Arthur Fagen conducted the Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur, the oldest Orchestra in Switzerland, conducted in the past by Hermann Scherchen and Wilhelm Furtwängler and connected with composers like Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky and Anton Webern. Mr. Fagen performed the second version – rarely performed – of Mendelssohn’s Symphony n. 4 (Italian), edited in 1833/1834, and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto Op. 64, joined by soloist Sergej Krilov, as well as a première of Sommernachts-(tag)-Traum by Swiss composer Rolf Urs Ringger. The critics have been very enthusiastic ( please see reviews ).
Mr. Fagen conducts the Danubia Symphony Orchestra and the Rijeka Symphony Orchestra
This May, Mr. Fagen returns to Europe for two distinguished symphonic engagements. On May 15, he conducts the Rijeka Symphony Orchestra in Croatia in a programme featuring works by Mendelssohn and Mozart, culminating in Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, the celebrated...
