In the last season of Andreas Homoki's directorship, the two general music directors of the past thirteen years are at the heart of the Opernhaus concert program. Gianandrea Noseda will conduct three Philharmonic concerts, concentrating on German symphonic repertoire and, in particular, on his cycle of all Johannes Brahms’ symphonies. Noseda’s predecessor, Fabio Luisi, will return to Zurich for a concert to mark Andreas Homoki’s farewell, performing an evening of opera excerpts together with the Philharmonia, the Chor des Opernhauses and the vocal stars Camilla Nylund, Klaus Florian Vogt and Bryn Terfel.

In addition to the chief conductors, this season’s concerts also feature exciting new conductors such as the exceptionally talented Tarmo Peltokoski. Like Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Klaus Mäkelä, the young Finn comes from the legendary conductor's workshop of Jorma Panula, and at the age of 24 is already chief conductor of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and is causing an international sensation. German-American conductor Evan Rogister is also on the cusp of a major career. The former conductor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin is chief conductor of the Washington National Opera and will be conducting the Philharmonia Zürich for the first time. A regular guest in Zurich is Markus Poschner, who will open the Philharmonic Concert series together with the young violinist María Dueñas. In its concert series, our Orchestra La Scintilla will also be featuring artistic personalities making their debuts with the ensemble. The renowned choir conductor and director of the renowned Bach Academy Stuttgart, Hans-Christoph Rademann, will present works by Bach, Händel and Jan Dismas Zelenka. Dorothee Oberlinger, who has made an international name for herself as a recorder player and additionally embarked on a career as a conductor, will conduct works from the Italian Baroque period. The Danish harpsichordist and conductor Lars Ulrik Mortensen will lead a program of Baroque overtures and concerti grossi. There will be a special kind of collaboration when the Orchestra La Scintilla, which performs on period instruments, joins forces with the Zürcher Ensemble für zeitgenössische Musik for a concert. Together, the two ensembles will premiere a new work by the spirited Serbian composer Milica Djordjević.