Lina González-Granados Conducts the SF Symphony
July 30 & 31, 2021
Overview
Lina González-Granados makes her SF Symphony debut with the spirited Spanish dance rhythms of music from Manuel de Falla’s ballet The Three-Cornered Hat. Then, the haunting melodies of Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto with Pablo Ferrández, and the enthralling Hungarian folk inflections of Zoltán Kodály’s Dances of Galánta.
Program
Manuel de
Falla
The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 1
Robert
Schumann
Cello Concerto
Zoltán
Kodály
Dances of Galánta
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Pablo Ferrández
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Cello
Pablo Ferrández was a prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition. This season he debuts with the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Dusseldorf Symphony, HR-Sinfonieorchester, and San Francisco Symphony with these performances.
Recent highlights include appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, Bavarian Radio Symphony, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Konzerthaus Orchestra, Tonkünslter Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, and Seoul Philharmonic.
A Sony Classical exclusive artist, Mr. Ferrández released his debut album, Reflections, in 2021, earning the Opus Klassik Award. In 2022 he recorded the Brahms Double Concerto and Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.
Born in Madrid in 1991 to a family of musicians, Mr. Ferrández joined the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía at age 13, completed his studies at the Kronberg Academy, and became a scholar of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. He plays Antonio Stradivari’s 1689 “Archinto” cello on a generous lifelong loan from a member of the Stretton Society.
Recent highlights include appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, Bavarian Radio Symphony, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Konzerthaus Orchestra, Tonkünslter Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, and Seoul Philharmonic.
A Sony Classical exclusive artist, Mr. Ferrández released his debut album, Reflections, in 2021, earning the Opus Klassik Award. In 2022 he recorded the Brahms Double Concerto and Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.
Born in Madrid in 1991 to a family of musicians, Mr. Ferrández joined the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía at age 13, completed his studies at the Kronberg Academy, and became a scholar of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. He plays Antonio Stradivari’s 1689 “Archinto” cello on a generous lifelong loan from a member of the Stretton Society.
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