All-Strauss Concert with the DRP and Matthew Swensen - Pietari Inkinen Pietari Inkinen

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News | 17.06.2025

All-Strauss Concert with the DRP and Matthew Swensen

Just one month after his farewell as Music Director of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Pietari Inkinen returns to lead the orchestra as a guest conductor at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele.

The concert on 21 June features an all-Richard Strauss program, with tenor Matthew Swensen performing a selection of Strauss lieder: Cäcilie, Traum durch die Dämmerung, Des Dichters Abendgang, Ruhe, meine Seele, and Verführung.

The DRP and Pietari Inkinen will also perform Don Juan, Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo, and Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche.

Further information and tickets are available at:

RICHARD-STRAUSS-FEST

[Photo: Monasta Stage Photo]

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