èßäAV

During the 2023–2024 season, Gimeno and the TSO usher in a bold new beginning for the orchestra in its 101st year, with major symphonic works, including Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, Respighi’s Pines of Rome, and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Pulcinella—presented alongside an unprecedented number of pieces never before performed by the TSO. Gimeno will share the stage with, among other soloists, Daniil Trifonov, James Ehnes, Emily D’Angelo, Frank Peter Zimmermann, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

With Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Gimeno explores repertoire including Brahms Symphony No. 4, Rachmaninov Concert for Piano No .2, Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, and Mahler Symphony No. 5. International touring has formed a significant part of Gimeno’s commitment with Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg during the last seven years. In 2023–2024, he tours with Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg to Stockholm, Köln, and Belgium. Throughout his tenure, Gimeno and Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg have visited many of Europe, South Korea, and South America’s most prestigious concert halls, and soloists with whom Gimeno has shared the stage include Daniel Barenboim, Gautier Capuçon, Anja Harteros, Leonidas Kavakos, Bryn Terfel, Yuja Wang, and Martin Grubinger. A highlight has been performances of the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos with Krystian Zimerman.

As music director designate of Teatro Real, in December 2023, Gimeno conducts Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Pequeños Cantores de la ORCAM, Coro Nacional de España—coro feminine and mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti for Mahler Symphony No. 3.

He is much sought-after as a symphonic guest conductor worldwide: in 2023–2024, appearances include Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Highlights of past seasons include Berliner Philharmoniker, Münchner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre National de France, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, and Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. At home and abroad touring projects have included concerts as far afield as Japan and Taiwan.

Gimeno and Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg have an extensive discography with Pentatone. Releases include a Francisco Coll monography featuring the Violin Concerto with Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 1, Ravel’s complete ballet music to Daphnis et Chloé, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle, and César Franck’s Symphony in D minor. As an opera conductor he is invited for major titles at great houses such as the Liceu Opera Barcelona, Opernhaus Zürich, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, and Teatro Real Madrid. In 2022–2023, Gimeno returned to Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia to conduct the Katie Mitchell production of ´³±ð²Ôů´Ú²¹.

February 2024 will see the release of the first commercial recording Gimeno and the TSO made together, in May 2023, memorializing Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie under the Harmonia Mundi label. This builds on Gimeno’s relationship with the label, for which he has recorded Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, and Stravinsky’s ballets The Firebird and Apollon musagète with Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg.

Camille's recent debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Paolo Bortolameolli, the Houston Symphony and Gemma New, and recitals in Boston and New York captivated her audiences and inspired standing ovations at all her performances. Her obvious passion for sharing her love of music created a special bond with her listeners.

Camille Thomas’ 2023–2024 season is set to be another remarkable year. She will kick off the season with a series of concerts at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, followed by recitals in Duszniki, Biarritz, and the Kronberg Festival. In addition, Thomas will make her debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. under the baton of Gustavo Gimeno, and her recital debut in the Bay area with San Francisco performances. She will also showcase her talents at summer festivals across Europe and at Tippet Rise Art Center, and with the Portland (ME) Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmoniker, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, and Philharmonie Zuidnederland.

In addition to her live performances, Thomas released in June 2023 a new project with Deutsche Grammophon: The Chopin Project, which pays tribute to Chopin's favorite instrument, the cello. It is a trilogy of albums that showcases Thomas’ deep understanding of Chopin’s music and its relationship with the cello. The first chapter, The Franchomme Legacy, explores the close relationship between Chopin and his cellist colleague Auguste Franchomme. The second chapter, Complete Chamber Music, features a complete collection of Chopin’s works for chamber ensemble, performed by Thomas and a group of world-class musicians. The third chapter, Cello Arrangements, presents a unique collection of Chopin’s most famous works arranged for the cello by great musicians from all times.

Thomas is conquering the world stage at a staggering pace. She has already worked with such conductors as Gemma New, Paolo Bortolameolli, Paavo Järvi, Mikko Franck, Darrell Ang, Kent Nagano, and Stéphane Denève and with the Houston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Academia Santa Cecilia, Staatsorchester Hamburg in the Elbphilharmonie, the Orchestre National de Bordeaux, Brussels Philharmonic, RTE National Symphony Ireland, and the Korean Symphony Orchestra in Seoul.

Recent international appearances include her June 2022 debut in Japan with Ryusuke Numarjiri and the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, concertos with Paavo Jarvi in Bremen, with Mikko Franck at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and the Orchestre Philharmonique de France, with the Lucerne Festival Strings in Munich, and with Alondra de la Parra at the renowned Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. Thomas made her Canadian debut in Montreal at the Salle Bourgie and returned recently to Quebec for the debut performance of Clemens Schuldt as music director of l’Orchestre Symphonique de Québec.

Thomas made her highly anticipated U.S. debut at the Brevard Music Festival in 2019 performing the Elgar Cello Concerto under the baton of Keith Lockhart. Her whirlwind season then brought her to a number of other leading series and orchestras, in person and online, including Purdue Convocations, The Cliburn, Houston’s Society of the Performing Arts, Interlochen Presents, Wisconsin Union Theatre, Emory University, Peoples’ Symphony Concerts (her New York City debut at Town Hall), and the Delaware and Illinois symphony orchestras.

Voice of Hope, her second DG album, was released internationally in June 2020 to great acclaim. At its heart is the world premiere recording of Fazil Say’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, “Never Give Up,” the composer’s response to terrorist attacks on Paris and Istanbul, written expressly for Thomas, who gave its world premiere performance in Paris in April 2018. It is the first classical album recorded in partnership with UNICEF, reflecting the cellist’s desire to help others through her music. Her remarkable series of videos, sharing music from empty museums in Paris during lockdown, have been transformative experiences for many thousands of viewers.

Thomas studied in Frans Helmerson’s and Wolfgang-Emmanuel Schmidt’s classes at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, after working with Marcel Bardon and Philippe Muller in Paris, and Stephan Forck in Berlin. Thomas plays the Stradivarius “Feuermann” (1730) cello thanks to the generosity of the Nippon Music Foundation and uses a bow by Eugène Sartory kindly on extended loan from the Fondation Roi Baudoin–Fonds Bollandsee.

Since launching its eponymous recording label in 2020, the NSO has embarked on ambitious recording projects including the Orchestra’s first complete Beethoven Symphony cycle and the release of the first-ever cycle of George Walker’s Sinfonias, both led by Noseda. Recent projects include a new series of Four Symphonic Works by Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon conducted by Noseda, and William Shatner’s So Fragile, So Blue, recorded live with the NSO in the Concert Hall.

The NSO’s community engagement and education projects are nationally recognized, including NSO In Your Neighborhood; Notes of Honor; and Sound Health. Career development opportunities for young musicians include the NSO Youth Fellowship Program and its acclaimed, tuition-free Summer Music Institute.