Marie Jacquot & Augustin Hadelich

She almost decided to pursue a career in tennis - but then Frenchwoman Marie Jacquot, born in 1990, decided to study trombone and conducting. Today, she is one of the most sought-after conductors of her generation. For her debut with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich, she has opted for a varied programme: on the one hand, she will take part in our focus on works by Thomas Adès, and on the other, she will present a repertoire hit with "Pictures at an Exhibition". And in between there is Beethoven's Violin Concerto with Augustin Hadelich. After Hadelich's performance of the Brahms Concerto last May, the NZZ reviewer had wished for exactly this Beethoven concerto: "Because Hadelich is simply the man for these great, technically and physically demanding pieces." He plays them "with the confidence of a dream walker who merely smiles at the difficulties".