Singapore Arts Festival: Mahler Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Harding June 2, 2011

The Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) is unique in the musical world in that it was created by musicians in 1997, together with conductor Claudio Abbado. Composed of around 40 musicians from 20 nations, the orchestra is in demand all over the world playing operas and concerts and functions independently of external sponsorship. The orchestra has a musician led ensemble approach, both in the outstanding quality of its work as well as its organizational structure, which enhances their appeal. For the Festival, new generation wunderkind Music Director and Principal Conductor Daniel Harding will focus on the Romantic repertoire, developing higher levels of richness and tonal vitality enhanced by their chamber music approach.

In keeping with the Festival’s theme of I want to remember, the Mahler programme honours the MCO's namesake, Gustav Mahler, who died exactly one hundred years ago – in May 1911 – in Vienna.

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