Adam Fisher, 75, takes over and appears again in 80 minutes of Mahler s "The Ninth Symphony"

Hungarian conductor Adam Fisher is the authoritative interpreter of Mahler's music and is also known as the complete madman who "collects philatelic" with the baton.

On the evening of May 8, at the Oriental Art Center, 75-year-old and gray-haired Fisher took the stage and took the lead in the German Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra, and delivered the 80-minute Mahler's "Ninth Symphony". In the fourth movement, some viewers were moved by the strings as thin as silk and burst into tears.

The most speculative interpreter of the contemporary Mahler has previously announced that it will reduce the post-2027 tour plan, so this performance is even more precious. The performance scene describes the process of near-death under the hammer of destiny. The "Ninth Symphony" is the last symphony completed by Mahler during his lifetime and is also the composer's most personal work.

This song was created from 1909 to 1910. Before this, Mahler experienced three heavy blows from being forced to leave the Vienna Opera House, his eldest daughter died of illness, and he was diagnosed with heart disease, the "Hammer of Fate", which made him face the theme of "life and death" that he had always been fascinated by.

Due to heart failure, Mahler's final symphony is filled with hints of death that approaches step by step. Despite the continuous blows in the real world, his love for life and nature has not subsided.

In "The Ninth Symphony", Mahler's music shows an extremely abundant color, from extremely noisy conflicts and struggles to lonely and peaceful reluctance and relief, like a deepest and sincere farewell to the world.

This work breaks the layout of traditional symphony, and the four movements adopt a ring structure of "slow-dance-chic-slow". The fourth movement is about 25 minutes long. The strings rise with a chanting melody, but are interrupted by the "blade motive" and eventually gradually become silent, deeply expressing Mahler's attachment to life and his thoughts on death.

"Mahler's Symphony No. 9 is not about death, but about the process of dying." Fisher said that death and dying are completely different things. "The finale is the presentation of a long and continuous process of dying, the disappearance of life. The last part, especially the last page of the score, depicts that situation perfectly, transcending any other portrayal in the field of literature or art."

"This is one of the greatest and most exciting works in the history of music. After listening to this work, you will be transformed. For us, this work is a huge challenge and requires extremely high demands on every musician in the orchestra." Fisher said. The history of the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, a conductor of the performance scene, can be traced back to the 18th century, and music masters such as Mendelssohn and Schumann have worked with the orchestra. The

Orchestra performs about 250 performances a year, and works at the Düsseldorf Concert Hall and the German Opera House Rhine. It also spreads the reputation of the cultural city of Düsseldorf to all parts of the world through tours.

"From I remember, I want to be a conductor." Fisher is famous for his deep understanding and precise interpretation of Vienna's classic music. The complete collection of symphony of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms, directed and recorded by him, is a model in the industry.

He is also the most important opera conductor of the contemporary era, and his performances at the Bayreuth Music Festival, the Metropolitan Opera House of New York, the Vienna State Opera House, and the Scala Opera House of Milan have always attracted much attention.

Since 2015, Fisher has served as the chief conductor of the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. In the 2024/2025 season, he received another five-year contract from the band, and the two parties will continue to cooperate until 2030.

In March 2020, under the battalion of Fisher, the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra completed the recording of the complete collection of Mahler's Symphony. Among them, two records won the award, "The First Symphony" won the BBC Music Award, and "The Third Symphony" won the German Classical Music Award.

"Fisher is a very charming artist. As a concert conductor, he transformed his deep cultivation in the field of opera into the advantage of symphony interpretation - a trait proved to have unparalleled value in the interpretation of Mahler's series of works."