Classical concerts featuring

Tarmo Peltokoski

Rachmaninoff’s stroke of genius

Rachmaninoff’s stroke of genius

Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse / Tarmo Peltokoski

From the poetry and sensuality of Debussy’s Faun, and the expressive power of a landmark cello piece, to Mahler’s first great epic, this program showcases the versatile talent of the conducting world’s new prodigy.

Guest performance

Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse / Sol Gabetta / Tarmo Peltokoski

»I wouldn’t have become a conductor if I hadn’t discovered the music of Wagner,« admits Tarmo Peltokoski, the 24-year-old rising star who will be Music Director of the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse from September 2024. At his ProArte debut, the Finn, who has been hailed as the »talent of the century«, also conducts a programme that certainly has something to do with Wagner – without a single one of his works being performed. Whether Claude Debussy’s shimmering »Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune«, Ernest Bloch’s oriental-influenced cello rhapsody »Schelomo« – a feast for star cellist Sol Gabetta – or the powerful First Symphony by Wagner fan Gustav Mahler: each of these works deals with Richard Wagner in its own way. A home game »around the corner« for Tarmo Peltokoski.

Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

Cellist Sol Gabetta performs with Tarmo Peltokoski, the new principal conductor of the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Peltokoski, a rising star conductor, credits Wagner's music for his career choice. The concert with Gabetta will have a connection to Wagner, despite not featuring any of Wagner's compositions.

Symphonic passion

Works by Sibelius, Shostakovich and Beethoven

Jan Lisiecki plays Beethoven

There are few experiences in classical music more invigorating, or more stirring than Sibelius’s Second Symphony. Imagine a swelling river of sound; a musical voyage that begins amid the tranquillity of nature and ends in a surge of triumph. That’s Sibelius’s Second Symphony, and there are few experiences in classical music more invigorating, or more stirring. For the young Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski, Sibelius is a national hero. There’s another tale about memory to be told here, as Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki takes centre stage to showcase the grandeur and glory of Beethoven’s mighty ‘Emperor’ Concerto – a work dedicated to the composer’s patron and friend, Archduke Rudolf. *Please note a change of programme from originally advertised

Jan Lisiecki plays Beethoven

Imagine a swelling river of sound; a musical voyage that begins amid the tranquillity of nature and ends in a surge of triumph.That’s Sibelius’s Second Symphony, and there are few experiences in classical music more invigorating, or more stirring. For the young Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski, Sibelius is a national hero, and Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki takes centre stage to showcase the grandeur and glory of Beethoven’s mighty ‘Emperor’ Concerto – a work dedicated to the composer’s patron and friend, Archduke Rudolf.