Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg & Aziz Shokhakimov

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64:
• 1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: I. Andante - Allegro con anima 14:33
• 2 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza 13:13
• 3 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: III. Valse (Allegro moderato) 05:40
• 4 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: IV. Finale (Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace – Moderato assai e molto maestoso - Presto - Molto meno mosso) 11:47
• Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42:
• 5 Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42 20:16
• Total Runtime 01:05:29

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In recent years the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg has made an impact with it's recordings for Warner Classics and Erato: of major works by Berlioz and Janácek, and of a wealth of shorter showpieces captured in HiResAudio.

Now the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg performs two of Tchaikovsky's best-loved masterpieces, the Fate-driven Symphony No 5 and the surgingly passionate tone poem Romeo and Juliet.

The conductor is Aziz Shokhakimov, Music Director of the Alsatian orchestra, noted for his dynamism and his ability to shed new light on even familiar scores. A native of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and winner in 2016 of the prestigious Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award, he assumed his role in Strasbourg 2021 - at the age of just 32. The extension of his contract to 2026 was announced in late 2022.

"My constant concern is for this orchestra to have a distinctive, readily identifiable sound," says Shokhamimov, "and for this sound to be of the highest quality. Thanks to all it's splendid musicians, that is achievable. The work we do together is very productive, and I always sense a powerful chemistry with this orchestra, which I first encountered in 2014. I fell in love with it immediately."

Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
Aziz Shokhakimov, conductor

Aziz Shokhakimov
is Music Director to Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and Artistic Director to Tek-fen Philharmonic Orchestra. During 2015-2021 he held the position of Kapellmeister to Deutsche Oper am Rhein. His guest conducting has included orchestras such as Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rund-funks, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and hr-Sinfonieorchester. In North America he has conducted Houston Symphony, Toronto and Se-attle symphony orchestras.

Recent and forthcoming engagements include Wiener Symphoniker, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra and he returned to the 2023 La Roque-d'Anthéron with Sinfonia Varsovia.

Aziz Shokhakimov is equally prolific in the operatic repertoire. The 2022/23 season saw his debut with Opera National de Paris conducting Donizetti’s Lucia de Lammermoor. In 2023/24 Shokhakimov debuts at Bayeri-scher Staatsoper conducting Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame. As part of his tenure with Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, he will conduct a new production of Wagner’s Lohengrin at Opera du Rhin. As Kapellmeister at Deutsche Oper am Rhein he conducted a new production of The Queen of Spades, Madame Butterfly, Salome and Tosca among others.

Shokhakimov has an ongoing relationship with Salzburg Festival where, having been selected from more than 100 candidates, he won the prestigious Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award in August 2016. He re-turned to the Salzburg Festival in August 2017 for the prize-winner’s concert with RSO Wien and conducted the Opening Ceremony of Salzburg Festival with Patricia Kopatchinskaja in 2019.

Born in 1988 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Shokhakimov entered the Uspensky Music School for Gifted Children at the age of six, studying violin, viola and orchestral conducting (in the class of Professor Vladimir Neymer). At 13 he made his debut with National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan, conducting Beethoven’s Sympho-ny No.5 and Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.1. During the following year he conducted his first opera, Carmen, at the National Opera of Uzbekistan. He was appointed Assistant Conductor of National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan in 2001 and became its Principal Conductor in 2006. In 2010, at the age of just 21, Shokhakimov won second place at the Gustav Mahler International Conducting Competition in Bamberg, under the auspices of the Bamberger Symphoniker.

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