In an amazing concert on February 16, 2023, Paavo Järvi conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra, playing Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony and Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Taking to the stage as a soloist is Lisa Batiashvili, and she says, "Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is music that transports you to another world, a heavenly work."

Get tickets to hear Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Paavo Järvi

"Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is music that transports you to another world, a heavenly work."

Paavo Järvi studied conducting in his native Estonia and with Leonard Bernstein at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He is chief conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra (since 2015) and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (since the 2019-2020 season).

From the beginning of his career, Järvi has been a leading advocate of music from his native country. The musician has received many awards and distictions for his services to music. He won Grammy awards for his recordings of works by Sibelius, Grieg and Tchaikovsky.

Järvi gives frequent performances as a guest conductor with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, Staatskappele Dresden, The Leipzig Gewandhausorchester and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been a regular guest with the Concertgebouw Orchestra since his debut in 2004. In November 2019 he conducted the orchestra works by Beethoven, Brahms, Shostakovich in Amsterdam and on tour in Taiwan and Japan.

Photo: Andre Josselin

Performers

• Paavo Järvi - conductor
• Lisa Bathiashvili - violin

Concert programme

• Ludwig von Beethoven's Violin Concerto
• Sergej Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5

Photo: Jean Christophe Uhl

All up-to-date information about this concert can be found on the Concertgebouw Orchestra website.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra was founded in 1888. Its distinctive sound has made it one of the world’s leading orchestras. 

The orchestra is famous for its renditions of works by Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss and Anton Bruckner, and for its long-standing concert traditions such as the St Matthew Passion in the week before Easter and the Christmas Matinee. It has always worked closely with contemporary composers.

World-famous guest conductors such as Riccardo Chailly, Iván Fischer, Daniel Harding and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla will be coming to Amsterdam to lead the orchestra next season. 

The Concertgebouw Orchestra has had just seven chief conductors to date. The eighth was announced on 10 June 2022: Klaus Mäkelä will be joining as artistic partner starting in the 2022-23 season and will become chief conductor in 2027. This season sees five extraordinary programmes with Klaus Mäkelä at the helm. 

Get your tickets

Get your tickets online for the concert and check out the Concertgebouw Orchestra website for more information about the concert programme and the performers!