Hessischer Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester (P. Järvi), Bamberger Symphoniker (Robin Ticciati, Nott), Tonhalle Orchester Zurich (M.Sanderling), NHK Symphony (Kout, Stenz, Norrington) and Rotterdam Philharmonic (Rattle, James Gaffigan, Yannick Nézet-Seguin).
In the 2024-25 season, Veronika makes debuts with New York Philahrmonic Orchestra (Canellakis), Boston Symphony Orchestra (Stutzman), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (Hindoyan), Gothenberg Symphony (Hannigan) and Philharmonie Zuidnederland (Ward). This season will also see Veronika return to Wigmore Hall as Artist in Residence and to Netherlands Philharmonic (Viotti), Oslo Philharmonic (Jacquot) and Budapest Festival Orchestra (Fischer).
Recent highlights include debuts with Orchestre National Capitole Toulouse (Stutzman), Karajan-Akademie (Jockel) and Detroit Symphony (Afkham) and returns to Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Rattle), Bournemouth Symphony (Fischer) and Atlanta Symphony (Stutzman). Recent chamber music projects include performances at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival with Sol Gabetta and Antoine Tamestit, Schubertiade with Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih and Heidelberger Fruhling Festival alongside Adrien La Marca and Quirine Viersen, amongst others.
Voted “Artist of the Year” by readers of the Diapason and “Best Instrumental Soloist” for the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2008, Jean-Guihen Queyras is distinguished by a musical eclecticism that is dear to him. Long time soloist of the Ensemble Intercontemporain where his work with Pierre Boulez has a profound influence (this one will choose him to receive the Glenn Gould Protected Prize in Toronto in November 2002), Jean-Guihen has since flourished in a repertory that testifies its varied and ambitious discography.
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