Berlin 23-04- 2010
Joaquín Turina (December 9, 1882 – January 14, 1949) was a Spanish composer of classical music.
He was born in Seville Spain but his family origins come from northern Italy.
He studied in Seville as well as in Madrid. He lived in Paris from 1905 to 1914 where he took composition lessons from Vincent d’Indy at his Schola Cantorum, and studied the piano [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 23-04-2010
Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, Marqués de los Jardines de Aranjuez, (Sagunto (Spain) November 22, 1901 – Madrid (Spain) July 6, 1999), was a composer of classical music and a virtuoso pianist. Despite being nearly blind from an early age, he achieved great success. Rodrigo’s music counts among some of the most popular of the 20th century, particularly his Concierto de Aranjuez,
He [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 23-04-2010
Sabicas , born as ‘Agustín Castellón Campos’ was a worldwide reknown Flamenco guitarist who was born in 1912 in Pamplona, Spain and died in 14 April 1990 in New York.
Sabicas started playing guitar at the age of early age of fourn and made his public debut some years later at the artistic ‘mature’ age of six!
His early playing style was greatly [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 23-04-2010
Pablo Sarasate was born in Pamplona, Spain, the son of an artillery bandmaster. He began studying the violin with his father at the age of five and later took lessons from a local teacher but his musical talent became evident early on and he appeared in his first public concert in La Coruña at the age of eight. His performance was [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 22-04-2010
Chopin-und-Champagner -Programm für das Konzert am Donnerstag, 29. April 2010, 19.00 Uhr
Wind und Tasten
Das Ensemble »Wind und Tasten« ist nach erfolgreicher Iran–Tournee jetzt auch im Klassiksalon-Mitte zu hören. Gespielt werden Werke von Arcangelo Corelli, Niels Gade, Franz Liszt, Francois Poulenc und Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Simon Böckenhoff – Oboe
Susanne Pudig – Klarinette
Martin Dralle – Horn
Tobias Lankow – Fagott
András Vermesy– Klavier
Auf Grund begrenzter Sitzplätze [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 21-04-2010
‘Pau Casals i Defilló’ –better known throughout the world as ‘Pablo Casals’, was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor born on the 29th December 1876 in Tarragona, Catalonia Spain.
Casals was initially taught by his stern father, a local parish organist and choirmaster who taught him in piano, song, violin, and organ – this he had in common with JS Bach.
When [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 21-04-2010
Liebe Freunde der Klavierabende,
ich möchte Sie herzlich zu einem Konzert mit dem japanischen Pianisten Haruka Kuroiwa einladen für den kommenden Donnerstag, den 22.04. um 20.30 Uhr.
Der brillante und sehr virtuose Pianist wird drei der bekanntesten Beethoven Klaviersonaten zum Besten geben: die Pathetique, die “Mondscheinsonate” und die Appassionata. Damit ist in aller Kürze auch schon umrissen, was einen bei diesem Klavierabend erwartet, [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 20-04-2010
“]Federico Mompou [www.foto-face.com
Federico Mompou was born in Barcelona in 1893 and lived a long and successful life as a Spanish Catalan composer and pianist - his best known works are for solo piano and his songs.
Mompou studied piano at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona before going to Paris in 1911 as a student to Ferdinand Motte-Lacroix .
Having [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 20-04-2010
Some photos of a street poster and billboard on the street just across from the OTA-Berlin Serviced Apartment building at Schoenhauser Allee 5 in Berlin Mitte/Prenzlauer Berg.
Where -ever you turn in Berlin you will be reminded that JS Bach is very much alive and held in high esteem and rightfully considered one of the – if not THE greatest Germans!
Okay he was not [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 19-04-2010
Chopin-und-Champagner
Programm für das Konzert am Samstag, 25. April 2010, 19.00 Uhr
Duke Ellington – Composer
Christian Kälberer – Klavier
Gabriele Prahm – Gesang
Duke Ellington war einer der großen Jazzkomponisten des 20. Jahrhunderts und wird als solcher auch in der Jazzszene tradiert. Titel wie Caravan, Azur oder Paris Blues kehren als Standards in Konzerten der Szene immer wieder.
Gabriele Prahm & Christian Kälberer geht es dagegen [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 19-04-2010
Enrique Granados – www.foto-face.com
The Spanish-Catalan pianist and composer Enrique Granados was born in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain in 1867 – his music is uniquely Spanish, representative of musical nationalism of the times – namely the incorporation of traditional folk music set into more formal classical form.
His musical career started with piano studies in Barcelona, and in 1887 he went to Paris to [...] Continue Reading…
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