Gerhild Romberger, the alto soloist, is a professor of singing at the Academy of Music in Detmold, Germany.
Performer Biography
The Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) is rated among the top ten orchestras in the world and regularly performs at major international venues.
Composer Biography
Gustav Mahler, the composer, began spending summer holidays at Wörthersee in 1901, where he had a small studio for composing.
Performer Biography
Robert Dean Smith, the tenor soloist, made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 1997 as Walther von Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
Composition History
Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde was conceived after a tragic summer in 1907, when his daughter Maria died and he was diagnosed with a serious heart condition.
Performer Biography
Iván Fischer, the conductor, founded the Budapest Festival Orchestra in 1983 with Zoltán Kocsis.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, a fusion of song and symphony, was inspired by an anthology of ancient Chinese poetry, Hans Bethge's Die chinesische Flöte.
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