World Orchestra Series, the Festival of World-Renowned Orchestras

Meet the world top orchestra in one place at the Daegu Concert House

Wiener Philharmoniker (November 3, 2019)Daegu Concert House

Daegu Concert House is hosting the “World Orchestra Series”, which is an international orchestra festival where you can abundantly enjoy orchestra music that could be heard in the world’s leading theater or hall. The “World Orchestra Series” started as the “Asia Orchestra festival” in 2013 and since then it has continued every year and became the representative festival in Daegu, the UNESCO Creative City of Music. 

Joshua Bell and Orchestre de ParisDaegu Concert House

2016

In the 2016 World Orchestra Series, performance of Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki; performance of Orchestra de Paris conducted by Daniel Harding; performance of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrea Battistoni, etc. were held.

Sinfonia Varsovia, November 1, 2016, From the collection of: Daegu Concert House
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Orchestre de Paris, November 15, 2016, From the collection of: Daegu Concert House
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Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, December 4, 2016, From the collection of: Daegu Concert House
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Wiener Symphoniker (December 6, 2017)Daegu Concert House

2017

In the 2017 World Orchestra Series, orchestras from Poland, Russia, Swiss and Austria such as Sinfonietta Cracovia, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Musikkollegium Winterhur, Wiener Symphoniker, etc. performed in Daegu Concert House.

Sinfonietta Cracovia, November 18, 2017, From the collection of: Daegu Concert House
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Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, November 26, 2017, From the collection of: Daegu Concert House
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Musikkollegium Winterthur, December 18, 2017, From the collection of: Daegu Concert House
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Philharmonia Orchestra (October 20, 2018)Daegu Concert House

2018

Philharmonia Orchestra of the 2018 World Orchestra Series

The performance of Philharmonia, representative orchestra of the UK, was conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and received great attention because of the collaboration with pianist Krystian Zimerman and violinist Esther Yoo.

Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra (November 25, 2018)Daegu Concert House

Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by beloved Mark Kadin of Russia performed with pianist Konstantin Scherbakov who is called as 'the living Rachmaninoff'.

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (December 18, 2018)Daegu Concert House

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie marked the end of the 2018 World Orchestra Series

The last stage of 2018 World Orchestra Series was presented by the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie led by Paavo Järvi with Hilary Hahn who is praised as the queen of the 21st century violinist. 

Wiener Philharmoniker (November 3, 2019)Daegu Concert House

2019

The world’s best orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker

The stage of the Wiener Philharmoniker is a masterpiece itself with tradition and history. Wiener Philharmoniker tours only the world’s central cities while maintaining their reputation and visited Daegu in 2019.

Wiener PhilharmonikerDaegu Concert House

Maestro Andrés Orozco-Estrada who has conducted the world’s top orchestra and pianist Yefim Bronfman who inherits the traditional pianism of Russia presented the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto and the Dvorak’s ‘New World’ Symphony to the audience.

The Mariinsky Orchestra (December 9, 2019)Daegu Concert House

Mariinsky Orchestra, containing the history and tradition of Russia

Conductor Valery Gergiev performed with violinist Clara-Jumi Kang who has the elegance and strength.

Trondheim SymfoniorkesteDaegu Concert House

Trondheim Symfoniorkeste

The Trondheim Symfoniorkeste representing the Northern Europe has been working with maestro Daniel Harding and Krzysztof Urbanski. Since 2017, Han-na Chang has taken over the baton and is winning a worldwide reputation as the prestigious orchestra.

Trondheim SymfoniorkesteDaegu Concert House

The orchestra presented the work of Grieg who conveyed the Nordic sensibility. The orchestra was conducted by Han-na Chang who has turned into a female conductor from a cellist and performed with pianist Dong Hyek Lim. Watch the symphony of Tchaikovsky in the next video.

Trondheim Symfoniorkeste videoDaegu Concert House

Musikkollegium Winterthur (October 27, 2019)Daegu Concert House

Musikkollegium Winterthur which have the world’s oldest history

Musikkollegium Winterthur with 400 years of history and world’s beloved cellist Mischa Maisky received a great acclamation on their stage by the audience of Daegu in 2019.

New York Classical Players (October 11, 2019)Daegu Concert House

New York Classical Players, a stage of young artists

The NYCP(New York Classical Players), composed of creative young musicians and pursuing high-quality performances, was conducted by Dong-min Kim with trumpeter Brandon Ridenour and clarinetist Yoonah Kim in 2019.

WOS Virtuoso Chamber (October 6, 2020)Daegu Concert House

2020

WOS Virtuoso Chamber

2020 World Orchestra Series committee established “WOS Virtuoso Chamber”, a string ensemble composed of musicians who are actively performing in Korea and abroad, and they performed in Daegu Concert House and also in Seoul, Andong, Gwangju. 

Korean Symphony Orchestra (October 17, 2020)Daegu Concert House

Korean National Symphony Orchestra

The female conductor Anu Tali and pianist Jong hai Park performed with the Korean National Symphony Orchestra(formerly Korean Symphony Orchestra). 

WOS Virtuoso Chamber (October 23, 2021)Daegu Concert House

2021

At the 2021 World Orchestra Series, under the subtitle ‘The Great Maestro Series’, world-renowned conductors could be seen at one festival. The WOS Virtuoso Chamber conducted by Tania Miller performed with violinist Soyoung Yoon. 

KBS Symphony Orchestra (October 30, 2021)Daegu Concert House

KBS Symphony Orchestra

The music director of New York Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden conducted the KBS Symphony Orchestra. 

Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra (November 28, 2021)Daegu Concert House

Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra 

The Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Maestro Massimo Zanetti performed the final stage of the 2021 World Orchestra Series. 

Seong-Jin Cho, Sir Simon Rattle&London Symphony OrchestraDaegu Concert House

2022

Seong-Jin Cho, Sir Simon Rattle&London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra opened the stage of the 2022 World Orchestra Series. It was Sir Simon Rattle's first concert to visit Daegu and the last stage in Korea as the conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.

Seong-Jin Cho, Sir Simon Rattle&London Symphony OrchestraDaegu Concert House

In addition, Sir Simon Rattle, a master conductor, and world-renowned pianist Seong-Jin Cho met in Daegu, and Daegu audiences were heated up for the stage.

Dong-Hyun Kim&The Zurich Youth Symphony OrchestraDaegu Concert House

Dong-Hyun Kim&The Zurich Youth Symphony Orchestra

The Zurich Youth Symphony Orchestra, a youth orchestra composed of members aged 14 to 24, and violinist Dong-Hyun Kim, who winned the third prize in the Tchaikovsky Competition, performed the Sibelius Violin Concerto.

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