Promenade Concert No.411
Venue: Suntory Hall Venue Info Seat
Killian FARRELL, Conductor
Benjamin BEILMAN, Violin
Killian FARRELL (Conductor)
Killian Farrell, designated Generalmusikdirektor of the Staatstheater Meiningen, currently holds the position of First Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, where he has conducted a wide range of repertoire from Monteverdi’s Orfeo to Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges. The 2022/23 season includes performances of Rusalka, Carmen and Hänsel und Gretel, and his debut at the Semperoper Dresden with Die Zauberflöte.
Killian followed the traditional Kapellmeister route through the German opera house, beginning his career at Theater Bremen, where he served as First Kapellmeister. During his time in Bremen, he conducted a range of repertoire from the Baroque to the contemporary, including new productions of Die Zauberflöte and Wolfgang Rihm’s Jakob Lenz, alongside performances of Der Rosenkavalier, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Alcina, Rusalka, and Fidelio, among others. Recent and upcoming performances in the opera house have brought him to the Komische Oper Berlin, De Nationale Opera Amsterdam, and Theater Heidelberg, and concert engagements with Ulster Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra Academy of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, and Bremer Philharmoniker.
photo: © Andrew Bogard
Killian followed the traditional Kapellmeister route through the German opera house, beginning his career at Theater Bremen, where he served as First Kapellmeister. During his time in Bremen, he conducted a range of repertoire from the Baroque to the contemporary, including new productions of Die Zauberflöte and Wolfgang Rihm’s Jakob Lenz, alongside performances of Der Rosenkavalier, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Alcina, Rusalka, and Fidelio, among others. Recent and upcoming performances in the opera house have brought him to the Komische Oper Berlin, De Nationale Opera Amsterdam, and Theater Heidelberg, and concert engagements with Ulster Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra Academy of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, and Bremer Philharmoniker.
photo: © Andrew Bogard
Benjamin BEILMAN (Violin)
Born in 1989, Benjamin Beilman studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Ida Kavafian and Pamela Frank. and at the Kronberg Academy with Christian Tetzlaff. His international career was launched after winning two first prizes in 2010 at the Montreal International Musical Competition and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York.
He has performed with notable conductors and orchestras including Marriner, Nézet-Séguin, Chani, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has given recitals at the venues such as Berliner Philharmonie, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and Wigmore Hall, and has appeared at music festivals such as Aix-en-Provence and Verbier. In recent years, he has been deeply involved in contemporary music.
His debut album “Spectrum” was released from Warner Classics in March 2016.
He plays the “Ysaye” Guarneri del Gesu from 1740 on loan from Nippon Music Foundation.
photo:©Sophie Zhai
He has performed with notable conductors and orchestras including Marriner, Nézet-Séguin, Chani, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has given recitals at the venues such as Berliner Philharmonie, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and Wigmore Hall, and has appeared at music festivals such as Aix-en-Provence and Verbier. In recent years, he has been deeply involved in contemporary music.
His debut album “Spectrum” was released from Warner Classics in March 2016.
He plays the “Ysaye” Guarneri del Gesu from 1740 on loan from Nippon Music Foundation.
photo:©Sophie Zhai
