Norwegian Conductor Leads CSO in a Romantic Program
March 9th, 2010- Violin sensation Stefan Jackiw makes his CSO debut performing Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy
- All-new post-concert luncheon debuts on March 19
CINCINNATI – Young violin sensation Stefan Jackiw and Norwegian conductor Arild Remmereit make their exciting Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra debuts at historic Music Hall on Friday, March 19 at 11 a.m. and Saturday, March 20 at 8 p.m. The New York Times calls Mr. Remmereit “the hottest conductor you’ve never heard of,” and The Chicago Tribune declares the twenty-four-year-old Jackiw as, “…A legend in the making. He has everything he needs to make an exceptional career for himself – flawless technique, precocious musical understanding, and a sweet, singing tone.” Maestro Remmereit opens the concert with Sibelius’ popular symphonic poem, Finlandia, with one of the most beloved melodies in all of music. The program also includes Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy featuring Mr. Jackiw (pronounced Jackiv) and Tchaikovsky’s Polish Symphony.
Audience members are invited to attend Classical Conversations one hour before the performances on Friday, March 19 and Saturday, March 20 with guest speaker and CSO violinist Stacey Woolleey. CSO Assistant Conductor Ken Lam hosts the event.
The CSO is grateful to Johnson Investment Counsel for its generous sponsorship of “International Intrigue” The Fine Arts Fund Partner for these performances is Enquirer Media.
All-New Post-Concert Luncheon
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is piloting post-concert luncheons following the March 19 and March 26 morning concerts in Corbett Tower at Music Hall. Box lunches, catered by Le Boxx, are available for $12. A vegetarian option is available by request. Reservations can be made by noon the day prior to the concert by calling the CSO Box Office at 513-381-3300 or online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org. For more information about CSO dining options visit: http://cincinnatisymphony.org/Content.php?id=168.
Over a five-month period in 2005, Norwegian conductor Arild Remmereit made five dramatic debuts with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Milan’s Filarmonica della Scala, Munich Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony, quickly establishing himself as a major talent on the international scene. The New York Times wrote of his Pittsburgh debut, “He came, he conducted, he conquered… Sensational” and the Wiener Zeitung called Remmereit’s interpretation of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 with the Vienna Symphony the “sensation of the evening. [The orchestra] played with unequaled precision…” Mr. Remmereit was immediately re-engaged in Pittsburgh, Vienna, Milan and Baltimore and since then has also returned to a number of other prominent orchestras as well, including the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), England’s Hallé Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic (New York), New Jersey Symphony and the Seoul Philharmonic, among many others.
The 2009-10 season includes debuts with L’Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and Lahti Symphony Orchestra; returns to Rochester (where he first appeared last season to widespread acclaim), New Jersey, Seattle and Dublin’s RTE National Symphony; and conducts Le Nozze di Figaro at the Teatro Comunale di Firenze.
Mr. Remmereit has also appeared with the Houston Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Mozarteum Orchestra in Salzburg, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, to name several. In 2005 he made his debut at the storied Teatro alla Scala conducting Tchaikovsky’s opera Cherevicki and, more recently, led Florence’s Orchestra del Maggio Musicale in a performance of three Beethoven symphonies in 2008. In Asia—in addition to the Seoul Philharmonic—he has conducted the Tokyo Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic and the KBS Symphony, also in Seoul.
Born in Norway, Mr. Remmereit studied piano, voice and composition at the Norwegian Conservatory of Music in Oslo, graduating in 1986. In 1992 he earned a degree from the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna under the direction of Prof. Karl Oesterreicher. He has also studied with Leonard Bernstein and served as an assistant to Myung-Whun Chung in Oslo and Paris and to Mariss Jansons in Vienna. Arild Remmereit and his wife currently live in Vienna.
Violinist Stefan Jackiw is recognized as one of the most significant artists of his generation, capturing audiences with his poetry and purity, combined with an impeccable technique. In the U.S. Mr. Jackiw has performed with the Boston Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the orchestras of Baltimore, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Nashville, Oregon, Rochester, San Francisco, Seattle, and Utah, among many other ensembles.
In 2000 Mr. Jackiw made his European debut in London to great critical acclaim, playing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Benjamin Zander. His sensational performance was featured on the front page of The Times, and The Strad reported, “a fourteen-year-old violinist took the London music world by storm.” Abroad, Mr. Jackiw has also performed with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Ulster Orchestra of Ireland, and the Seoul Philharmonic. Invited by Yuri Temirkanov, Mr. Jackiw performed the Barber Violin Concerto as part of the Winter Arts Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In 2002 Mr. Jackiw made his debut with the Baltimore Symphony under Temirkanov, followed by a tour of Japan with the orchestra that featured his Tokyo debut at Suntory Hall. Later that season, he made debuts with the Boston Symphony and the Chicago Symphony, both conducted by Roberto Abbado. His performance with the Boston Symphony was selected by the Boston Globe as one of the top two solo appearances of the year. In the 2004-2005 season, Mr. Jackiw made his debut with the Seattle Symphony, conducted by Gerard Schwarz. Both the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer selected this performance as the best debut of the year.
In July 2007, Mr. Jackiw made his debut with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Ludovic Morlot in the Concerts in the Parks series. The following month, he appeared with the Boston Symphony and Morlot at Tanglewood and was immediately reengaged for the following summer under Hans Graf. In 2008, Mr. Jackiw made his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis and the San Francisco Symphony under James Gaffigan.
Highlights of the current season include engagements with the Baltimore Symphony under Juanjo Mena, the Milwaukee Symphony under Hannu Lintu, the Nashville Symphony under Giancarlo Guerrero, the Rochester Philharmonic under Yoav Talmi, and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Jean Deroyer.
Mr. Jackiw is also an active recitalist and chamber musician. He has appeared on numerous important series, including the Rising Stars Series of the Ravinia Festival and the Caramoor Festival, the Boston Celebrity Series, the “Accolades” series at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Louvre Recital Series in Paris, and at the Mostly Mozart Festival. He is a regular participant at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival and will appear at the Vail Music Festival in 2009. At the opening night of Zankel Hall in New York, Mr. Jackiw was the only young artist invited to perform, alongside Emanuel Ax, Renée Fleming, Evgeny Kissin, and James Levine.
Born to physicist parents in 1985, Mr. Jackiw began playing the violin at the age of 4. His teachers have included Zinaida Gilels, Michèle Auclair, and Donald Weilerstein. Mr. Jackiw holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, as well as an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory. In 2002, he was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Mr. Jackiw makes his home in New York City.
For more information about Mr. Jackiw, please visit: www.stefanjackiw.com.
















