Season 2023-2024
One of the highlights of the season 2023-2024, includes another film project with l'Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse.
In February 2024, Claus returns to conduct two live screen performances of three Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy films: Liberty (1929), You´re Darn Toottin'! (1928) and Habeas Corpus (1928).
Associate composer Fabien Cali has written the music for the films, which has been specially commissioned for the occasion.
More details can be found here.
Coco
Claus Efland returns to l'Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse, where he will present Lee Unkrich´s Coco featuring a screening of Disney´s award winning classic with composer Michael Giacchino´s musical score performed live to the film. The film was chosen by the National Board of Review as the Best Animated Film of 2017.
The live screen performances of Coco will take place on April the 5th and 6th 2023 at the National Scene of Mulhouse, La Filature.
More details can be found here.
Three Wishes For Cinderella
On the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of December 2022, Claus Efland conducts Brandenburger Symphoniker in live screen performances of the classic fairy tale Three Wishes For Cinderella.
Composer Karel Svoboda´s musical score will be performed live to the film, which is directed by Vaclav Vorlicek and based on a story by Bozena Nemcova and the Grimm Brothers.
More details can be found here.
L'Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse
Claus Efland kicks off the season 2022-2023 conducting L'Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse.
After his highly acclaimed live-screen performances of Tim Burton´s The Nightmare Before Christmas in October 2021, Efland returns Mulhouse with a musical selection from timeless Hollywood classics. The programme includes music from Casablanca (Max Steiner), Funny Girl (Jules Styne), Star Wars (John Williams), Ben Hur (Miklos Rosza) among others. The performance takes place on September the 10th 2022 at the National Scene of Mulhouse, La Filature, and will be presented by Laurent Sauvage.
More details can be found here.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Claus Efland and l'Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse will present Tim Burton´s The Nightmare Before Christmas featuring a screening of Disney´s timeless holiday classic with Grammy-winning composer Danny Elfman´s musical score performed live to the film.
The live screen performances of The Nightmare Before Christmas will take place on October the 29th and 30th 2021 at the National Scene of Mulhouse, La Filature.
More details can be found here.
Efland conducts Schubert and Haydn in Lodz
Following his highly successful debut in September 2019, Claus Efland returns to Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland to perform the Great C Major Symphony by Franz Schubert. The programme includes the 2nd Cello Concerto in D Major by Joseph Haydn with the young cellist Bartosz Koziak as a soloist. The performance takes place on the 6th of November 2020 at 7 pm at the beautiful Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Hall in Lodz.
More details can be found here.
Debut with Jena Philharmoniker
The season 2020/2021 starts in Germany, where Claus Efland makes his debut with Jena Philharmoniker.
The concerts will take place on the 12th, 19th and 20th of September 2020 in Weißenfels, Arnstadt and Jena. The programme features works by Edvard Grieg, Johan Svendsen, Jean Sibelius and Suite for Strings Op 1 by Carl Nielsen. Nielsen´s Suite is a highlight on Efland´s CD release Nordic Atmospheres (Challenge Records), which received extensive critical acclaim and a special recommendation on BBC Radio 3´s flagship programme CD Review.
Information about tickets can be found here.
Carl Nielsen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The year 2020 opens with performances in Neubrandenburg (9th of January), Neustrelitz (12th of January) and Güstrow (24th of January). Claus Efland conducts Neubrandenburger Philharmonie in a terrific programme based on the theme Temperaments, including Brahms´ mighty 1st Piano Concerto in D minor with Spanish Judith Jáuregui as soloist and the 2nd Symphony The Four Temperaments by Efland´s compatriot, the Danish composer Carl Nielsen.
More information can be found here.
Debut with Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Efland conducts one of the most famous symphonies, the 5th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, when he opens the new season with Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland on the 27th of September 2019. The programme includes the Violin Concerto by the polish composer Ludomir Rozycki (1883-1953) with the young violinist Janusz Wawrowski as a soloist. Otto Nicolai´s sparkling "Merry Wives of Windsor" Overture opens the concert, which takes place at the beautiful Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Hall in Lodz.
Find more details here.
Da Da Da Daaa!
Claus Efland conducts one of the most famous symphonies, the 5th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, when he opens the new season with Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland on the 27th of September 2019. The programme includes the Violin Concerto by the polish composer Ludomir Rozycki (1883-1953) with the young violinist Janusz Wawrowski as a soloist. Otto Nicolai´s sparkling "Merry Wives of Windsor" Overture opens the concert, which takes place at the beautiful Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Hall in Lodz.
New Year 2018
Celebrate New Year in January 2018 with Claus Efland and the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg at Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin in a spectacular programme including Bartered Bride Overture by Smetana, Salut for August Bournonville by Lumbye, Radetzky March and many other favourites by Rossini, Donizetti, Rachmaninov, Offenbach and Lehar. Back due to popular demand, Efland conducts the famous New Years Concerts for the 8th time. Dates for all 11 concerts can be found here.
Peteris Vasks 70th Birthday
In April 2016 Peteris Vasks celebrates his 70th Birthday. On his latest CD release "Nordic Atmospheres", together with Sinfonietta Riga (Challenge Records), Claus Efland interpretates Peteris Vasks' beautifully written "Musica Dolorosa". Vasks attended all rehearsals and recording sessions. After the last session, the composer declared this recording of his "Musica Dolorosa" to be the finest ever made.
The CD also includes music by Sibelius, Nielsen, Grieg, Kalsons and Larsson. "Nordic Atmospheres" was recently recommended as one of the best discs with Scandinavian music on the BBC Radio 3 "Building a Library" programme.
New Year in Berlin
2016 started well off with New Years Concerts at the Berliner Konzerthaus, where Claus conducted the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg attended by more than 15000 people in 11 sold-out concerts. Works including Lehar´s Gold and Silver Waltz, Berstein´s Candide Overture and highlights from My Fair Lady, were given elegant and stylish performances at the beloved and ever popular concerts in January. Claus is again to be in front of the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg at the Berliner Konzerthaus, when he conducts the New Year Concerts 2017.
A Winner
The new CD Nordic Atmospheres is highly praised worldwide and regarded as one of the leading discs with music from Scandinavia and Latvia. The American music magazine Fanfare says the CD is "a winner" and The Irish Times writes "brilliant readings". The review of the Dutch Opus Klassiek concludes: "There is an extra reason to buy this CD, and that's the wonderful recording quality combined with a gorgeous string sound."
Success at Konzerthaus Berlin
„Brilliant as usual the Deutsche Filmorchester Babelsberg performs, under its much-beloved guest conductor Claus Efland, a superb programme“.
Attended by more than 15000 people in 11 sold-out concerts, the traditional New Year Concerts at Konzerthaus Berlin set new musical standards. The programme this year included pieces by Rossini, Puccini, Elgar, Johann Strauss and Verdi. The Deutsche Filmorchester Babelsberg played under the baton of Claus Efland. For the New Year Concerts in 2015 at the Berliner Konzerthaus, Efland will be back on the rostrum for the fifth time.
New CD "Concertante" released
The first of a series of CDs has been released internationally by Challenge Records. With Sinfonietta Riga, “Concertante” includes music by Lachner, Danzi, Belloli and Jadin.
New Year 2014
For the fourth successive year, Claus Efland conducts the New Year Concerts at the Berliner Konzerthaus with Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg. The 11 concerts – already sold out - will include works by Verdi, Puccini, Sarasate, Bizet and Johann Strauss.
Season 2023-2024
One of the highlights of the season 2023-2024, includes another film project with l'Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse.
In February 2024, Claus returns to conduct two live screen performances of three Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy films: Liberty (1929), You´re Darn Toottin'! (1928) and Habeas Corpus (1928).
Associate composer Fabien Cali has written the music for the films, which has been specially commissioned for the occasion.
More details can be found here.
