En OperaPlus.cz: Every return to Dvořák unlocks a new musical landscape, says conductor Riccardo Chailly

Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly and the Filarmonica della Scala, of which he is music director, will open this year’s Dvořák Prague Festival. On 5 September 2026 at Prague’s Rudolfinum, they will perform two celebrated works by Dvořák: Cello Concerto, with Julia Hagen as soloist, and the New World Symphony. A day later, on 6 September 2026, they will perform Rachmaninoff’s The Rock and Piano Concerto No. 4, with Alexander Malofeev, before bringing the evening to a close with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. Maestro Chailly very rarely gives interviews, so I was all the more delighted when he generously spoke not only about music and conducting, but also about mathematics and the adrenaline sports he once pursued.

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