Sunday, December 13, 2026:
Advent Matinee with Kian Soltani & Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
Concert title
Advent Matinee with Kian Soltani & Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
Date
Sun 13.12.2026
Start of the concert
11:00
Contributors
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Conductor: Aivis Greters
Soloists
Violoncello: Kian Soltani
program
This Advent matinee combines great romantic expressiveness with the splendor of Christmas colors. The first half centers on Antonín Dvořák's Cello Concerto – one of the most important works in the cello repertoire, expansive, lyrical, passionate, and richly orchestrated.
Kian Soltani, a prominent soloist of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, will be featured. His warm tone and natural musicality are perfectly suited to a work that never uses virtuosity for its own sake, but always draws its power from song, memory, and emotion.
After the intermission, Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" Suite transports the audience to a fairytale Christmas world. Toy figures, sweets, and dancing fantasy characters come to life – from the Little Overture to the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Waltz of the Flowers.
Aivis Greters, a rising star of the younger generation, will conduct. This matinee combines late-Romantic richness, soloistic excellence, and evocative soundscapes for the Advent season.
Performers
: Conductor: Aivis Greters,
Cello: Kian Soltani.
Program:
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 | 40'
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a | 26'
Kian Soltani, a prominent soloist of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, will be featured. His warm tone and natural musicality are perfectly suited to a work that never uses virtuosity for its own sake, but always draws its power from song, memory, and emotion.
After the intermission, Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" Suite transports the audience to a fairytale Christmas world. Toy figures, sweets, and dancing fantasy characters come to life – from the Little Overture to the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Waltz of the Flowers.
Aivis Greters, a rising star of the younger generation, will conduct. This matinee combines late-Romantic richness, soloistic excellence, and evocative soundscapes for the Advent season.
Performers
: Conductor: Aivis Greters,
Cello: Kian Soltani.
Program:
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 | 40'
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a | 26'
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