“Combing two art forms in a meaningful way can be an extremely difficult challenge, but when you watch performers fly above your head while you perform these magnificent pieces, the experience becomes quite spectacular,” says Maestro Eshkenazy. “This combination of the arts used to be common all over Northern Europe—with circus troupes traveling with musicians—but it disappeared when the orchestra became more modern and transitioned into the concert hall. So we are going back in time and ahead to the future at the same time, to recreate that thrilling synergy that has existed between circus and music for so long.”
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