Program

Dali Gutserieva, Emmanuel Plasson & the Prague Chamber Orchestra

Budapest Music Center, BMC Concert Hall
Mátyás u. 8., 1093 Budapest

Featuring:
Dali Gutserieva – cello
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Emmanuel Plasson

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20 Oct 2025 Monday, 7:00PM

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Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, Overture
Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 33
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Bohuslav Martinů: Serenade No. 2 – Cassation for two violins and viola, H 216
Antonín Dvořák: Czech Suite in D major, Op. 39

One of Mozart’s most frequently performed operas is The Libertine Punished, or Don Giovanni, which premiered at the Count Nostitz Theatre in Prague on 29 October 1787. The overture itself summarises the key musical motifs and indicates the dramatic character of the opera. The work was composed during 1787, but it is certain that Mozart wrote some of its parts, including the overture, in Prague just before its premiere.
Camille Saint-Saëns composed the First Cello Concerto in 1872 for the cello and viola da gamba player Auguste Tolbecque. Instead of the usual three-movement form, the composer wrote the concerto in only one movement, dividing it into three interconnected parts. Saint-Saëns here shows himself to be a master of contrasts – at times stormy and dramatic, at times dreamy and lyrical.
Dvořák´s Czech Suite is an expression of the composer’s spontaneous melodic invention and a testament to the delicate instrumentation work with a chamber orchestra. It grows out of the mood of the first series of Slavonic Dances, composed a year earlier.

The Prague Chamber Orchestra (PKO) is one of the four oldest chamber orchestras in Europe. It was founded in 1951 and its history has never been interrupted since then. It stands out as an orchestra of the so-called Mozart cast (34 musicians), which is able to perform without a conductor. Other than its European tours, it has completed ten tours of South America, sixteen in the USA and Canada and nine in Japan.

Dali Gutserieva was born in 1999 and took up music at the age of 6. She is a winner and laureate of many prestigious musical contests (e.g. Nouvelles Etoiles International Music Competition, Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition in Salzburg, VII. Odin International Contest). During the previous seasons, she has performed with maestro Daniel Oren and Covent Garden Sinfonietta, and David Geringas and Geringas Chamber Orchestra, as well as concerts in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and London.

Emmanuel Plasson has established himself as a leading ambassador for French music through his remarkable international career spanning both the symphonic and operatic worlds. He won the Donatella Flick International Conducting Competition in 1994. Soon after, he was invited as Assistant Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York for two seasons. Maestro Plasson was principal conductor and artistic director of Hawaii Opera Theatre until April 2020. 2022 marked a new milestone in his career when he performed at the Landesgartenschau Beelitz with his own chamber orchestra: Orchester Voyager. He has performed all around the globe with ensembles such as the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Opera Society, Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, Melbourne Opera, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Swedish Opera, Royal Danish Opera and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.