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De Doelen, Rotterdam
The London Philharmonic Orchestra perform at Rotterdam's De Doelen.The London Philharmonic Orchestra with a Finnish twist: Dima Slobodeniouk, Lotta Wennäkoski and, of course, Sibelius. And although star violinist Christian Tetzlaff is not Finnish, his connection to Sibelius’ famous and infamous Violin Concerto is all the stronger: “I think Sibelius did for his century what Beethoven did for his.”The Sibelius Violin Concerto is one of those high mountains that a violinist has to climb. Christian Tetzlaff has climbed it several times – and not without success.Together with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Russian-Finnish conductor Dima Slobodeniouk, this is the perfect cast, with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony as the perfect finale and Lotta Wennäkoski’s Hava as a thrilling overture.