Simone Young conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto Simone Young & Javier Perianes

  • Classical Music
  • Sydney Symphony Orchestra
  • Concert Hall
  • Run time: 120 minutes Subject to change
  • Seating map

From its bright, effervescent opening through to the swaggering finale, Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto ranks as one of the greatest piano concertos ever written

Before Beethoven changed the world, he was a young man carving his place in it.

His First Symphony and Second Piano Concerto reveal a composer testing the limits of what music could be. This concert offers a unique chance to experience Beethoven’s evolution from his early career to the beginning of his heroic period.

Chief Conductor Simone Young captures the magic of Beethoven’s music, from youthful exuberance to towering genius. And Spanish pianist Javier Perianes is the ideal interpreter for these concertos, precise and direct but also bursting with passion. 

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Event details

Program

BEETHOVEN                                 
Symphony No.1
Piano Concerto No.2
Piano Concerto No.5, Emperor

Artists

Simone Young Conductor 
Javier Perianes Piano

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Attending this event

Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. 

All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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