Ning Feng & Nelson Goerner

Two leading artists come together for a duo programme moving from Viennese classics to a late-Romantic masterpiece in the shape of the large-scale Richard Strauss work, dating from 1887-8.

Ning Feng is widely recognised as an artist of great lyricism, innate musicality, and stunning virtuosity. He is an RNCM International Professor in Violin.

He’ll be joined by renowned pianist Nelson Goerner for an inspiring evening of works for violin and piano.

Ning Feng performs across the globe with major orchestras and conductors, and in recital and chamber concerts in some of the most important international series and festivals. He has toured Europe, Asia and Australia with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and van Zweden. He has toured China with the Budapest Festival Orchestra with Iván Fischer, with whom he has also performed several times in Budapest, with the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchester and Lawrence Foster, and with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with whom he has also worked many times.

Other career highlights to date include performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish, LA Philharmonic, National Symphony (Washington), Helsinki Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Russian National Symphony orchestras amongst others. He has worked with many eminent conductors including Gianandrea Noseda, Marin Alsop, Yu Long, Tugan Sokhiev, Vladimir Spivakov, and Vasily Petrenko.

Nelson Goerner is one of today’s greatest classical pianists. He is heralded for his performances of the highest art and poetry, while at the same time possessing exhilarating and masterful conviction. He’s given recitals on some of the world’s most important stages, including Paris’s Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, London’s Wigmore Hall, Brussels’ BOZAR and Toulouse’s Cloitre des Jacobins. He’s also performed with many of today’s major orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Hallé Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia and NHK Symphony Orchestra, and with several of today’s leading conductors such as Neeme Järvi, Sir Mark Elder, Paavo Järvi, Vassily Sinaisky, Jonathan Nott, Fabio Luisi, and Esa Pekka Salonen.