Juanjo Mena to Make New York Philharmonic Debut in 2015

Juanjo Mena will make his New York Philharmonic debut conducting an all-Russian program featuring Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio espagnole; Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1, with pianist Daniil Trifonov as soloist; and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, Pathe?tique, Tuesday, December 30, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, January 2, 2015, at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, January 3 at 8:00 p.m.; and Tuesday, January 6 at 7:30 p.m.

"The First Piano Concerto is full of fresh, original ideas," Daniil Trifonov said. "It is one of the most intriguing of Rachmaninoff's works in terms of its harmonic language, and it has this very rich, intense, and eloquent dialogue between the soloist and the orchestra."

Daniil Trifonov made his New York Philharmonic debut in September 2012 performing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 with Music Director Alan Gilbert conducting. The New York Times said of the performance: "

"It was a very exciting experience." Daniil Trifonov said of his Philharmonic debut. "The sense of authenticity with which the orchestra and Alan Gilbert performed the score was captivating. I loved their flexibility, which allowed me to be more spontaneous in changing and bringing out various colors and characters of this score. I am very happy to be back."

Chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena is one of Spain's most distinguished conductors. Following his recent concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Toronto symphony orchestras, Mr. Mena's North American 2014-15 season includes return visits to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras, and The Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as debuts with The Cleveland Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. His European highlights this season include debuts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Nash Ensemble, as well as concerts with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Spanish National Orchestra, and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. A guest of international festivals, Mr. Mena has appeared at the Stars of White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg (Russia), the Hollywood Bowl, Grant Park (Chicago), Tanglewood, and La Folle Journe?e (Nantes). He recently led the BBC Philharmonic on two tours of Europe and Spain, including performances in Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, and Madrid, and conducts them every year at London's BBC Proms. Throughout Europe, he has appeared with the Dresden, Oslo, Netherlands Radio, and Royal Stockholm philharmonic orchestras, Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Milan's Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, and all the major orchestras in Spain. His operatic work includes Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, Barto?k's Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Schoenberg's Erwartung, and Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos, Salome, and Elektra, as well as productions of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in Genoa, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in Lausanne, and Britten's Billy Budd in Bilbao. His recordings with the BBC Philharmonic include a disc of works by Manuel de Falla, which was named BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Month; Gabriel Pierne?, a Gramophone Editor's Choice; and recent releases of music by Montsalvatge, Weber, and Turina. Mr. Mena has also recorded a collection of Basque symphonic music with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra for Naxos, and a critically acclaimed rendering of Messiaen's Turangali?la- symphonie for Hyperion with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.

In the 2014-15 season Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov makes debuts with the Dallas, Seattle, Vienna, and Toronto symphony orchestras, and returns to the New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago and National Symphony Orchestras, and London's Philharmonia Orchestra. He also tours Japan with the Mariinsky Orchestra and the U.S. with violinist Gidon Kremer, and gives solo recitals at such venues as London's Royal Festival Hall, Tokyo's Opera City, Paris's The?atre des Champs Elyse?es, and - for the third consecutive year - Carnegie Hall. After taking First Prize at both the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein competitions in 2011 at the age of 20, Mr. Trifonov made debuts with the New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, Chicago and Boston Symphony Orchestras, and London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. He has made solo recital debuts at Carnegie Hall, London's Wigmore Hall, Vienna's Musikverein, Japan's Suntory Hall, and Paris's Salle Pleyel, and appeared as soloist at the Verbier, Edinburgh, and Lucerne festivals and the BBC Proms. Last season he collaborated with 19 leading orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and London, San Francisco, and National symphony orchestras; returned to Carnegie's main stage; won the 2013 Franco Abbiati Prize for Best Instrumental Soloist; and premiered his own first piano concerto in Cleveland. The pianist's first recording as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, Trifonov: The Carnegie Recital, joined a discography that already featured a Chopin album for Decca and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Mariinsky Orchestra. Born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1991, Daniil Trifonov studied at Moscow's Gnessin School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

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