Pierre-André is now in Denmark for two weeks to conduct Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
in two Danish-French programs for the Athelas New Music Festival,
the most important event for Contemporary Music in Denmark, happening yearly.
He will stay in Copenhagen until May 26^th

Thursday, Jan. 12^th, 2012 - 11:00 am
Théâtre du Châtelet
Paris, France

• Edgard Varèse - Déserts

ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE DE RADIO-FRANCE
conducted by Pierre-André Valade

Saturday Jan. 28^th, 2012 - 7:30 pm
Studio Witold Lutosławski
Polish Radio
Warsaw, Poland

Witold Lutosławski Festival

• Magnus Lindberg – Aura (In memoriam Witold Lutosławski)
• Witold Lutosławski – Interludium
• Henri Dutilleux - The Shadows of Time
• Witold Lutosławski – Wariacje symfoniczne

POLISH NATIONAL RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA KATOWICE
conducted by Pierre-André Valade

Thursday Feb. 9^th, 2012 - 9:00 pm
Saturday Feb. 11^th, 2012 - 5:00 pm
Teatro dal Verme
Milano, Italia

Public dress-rehearsal
on Feb. 9^th - 10:00 am

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67^th Concert-Season I Pomeriggi Musicali, Milano

• Arnold Schönberg - Verklärte Nacht op.4 (version for string orchestra)
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony nr. 8 op.93 in F major

I POMERIGGI MUSICALI ORCHESTRA
conducted by Pierre-André Valade

Thursday March 15^th, 2012 - 6:00 pm
Royal Festival Hall
Londres, Royaume-Uni

presence of composer
Perttu Haapanen

Music of Today

Ondrej Adámek - Coups d'ailes (UK premiere)
Perttu Haapanen - Ladies Room (UK premiere)

Helena Juntunen, soprano
THE LONDON PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
conducted by Pierre-André Valade

ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DU CRR DE TOULOUSE
conducted by Pierre-André Valade

Thursday March 29th, 2012 - 8:00 pm
Town Hall
Auckland, New Zealand

French Impressions

Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Jacques Ibert - Flute Concerto *
Albert Roussel - Symphony No.3
Maurice Ravel - La Valse

* Catherine Bowie, flute
THE AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
conducted by Pierre-André Valade

from Tue. April 10^th to Sat. 14^th, 2012
Philharmonie
Luxembourg

presence of composer
Hugues Dufourt

Recording sessions
not open to public

Hugues Dufourt recording

• Lucifer d'après Pollock
• Voyage par-delà les Fleuves et les Monts d'après Fan K'Uan

ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE DU LUXEMBOURG
conducted by Pierre-André Valade

Friday May 18^th, 2012
Theatre Republique
Copenhagen, Denmark

presence of composer
Pelle Gudmunsen-Holmgreen

Athelas New Music Festival

• Claude Debussy:
Two dances for harp and string orchestra (1904).
I Dance sacrée. II Danse profane – 10'

• Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Je ne me Tairais Jamais, Jamais (1966) 18'
for choir and ensemble

• Pierre Boulez
Derive II (Danish premiere) – 50'

Maria Boelskov Sørensen, harp
ATHELAS SINFONIETTA COPENHAGEN
conducted by Pierre-André Valade

Friday May 22nd, 2012 - 7:00 pm
Theatre Republique
Copenhague, Danemark

presence if composers
Philippe Hurel & Rune Glerup

Athelas New Music Festival

• MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) - Introduction and Allegro (1907) **
• PIERRE BOULEZ (1925) - Incises (1994/2001) *
• PHILIPPE HUREL (1955) - ... à mesure (1996)
• PIERRE BOULEZ (1925) - Dérive I (1984)
• RUNE GLERUP (1981) - Dust encapsulated No.2 (2009)

* Rolf Hind, piano
** Maria Boelskov Sørensen, harp
ATHELAS SINFONIETTA COPENHAGEN
conducted by Pierre-André Valade