The over-booked Finn had a hard time at his Vienna Philharmonic debut this weekend with Mahler’s sixth Symphony. The experienced critic for Der Standard, Stefan Ender, found the performance ‘incredibly loud’, resulting in ‘a levelling out of most of the subtleties and ambiguities’.
Ender concluded: ‘It is surprising that the Philharmonic Orchestra, which is so keen on its interpretative traditions, unconditionally submitted to the one-dimensional verve of the 28-year-old debutant.’
Susanne Zobl wrote in Kurier: ‘When you have long since left the Musikverein and can still hear the sound after a subway ride, then it is clear that something happened at this concert.’
Our 2am team reports that after the concert. the debutant went to dinner at the Hotel Imperial with visiting family and friends, including current girlfriend (in blue), the Norwegian orchestra violinist Amanda Håoy Horn.
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