The Deutsche Radio Philharmonie (DRP) is one of the largest radio symphony orchestras of the ARD, the German association of public service broadcasters. It was formed in 2007 through the merger of two orchestras, each with its own great tradition—the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra (SR) and the Kaiserslautern Radio Orchestra (SWR).

Since 2017, Pietari Inkinen has served as chief conductor, and like his predecessors—the founding chief conductor Christoph Poppen, Karel Mark Chichon and honorary conductor, the late Stanisław Skrowaczewski—Inkinen utilises a diverse repertoire: from key Classical and Romantic works through to new discoveries, rediscoveries and contemporary music, as well as the symphonic works of Jean Sibelius and contemporary Finnish music. In addition, the orchestra has recorded cycles of symphonies by Dvořák and Prokofiev.

The DRP regularly performs at its home sites of Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern, and gives guest performances in neighbouring France as well as in Mainz, Karlsruhe, Mannheim and Baden-Baden. The Orchestra has toured Switzerland, Poland, China and Japan in recent years, and is a regular guest in South Korea. www.drp-orchester.de

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Pablo González is one of the most versatile and passionate conductors of his generation. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and first captured international attention after winning the Donatella Flick and Cadaqués International Conducting competitions.

From 2010 to 2015, he was music director of the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. He has previously held the positions of principal guest conductor of the City of Granada Orchestra and associate conductor with both the London and Bournemouth symphony orchestras.

He has conducted extensively across Europe, in Japan, and worked with a number of high-profile soloists including Maxim Vengerov, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Isabelle Faust, Arcadi Volodos, Viktoria Mullova, Truls Mørk and Viviane Hagner.

Recent opera highlights include two successful Glyndebourne tours; Carmen in San Sebastian; and a series of performances at Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, and Opera de Oviedo. Pablo González is also very active in the recording studio, having recently released a three-disc portrait of Granados recorded with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra on Naxos [8.503295]. He currently lives in his native Oviedo.