Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 with Dima Slobodeniouk

In Tchaikovsky’s powerful, emotional Fifth Symphony, the sound of fate resounds, only to be ultimately overcome by freedom. The Finnish conductor Dima Slobodeniouk has previously conducted this piece with the Concertgebouw Orchestra—that’s something to look forward to!

Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
In Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s powerful, emotionalFifth Symphony, the theme of fate resounds, only to be ultimately overcome by freedom. At the beginning of the first movement, the theme of fate takes the form of a funeral march, about which Tchaikovsky wrote that here, the complete surrender of the wind solos, a romance, and a waltz culminates in a heroic triumphal march. Slobodeniouk had already conducted the piece with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, which left the audience wanting more, so the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra recruited him for this season.

Dima Slobodeniouk
Finland just keeps producing top-tier conductors—it’s truly incredible! One of these great conductors—alongside Klaus Mäkelä, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Tarmo Peltokoski, and Santtu-Matias Rouvali—is Dima Slobodeniouk. He studied with Jorma Panula and Esa-Pekka Salonen and has conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He has also been a guest conductor with the Netherlands Philharmonic on several occasions. In this season finale featuring Tchaikovsky’s “Fate Symphony,” he will now collaborate with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.