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Yazaki conducts Mahler
Mahler's first four symphonies are often referred to as the "Wunderhorn" symphonies because many of their themes originate in earlier songs by Mahler on texts from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth's Magic Horn). The fourth symphony is built around a single song, "Das himmlische Leben" (Heaven's life). It is prefigured in various ways in the first three movements and sung complete by a solo soprano in the fourth movement.
"Das himmlische Leben" was composed as a free-standing piece by Mahler in 1892. A year later Mahler considered using the songs in the fifth and seventh movement, which would be the finale, of his Third symphony. Motifs from "Leben" are threaded throughout the Third symphony, but Mahler eventually decided to use the song (in revised form) as the seed for his fourth. The Fourth symphony thus presents a thematic fulfilment to the musical world of the Third.
In this performance, Maestro Hikotaro Yazaki, a world class conductor, who had been conducting many concerts in Thailand with the late HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana’s Attendances, will be conducting along with a soprano soloist Katrin Starick from Germany. Performance is scheduled for Monday June 15th at 8pm. Tickets range in price from THB 200-800 and may be purchased directly at the ThaiTicketMajor.com
Hikotaro Yazaki, conductor
Born in Tokyo in 1947, Mr. Yazaki studied mathematics at the Sophia University, Tokyo before graduating from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music as a conductor. For two years from 1970 he was Assistant Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra under its Musical Director, Seiji Ozawa. In 1972, he gave a concert tour of Switzerland conducting the Tokyo Youth Symphony Orchestra..
Mr. Yazaki then moved to Europe to continue his musical training in Europe under the tutelage of some of the great conducting teachers: Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache, Zdenek Kosler Hans Swarowsky and Pierre Dervaux. During this time, he was a laureate at numerous competitions, such as) the 1st John Player International Conductors Award (1974), the Concours International de Besançon (1975) and at the Concorso Internazionale ‘Gino Marinuzzi’ (1976).
Mr. Yazaki is much in demand both in his native Japan and in Europe, where he appears with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, the BBC Orchestras, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, and the orchestras of the Opera de Paris and Opera Royal de Wallonie.
He has held posts with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra and as Music Director of the Hofer Symphoniker. In 1994, Mr. Yazaki became Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre National de Toulouse, and in 2000, was appointed Honorary Guest Conductor of the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra. Since 2002, he has been Principal Guest Conductor of the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra and latest a guest conductor of the Galyani Vadhana Institute Orchestra.
For his continued contribution to French music and culture, Mr. Yazaki was awarded the ‘Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ in 2000 and the ‘Officier dans l’ordre des Arsts et des Lettres’ in 2008 by the French Government.
Katrin Starick, soprano
A German Soprano Katrin Starick has appeared on the stages of the European's leading opera houses on performances of Mozart's Magic flute, Wagner's Lohengrin, Puccini's La Rondine and Cherubinis' Les deux journées. She also has performned as a soloist on Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Mendelssohn's Elias, Keiser's Markuspassion and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.
She is now a student at Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy" in Leipzig under Professor Berthold Schmid. This performance will be her debut solo in Bangkok, Thailand.
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