13 Mar 2020
Postponement of La maestra international competition for women conductors
In view of the current international situation relating to the spread of COVID-19 which would have prevented several candidates and members of the jury to come to Paris, the Paris Mozart Orchestra and Philharmonie de Paris have made the decision to postpone the inaugural La Maestra International Competition for Women...
06 Mar 2020
“XVIII Concert Tribute to the victims of terrorism” with the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Choir
On March 10, Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Choir at the National Music Auditorium in an extraordinary concert in tribute to the victims of terrorism. The concert program will consist of Gustav Mahler's overwhelmingly transcendent Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection," featuring soprano Camilla Tilling and mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn...
06 Feb 2020
Wagner’s ‘Die Walküre’ at the Teatro Real de Madrid
Pablo Heras-Casado returns to Teatro Real de Madrid to lead Robert Carsen’s production of Wagner’s Die Walküre. Heras-Casado, Teatro Real’s Principal Guest Conductor, began Wagner’s tetralogy last season, leading Das Rheingold in a celebrated production by Carsen. He continues to conduct Wagner’s colossal cycle throughout the next two seasons. Running from February 12 to...
18 Jan 2020
Schubert & Bruckner with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
On January 20, Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid at the Auditorio Nacional de Música. Heras-Casado leads Schubert's Symphony No. 8, commonly known as the "Unfinished," which Schubert started in 1822, but completed only two movements even though he would live for another six years. Pablo recorded Schubert's Third and...
28 Dec 2019
Tchaikovsky & Mahler with the Orquesta Joven de Andalucía & Fundación Barenboim-Said
For his first engagement of the new year, Pablo Heras-Casado will lead two exciting concerts with young students, concluding the exciting collaboration between the Orquesta Joven de Andalucía (OJA) and the Barenboim-Said Foundation. Celebrating both the 15th anniversary of the Barenboim-Said Foundation and the 25th anniversary of the OJA, both...
02 Dec 2019
Debut with Czech Philharmonic
This month, Pablo Heras-Casado makes his debut with the Czech Philharmonic, conducting the ensemble in a program featuring works by two of the most important and most performed European composers of the nineteenth century: Anton Bruckner and Johannes Brahms. Marking his first appearance in the country, Heras-Casado leads the orchestra on December...
01 Dec 2019
Concerts with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo and Osaka
For his final engagement of this year, Pablo Heras-Casado leads the NHK Symphony Orchestra, presenting four concerts in Tokyo and Osaka. On December 11 & 12, they will perform at Suntory Hall, followed by a performance on December 14 at Tokyo Metropolitan Hall, and will conclude on December 15 at...
19 Nov 2019
Madness and Folly: Night Music From Spain with Juilliard415
Pablo Heras-Casado returns to The Juilliard School in New York to work with their period-instrument ensemble Juilliard415. Marking his debut with the ensemble, Heras-Casado made his U.S. debut in 2008 with an orchestra composed in part of students from Juilliard—the Carnegie Hall-associated Ensemble ACJW (since renamed Ensemble Connect). On November...
08 Nov 2019
Debussy, Ravel, and Mendelssohn with the Philharmonia Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in two concerts this month with both programs highlighting early 20th-century French music. A regular guest of the ensemble since his debut in 2014, this will be the first of two visits this season, as he returns again in the Spring. The first concert...
30 Oct 2019
Beethoven and Bruckner with the Orquesta de València
On October 31, Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Orquesta de València in a program of Beethoven and Bruckner at the Palau de les Arts. In early celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday in 2020, Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero will perform his robust Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, with improvised cadenzas....
07 Oct 2019
Debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado makes his debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra on October 9 & 10 at the Konserthuset. He leads the ensemble in a program featuring works by Robert and Clara Schumann, and by their once pupil, Johannes Brahms. 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of Clara Schumann’s birthday on September 13, 1819....
02 Oct 2019
Concert with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester at the Usedomer Musikfestival
On October 5, Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester in a program that unites Romantic composers’ love for the sea at the 26th Usedomer Musikfestival in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The program will begin with Mendelssohn’s mystical Hebrides Overture. Described as an early tone poem, Mendelssohn composed the work after traveling to...