Dvořák & Tchaikovsky: Serenades for String Orchestra

Featuring

Toshio Yanagisawa
Balkan Chamber Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Cultural Impact

The Balkan Chamber Orchestra (BCO) holds 'World Peace Concerts' globally, aiming for international understanding and to overcome boundaries as 'world citizens'.

Historical Context

The Balkan Chamber Orchestra (BCO) was founded by Toshio Yanagisawa in 2007 to foster understanding among the Balkan nations, which were shaken by ethnic conflicts.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Dvořák composed his Serenade for Strings with the classical serenades and divertimenti of Haydn and Mozart in mind, maintaining clarity and transparency.

Performer Biography

Toshio Yanagisawa, the conductor, won Second Prize at the Tokyo International Competition for Conducting in 2002 and studied with James Levine and Kurt Masur.

Composition History

Dvořák's Serenade for Strings, Op. 22, composed in 1875, gained great popularity and features five movements with sensual melodiousness.

Composition History

Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, Op. 48, was intended as an homage to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose scores Tchaikovsky studied with admiration.

Performer Biography

Toshio Yanagisawa founded the Balkan Chamber Orchestra (BCO) in 2007 and is currently its Music Director, as well as Chief Conductor of the Kosovo Philharmonic.