The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia (NPR) was founded in January 2003 by the Ministry of Culture. The Orchestra united top orchestra musicians and gifted youth. During the years of its activities, the NPR has succeeded in becoming one of the best symphonic orchestras of Russia and in gaining admiration from the audience and recognition from the professionals. The Orchestra is headed by Maestro Vladimir Spivakov, a world-known violinist and conductor.

Multi-award winning German-Korean violinist, Clara-Jumi Kang is an artist of supreme sophistication, impeccable refinement and poise. Winner of the Indianapolis International Violin Competition (2010), Seoul Violin Competition (2009) and the Sendai Violin Competition (2010), she has carved an international career performing with leading orchestras and conductors across Asia and Europe.

Andrey Boreyko

Now in his sixth season as Music Director of Artis—Naples, Andrey Boreyko’s inspiring leadership has raised the artistic standard and brought a new intensity to the Naples Philharmonic. The driving force behind the continued creative growth of this multidisciplinary organization, Boreyko continues to explore connections between art forms through interdisciplinary thematic programming. During the 2018/19 season, Boreyko paired the Ballet Russes-inspired contemporary visual artworks of Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave with performances of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella and The Firebird — elaborating upon the meaning, style and influence of art and artists upon one another. A strong proponent of modern artistic voices, Boreyko has recently commissioned several new works by composers including Fazil Say, Giya Kancheli and D. J. Sparr. This season marks the start of Andrey Boreyko’s tenure as Music and Artistic Director of Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to their regular collaborations at home, this season Andrey Boreyko and the orchestra will perform at the Chopin and his Europe Festival, the Beethoven Easter Festival, and across Japan. 

A popular guest conductor with major orchestras across the globe, Andrey Boreyko’s highlights this season include a substantial tour of Europe with The State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia (including Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich), engagements with NAC Ottawa, Seoul Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchester, Prague Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Dresden Philharmonie and Monte Carlo Philharmonic. Last season, Andrey toured to the Ljubljana, Rheingau, Gstaad, and Grafenegg festivals with the Filarmonica della Scalla. He also worked with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonica Nazionale RAI, Sinfonia Varsovia (with whom he appeared in the Budapest Palace of Arts’ Bridging Europe Festival with Piotr Anderszewski), Frankfurt Museumsgesellschaft, as well as the Seattle, Minnesota, Toronto, San Francisco, Sydney Symphony orchestras, and he ended the season with Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Festival.