Vladimir Jurowski & London Philharmonic Orchestra

"Vladimir Jurowski: Taking up the baton"
The Independent

"Vlad the impaler"
London Evening Standard

"Man on a mission"
The Guardian

London Philharmonir Orchestra

Vladimir Jurowski / IMG Artists

Christian Tetzlaff

The New York Times has described CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF (b. 1966) as "one of the most brilliant and inquisitive artists of the new generation". Equally at home with the Classical/Romantic repertoire as with contemporary music, he has appeared with the world's leading orchestras and collaborates with such distinguished colleagues as Boris Pergamenchikov, Heinrich Schiff, Tanja Tetzlaff and Tabea Zimmerman. He has founded his own string quartet and gives duo recitals with Leif Ove Andsnes and Lars Vogt.
Born in Hamburg, Christian Tetzlaff studied at the Lübeck Conservatory with Uwe-Martin Haiberg and in Cincinnati with Walter Levin. He now lives near Frankfurt. His discography includes the Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák, Lalo, Mozart and Tchaikovsky violin concertos, chamber music by Bartók, Berg, Brahms and Schubert and the Bach solo violin sonatas and partitas. His Bach record and that of Sibelius's complete works for violin and orchestra received the Diapason d'Or. Christian Tetzlaff plays a violin made by Peter Greiner of Germany.

VLADIMIR JUROWSKI (b. 1972) has, over the past decade or so, become one of the most illustrious conductors of the young generation: Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic, Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera and one of the three Principal Artists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Son of conductor Mikail Jurowski, Vladimir began his studies at the Moscow Conservatory until, in 1990, he moved with his family to Germany and studied at the Carl Maria von Weber and Hanns Eisler Music Academies in Dresden and Berlin, respectively. He first attracted international attention by conducting at the Wexford Festival in 1995 and the following year made his Covent Garden debut. He was Chief Conductor of the Komische Oper, Berlin 1997-2001, Principal Guest Conductor of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna 2000-03 and Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian National Opera 2005-09. He first conducted the London Philharmonic in 2001, was appointed its Principal Guest Conductor in 2003 and its Principal Conductor in 2007.
In addition to his regular engagements Jurowski is a frequent guest in various parts of Europe and the United States. He made his debut at the New York Metropolitan in 1999, and over the past few years has made appearances with, among others, the Los Angeles, Berlin and Oslo Philharmonics, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Orchestras. His discography includes works by Meyerbeer, Massenet, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Kancheli and Turnage.

The LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA is recognised as one of the world's great orchestras. In the 2007/08 season it moved back into its splendidly restored Royal Festival Hall home. It is the only symphony orchestra in the UK to combine an annual subscription concert season with regular work in the opera house - resident at both the Royal Festival Hall and Glyndebourne Festival Opera (also performing regularly in the nearby south coast towns of Brighton and Eastbourne).
Founded by the legendary Sir Thomas Beecham in 1932, the LPO's Principal Conductorship has been passed from one celebrated musician to another: Eduard van Beinum, Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Haitink, Sir Georg Solti, Klaus Tennstedt, Franz Welser-Möst, Kurt Masur, and since 2007 Vladimir Jurowski. Its Principal Guest Conductor since autumn 2008 has been Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Touring forms a significant part of the Orchestra's performing schedule, and it regularly appears in North America, Europe and the Far East, often headlining at major festivals. As a counterpoint to its travels, the Orchestra's membership has itself benefited from increased migratory freedoms, today including outstandingly talented musicians of varying world nationalities. Its international reputation is matched by a steadfast and unflinching commitment to the communities of its local London boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham and it reaches thousands through its varied and extensive programme of education work, both community and school-based. It enjoys strong relationships with major record labels and in 2005 began releasing live, studio and archive recordings on its own-label CDs.