Tsjaikovski’s Symfonie nr. 5 met Dima Slobodeniouk

Tchaikovsky's Fifth

In Pyotr Tchaikovsky's powerful, emotional Fifth Symphony, fate resonates, which is ultimately overcome by freedom. At the beginning of the first movement, the theme of fate takes the form of a funeral march, about which Tchaikovsky wrote that here the complete surrender of the wind solos, a romance, and a waltz merge into a heroic triumphal march. The Finnish-Russian Slobodeniuk has already conducted the piece with the Concertgebouw Orchestra; that left them wanting more, so the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra secured him for this season.

Dima Slobodeniouk

Finland just keeps producing top conductors; it is truly unbelievable! One of those great conductors is – alongside Klaus Mäkelä, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Tarmo Peltokoski, and Santtu-Matias Rouvali – Dima Slobodeniouk. He studied with Jorma Panula and Esa-Pekka Salonen and has conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He has also been a guest conductor with the Netherlands Philharmonic on several occasions. In this season finale featuring Tchaikovsky's 'Symphony of Fate,' he is now collaborating with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.