{"id":7773,"date":"2026-09-10T10:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/?p=7773"},"modified":"2026-09-10T10:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:51:00","slug":"opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">On 6 September, <strong>Josep Pons<\/strong> opened the <strong>Deutsche Radio Philharmonie\u2019s<\/strong> 2026\/27 season at the Congresshalle in Saarbr\u00fccken, marking the beginning of his second season as the orchestra\u2019s Chief Conductor and Artistic Director.<\/p>\n<p>Entitled <em>Olymp!<\/em>, the programme brought together <strong>Claude Debussy\u2019s<\/strong> <em>Pr\u00e9lude \u00e0 l\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi d\u2019un faune<\/em> and <strong>Maurice Ravel\u2019s<\/strong> Piano Concerto in G major and Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from <em>Daphnis et Chlo\u00e9<\/em>, with <strong>Javier Perianes<\/strong> as soloist.<\/p>\n<p>The concert also launched <strong>\u00abDie S\u00e4ulen Europas\u00bb (The Pillars of Europe)<\/strong>, one of the central programming strands of the new season and part of the continuing <em>Visions of Europe<\/em> artistic project developed by Pons with the DRP.<\/p>\n<p>The concert was broadcast live on <strong>SR kultur<\/strong> and is available to listen to on demand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardsounds.de\/episode\/urn:ard:episode:9d713fee9bbb43bf\/\">ARD Sounds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 6 September, Josep Pons opened the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie\u2019s 2026\/27 season at the Congresshalle in Saarbr\u00fccken, marking the beginning of his second season as the orchestra\u2019s Chief Conductor and Artistic Director. Entitled Olymp!, the programme brought together Claude Debussy\u2019s Pr\u00e9lude \u00e0 l\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi d\u2019un faune and Maurice Ravel\u2019s Piano Concerto in G major and Suites&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie | JOSEP PONS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie | JOSEP PONS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On 6 September, Josep Pons opened the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie\u2019s 2026\/27 season at the Congresshalle in Saarbr\u00fccken, marking the beginning of his second season as the orchestra\u2019s Chief Conductor and Artistic Director. Entitled Olymp!, the programme brought together Claude Debussy\u2019s Pr\u00e9lude \u00e0 l\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi d\u2019un faune and Maurice Ravel\u2019s Piano Concerto in G major and Suites&hellip;&nbsp;Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JOSEP PONS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Josep-Pons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-10T08:50:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-10T08:51:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josep-pons.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amadeu Pons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amadeu Pons\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amadeu Pons\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d99d3f8b4fa9a966dabea77d30f819ab\"},\"headline\":\"Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-10T08:50:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-10T08:51:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/\"},\"wordCount\":141,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/799525911_1454516393161304_5063801519882391961_n.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/\",\"name\":\"Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie | JOSEP PONS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/799525911_1454516393161304_5063801519882391961_n.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-10T08:50:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-10T08:51:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/799525911_1454516393161304_5063801519882391961_n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/799525911_1454516393161304_5063801519882391961_n.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Inici\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/\",\"name\":\"JOSEP PONS\",\"description\":\"Comprom\u00e8s amb la m\u00fasica\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"JOSEP PONS\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"JOSEP PONS\",\"alternateName\":\"JOSEP PONS\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-favicon-jp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-favicon-jp.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"JOSEP PONS\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Josep-Pons\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/josepponsconductor\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConductorPons\",\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/1TlFTSPL1hXKUTjHIqqFvV\",\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/es\/artist\/josep-pons\/205799774\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d99d3f8b4fa9a966dabea77d30f819ab\",\"name\":\"Amadeu Pons\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/078038e762010f124d375175896abb6bf034ab0d68d04c21c95806849bf0b094?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/078038e762010f124d375175896abb6bf034ab0d68d04c21c95806849bf0b094?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Amadeu Pons\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie | JOSEP PONS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie | JOSEP PONS","og_description":"On 6 September, Josep Pons opened the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie\u2019s 2026\/27 season at the Congresshalle in Saarbr\u00fccken, marking the beginning of his second season as the orchestra\u2019s Chief Conductor and Artistic Director. Entitled Olymp!, the programme brought together Claude Debussy\u2019s Pr\u00e9lude \u00e0 l\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi d\u2019un faune and Maurice Ravel\u2019s Piano Concerto in G major and Suites&hellip;&nbsp;Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie","og_url":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/","og_site_name":"JOSEP PONS","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Josep-Pons\/","article_published_time":"2026-09-10T08:50:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-10T08:51:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josep-pons.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Amadeu Pons","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Amadeu Pons","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/"},"author":{"name":"Amadeu Pons","@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d99d3f8b4fa9a966dabea77d30f819ab"},"headline":"Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie","datePublished":"2026-09-10T08:50:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-10T08:51:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/"},"wordCount":141,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/799525911_1454516393161304_5063801519882391961_n.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/","url":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/","name":"Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie | JOSEP PONS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/799525911_1454516393161304_5063801519882391961_n.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-10T08:50:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-10T08:51:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/799525911_1454516393161304_5063801519882391961_n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/799525911_1454516393161304_5063801519882391961_n.jpg","width":1200,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/opening-a-second-season-at-the-helm-of-the-deutsche-radio-philharmonie\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Inici","item":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Opening a second season at the helm of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/","name":"JOSEP PONS","description":"Comprom\u00e8s amb la m\u00fasica","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"JOSEP PONS","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#organization","name":"JOSEP PONS","alternateName":"JOSEP PONS","url":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-favicon-jp.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-favicon-jp.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"JOSEP PONS"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Josep-Pons\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/josepponsconductor\/","https:\/\/x.com\/ConductorPons","https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/1TlFTSPL1hXKUTjHIqqFvV","https:\/\/music.apple.com\/es\/artist\/josep-pons\/205799774"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d99d3f8b4fa9a966dabea77d30f819ab","name":"Amadeu Pons","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/078038e762010f124d375175896abb6bf034ab0d68d04c21c95806849bf0b094?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/078038e762010f124d375175896abb6bf034ab0d68d04c21c95806849bf0b094?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Amadeu Pons"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7775,"href":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7773\/revisions\/7775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}