“Balances his forces sensitively, allowing them to swell out in passionate moments”
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Appointed Music Director of The Minnesota Orchestra
From the 2023/24 season, Thomas Søndergård is appointed Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra.
Taken by the music
Earlier this year, Melissa Ousley from YourClassical Minnesota Public Radio joined Thomas in his native Denmark. Watch the documentary short about the visit here
And read more about his role and the orchestra here
Receiver of the Carl Nielsen Foundation Honorary Award 2023
"A winning personality, a compelling enthusiasm, a convincing interpretation that appeals to the musicians in an orchestra and a solid conducting technique means that the audience gets a very special musical experience at his concerts."
Thomas Søndergård receives the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl Nielsen Foundation honorary award as recognition for his work and as a support to continue his distinguished development as a conductor.
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks debut
Thomas Søndergård was excited to have his debut with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducting Der Schwan von Tuonela, op. 22 No. 2 by Jean Sibelius, György Ligeti’s Violin Concerto with violinist Augustin Hadelich and Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70 by Antonín Dvořák on June 15th and 16th 2023.
Highlights
Berlin Philharmonic debut - “The Golden Twenties”: Thomas Søndergård conducts Prokofiev, Sibelius and Weill
Kurt Weill’s The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny confronts us with the darker side of humanity and society. Written at the end of the 1920s, Weill wanted to create a work with this opera “that will deal with the utterly different expressions of life in our time in an appropriate form”. Thomas Søndergård, who is making his Berliner Philharmoniker debut, conducts compositions by Prokofiev and Sibelius in addition to the suite from the opera.
