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Berlin Konzert -Einladung zum vierhändigen Tangokonzert am 02.09. 20.30h – Piano Salon Christophori – Musikschule Friederichshain-Kreuzberg -

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Berlin

Astor Piazzolla - foto Wikipedia

Liebe Freunde der Salonmusik,

In dieser Woche darf ich für den Donnerstag, den 02.09. um 20.30 Uhr in den Konzertsaal der Musikschule Friederichshain-Kreuzberg in der Zellestr. 12 zu einem außergewöhnlichen Konzert einladen für zwei Pianisten, der schon vor allem kammermusikalisch im Salon gehörten Berliner Pianistin Christina Löffler sowie dem argentinischen Pianisten Hugo Aisemberg, welcher sich neben dem klassischen Klavierrepertoire dem Tango argentino konzertant widmet. 

Das Programm wird neben klassischen Tangos schwer an Schönheit und Melancholie zu übertreffende Werke von Astor Piazzolla beinhalten sowie, man fühle sich an die Parallele Piazzolla – Boulanger erinnert, die Petit Suite von Claude Debussy:

Claude Debussy - foto-face copyright OTA-Berlin

Carlos Guastavino – Romance del Plata – Klaviersonate zu 4 Händen Claude Debussy – Petite suite zu 4 Händen Astor Piazzolla

- Seis Tangos para piano solo     (Hugo Aisemberg)

Astor Piazzolla – Contrabajeando zu 4 Händen

Saul Cosentino

- El Nuevo Tango zu 4 Händen

Saul Cosentino – Callao y Santa Fè zu 4 Händen

Sehr herzlich

Christoph Schreiber

Piano Salon Christophori

Konzert BERLIN – Frédéric Chopin zum 200. Geburtstag – mit Dan Deutsch 3.9.2010 – Studio Niculescu

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Berlin

Freitag um acht

Israelische Musiker in Berlin

Klavierabend
am 3.9.2010, um 20 Uhr

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN ZUM 200. GEBURTSTAG
Dan Deutsch

Nocturne Op. 9 Nr. 1 in b-Moll

Polonaise Op. 40 Nr. 1 in A-Dur “Militärisch”

Polonaise Op. 40 Nr. 2 in c-Moll

Ballade Op. 23 in g-Moll 

Sonate Op. 35 in b-Moll

Polonaise Op. 53 in As-Dur “Heroisch”

Eintritt: 10 Euro, ermäßigt 7 Euro

Voranmeldung erbeten:
 
E-mail: cristianniculescu@gmx.de

Wir freuen uns auf Sie!

Ihr Studio Niculescu

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Studio Niculescu

Oranienstrasse 163 / 10969 Berlin
HH 1. Etage, Ehemalige Schokoladenfabrik

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Konzerte des Piano Salon Christophori – 2 Pianos series -20.08. 20.30 Uhr – Konzertsaal -Musikschule Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Photo of the Piano Sound Board – all the sounds come from here. View from below of a 182-cm grand piano. In order of distance from viewer: softwood braces, tapered soundboard ribs, soundboard. The metal rod at lower right is a humidity control device. foto Wikipedia

Berlin

Konzerte des Piano Salons Christophori – - Pianos series -20.08. 20.30 Uhr – Konzertsaal -Musikschule Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

The 2 – Pianos series

Die beiden Virtuosen Maria Masycheva und Ulugbek Palvanov spielen zwei Klavierkonzerte in der Version für 2 Flügel

Beethoven Klavierkonzert No. 3 c-moll

Tschaikowski – Klavierkonzert No.1 b-moll

 

Die Konzerte des Piano Salons Christophori und die Sammlung benötigen eine neue Heimstatt und werden kurzfristig freundlicherweise von und in Zusammenarbeit mit der Musikschule Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in deren Konzertsaal in der Zellestraße 12 ausgerichtet.

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http://www.konzertfluegel.com/N_konzerte.html

‘MODERN PIANO SOLO FESTIVAL’ im BABYLON -BERLIN KONZERTE: 18-21 AUGUST 2010 ModernSoloPiano Festival10

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

 

Berlin Babylon Teatre

What is modern solo piano? Modern solo piano is a movement. The piano has for centuries been the main and central instrument for composition and western classical music – during its entire development stages it has both assisted and help created both composers and performers.

 In the last half century a strong tendency to  bring the piano down to earth from its classical and elitist position and is now to be recognized in jazz, popular music and other genres. One needs only to think of Elton John famously sitting and singing behind his hugh amplified concert grand to get an idea how much things have changed over the years.

 This is only part of a larger movement and it goes both ways – witness the artist STING  taking old classical English composers and appearing on stage with a symphonic orchestra – David Bryne singing Verdi opera arias solo.

Modern solo piano playing has become a genre unto its own and encompasses a network of international solo pianists, connects jazz, Pop, classical period and so-called ‘new music’.

This symbiosis, of all this solo piano music is versatile, exciting and beautiful.

In an increasingly mixed-up and globalized world the getting together of like minded international artists is a natural consequence and this festival in Berlin -MODERN PIANO SOLO – is one such example.

MODERN PIANO SOLO  at the Babylon theatre is such an example.

See program below;

 http://www.babylonberlin.de/konzerte.htm

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Was ist ModernSoloPiano? ModernSoloPiano ist eine Bewegung. Das Klavier ist seit Jahrhunderten das zentrale Instrument für Komposition und musikalischen Vortrag und hat während seiner gesamten Entwicklung stetig große Künstler hervorgebracht.

 In den letzen Jahrzehnten ist eine starke elitäre Verödung zu erkennen. Die einzelnen Genre kapseln sich ab, bilden nur noch für sich aus und feiern sich als Zentrum einer neuen Entwicklung.

Dabei sind sie nur Teil der ganzen Bewegung. ModernSoloPiano ist ein genreübergreifendes Netzwerk internationaler Solopianisten, verbindet Jazz, Pop, Klassik, Neue Musik und alle symbiotischen Formen und zeigt, dass Solo Piano nicht nur existent, sondern vor allen Dingen vielseitig, spannend und schön ist. In einer vermischten und globalisierten Welt ist ein internationales und genreübergreifendes Podium in der musikalischen Königsklasse eine natürliche Konsequenz und wird der Musikentwicklung entscheidende Impulse geben.

http://www.modernsolopiano.net/

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PROGRAMM | LINEUP
MITTWOCH 18.08 | 20 Uhr | 9 Euro
Eröffnung Filmpremiere
Piano Encounters (Live: Enrique Sanchez Lansch)

DONNERSTAG 19.08 | 18 Uhr | 19 Euro
Nik Bärtsch, Jazz, CH
Maria Lettberg, Tango, SWE

DONNERSTAG 19.08 | 21 Uhr | 19 Euro
Katarzyna Kluczynska, Klassik, PL
Axel Zwingenberger, Boogie, D

FREITAG 20.08 | 18 Uhr | 19 Euro
Sonja Sungkono, Klassik, RI
Shanti Sungkono, Klassik, RI play Symphony X for two pianos (UA) by Ari Benjamin Meyers, USA

Young Euro Classic Klavierfestival – Sonntag 15. August 2010, 15Konzerthaus Berlin Kleiner Saal (Gendarmenmarkt 2) Uhr –

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

 

Berlin  03-08-2010

Young Euro Classic Klavierfestival

Datum: Sonntag 15. August 2010, 15 Uhr

Ort: Konzerthaus Berlin Kleiner Saal (Gendarmenmarkt 2)

Pianist  Kotaro Fukuma

Programm:

Johann Sebastian Bach – Contrapunctus 1, 2, 7 und 9 aus “Kunst der Fuge” BWV 1080 (1750)

Jōji Yuasa – Cosmos Haptic (1957)

****Tōru Takemitsu – Rain Tree Sketch (1982)

Frédéric Chopin – Ballade Nr. 3 As-Dur op. 47 (1841), Nocturne Nr. 13 c-Moll op. 48 Nr. 1 (1841), Ballade Nr. 4 f-Moll op. 52 (1842)

Eintritt: 6,60EUR + 2EUR für Ticket-Rücktrittsversicherung

Ticketbestellung: http://www.young-euro-classic.de/tickets/ticket-online/2010-08-15-15-uhr-young-euro-classic-klavierfestival-kotaro-fukuma-424/

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****Hinweise zum Programm, insbesondere über zwei japanische Stücke, in meinem Blog geschrieben. Es hilft bestimmt, das Konzert doppelt zu genießen.

http://kotarofukuma.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-recital-in-konzerthaus-berlin.html

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Openair Konzert, am 01.08.2010 um 20:30 – Berliner Bodemuseum

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Berlin  31-07-2010

Openair Konzert, am 01.08.2010 um 20:30, Bodemuseum

Madalina Pasol und András Vermesy – Klavier

Klavierwerke von Brahms, Chopin und Ravel zu vier Händen

Johannes Brahms – Walzer zu vier Händen
Maurice Ravel – Ma mère l´oye zu vier Händen
Werke von Frédéric Chopin

Eintritt frei – Spenden willkommen.

Programmvorschau und weitere Informationen:

Portal des Bode-Museums,
Monbijoubrücken, Berlin Mitte

Bei schlechtem Wetter im Spiegelsaal in Clärchens Ballhaus,
Auguststr. 24, 10117 Berlin, Mitte

www.sonntagskonzerte.de

Concert Review – ‘BACH un-accompanied Cello Suites Marathon’ by Berliner ALBAN GERHARDT at ‘Radialsystem V’- Live Classical music in Berlin

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Berlin 25-07-2010

 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 

Pablo Casals - www.ota-berlin.de

 

Alban Gerhardt - foto -www. artistsandconcerts.de

Glenn Gould the famous Canadian Bach interpreter famously stated in the 1960’s that the ‘concert-hall’ was dead. His position was well known and much discussed at the time and with hindsight has proved resoundedly to be incorrect.

Gould’s position had more to do with his own personal aversion to the gruelling and often inhuman pressure that professional classical soloists like himself had to endure in order to ‘stay at the top’.

Last night’s wonderful concert of all the 6 Bach Cello Suites – played in one marvellous sitting with a break between the first 4 and last 2 suites – show that live classical music is alive and well in Berlin.

The venue- the largest hall of the ‘Radialsystem V’ location with about 450 seats was absolutely filled – there was a line-up outside running at least half-a-block up Holzmannstrasse at 1945 hrs before the concert.

The good news for those who could not get tickets for the live performance is that they could sit in a very stylish large 2nd hall for free, which had a perfect sound system and carried the concert over a fantastic sound system– this same hall had large open doors which opened on the ‘ufer’ or right onto the Spree river where boats passed and one could view the sunset.

About 400 people made use of this opportunity to sit inside or outside and listen to the concert and enjoy some wine and food at the same time.

Alban Gerhardt introduced each Bach Suite and changed his position in the hall at three different locations – which is as unusal as it is welcome -was a real treat for the listeners and viewers.

Perhaps a bit of this Glenn Gould distaste for the formality of the concert hall has found some following with Mr Gerhardt.

He also invited those of the audience who wished to stay after the concert to do so and a lively one hour discussion over a well deserved ‘Staropramen Pils’ took place.

A moderator and Gerhardt discussed the concert, Bach, cello playing in general and took random questions from any of the about 100 people who remained.

Mr Gerhardt was an enthusiastic and entertaining interlocutor and his humour and generosity with his time was appreciated by the audience.

The audience was made up largely of 30-60 year old group – with some children – and with more advertising would have drawn more teenagers and 20-ish crowd, who don’t know what they are missing.

This evening speaks well for the cultural life of the capital city Berlin -accolades go to;

-The management of RADIALSYSTEM V for having lent the venue to this - perhaps from the outset – a somewhat speculatively profitable undertaking

-Matteo Goffriller – the instrument builder-for producing an absolutely fabulous instrument almost 300 years ago -which still produces ravishing tonal sonorous beauty whose sounds overwhelmed the small auditorium

-Pablo Casals for having brought these epic work solo pieces back in public circulation by presenting them at standard stand-alone concerts at the begining of the last century – this has led to their present popularity [ see OTA-Berlin Constituency Mini-Bio; http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/berlin/2010/04/21/ota-berlin-constituency-blog-mini-composer-bios-%E2%80%93-spanish-composers-%E2%80%93part-6-pablo-casals-%E2%80%93-new-apartment-at-ota-berlin-metzer-strasse-building/]

-For Johann Sebastian Bach -by far the greatest ever German [Konrad Adenauer please move aside] for having left humanity this unique and precious inheritance – still fresh, dynamic and invigorating after circa 300 years!

Most of the accolades must go to Alban Gerhardt  for having taken this courageous step and dare to perform the whole cycle in one evening. He did this with gusto, with warmth and the intellectual understanding and love of Bach which you need to perform these works successfully. His melodic phrasing was excellent – these are after all in fact rhymic DANCES which need zest and a certain bravado.

As with all Bach music  an interpreter has to maintain a mathematical exact organization, a  Teutonic perfection in contrapuntal technique and combine and balance this with its complete opposite – a lighter rhythmic playfulness in form and texture – in this case the very obvious dance form.

Mr Gerhardt did both -his playing was never ‘attention-seeking’ and his style was perfectly married to these wonderful pieces of Bach’s great legacy. 

The performances of the 4th and 6th suites stood out for their particular brilliance – Mr Gerhardt is a ‘class-act’ – in fact a world class artist!

Long may we enjoy such noteworthy concerts in the future!

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For Bach Cello Suite Groupies – further reading!

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-cello-suites-by-eric-siblin-1903792.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jan/16/bach-cello-suites-eric-siblin

http://www.weta.org/fmblog/?p=303

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/27/books-the-cello-suites/

http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Reviews/bach_mark.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/08/arts/music-review-a-cellist-tethered-lightly-to-bach-and-britten-solos.html

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Bach Cello Suite Marathon – Alban Gerhardt, Cello – ‘Radialsystem V’ – Saturday 24th July 2000hrs

Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Berlin 23-07-2010

Cellist Alban Gerhardt - foto from artistsandconcerts.de/

Daniel Barenboim does it – sort of.

Well Daniel Baranboim did the Beethoven Piano Sonata marathon in London – it was not Bach nor cello, nor in one sitting – but you get the idea.

Pieter Wispelwey does them still and now in Berlin we have a chance to encounter and live our own Bach Cello Suite Marathon – and what a great idea!

The cello suites occupy a very special place in the classical repretoire and we have written about its specific historicity in our previous  ‘Composer Mini-Bio’ series blog article –

 http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/composers/2008/05/21/biography-of-johann-sebastian-bach/

This blog article even included its very own „Bach Performance Recomendations“ -

There are many good performances of the Cello suites available. I personally prefer Janos Starker and Anner Blysma – both very different. The Starker a bit more romanitc and Blysma a bit more classical/baroque-  and yet both equally legitimate sublime interpretations of music which I never tire to hear. Two more recent recordings of these cello partitas which deserve mention are Norwegian cellist Truls Mørk and Dutchman Pieter Wispelwey.

In this case it is the marathon artist will be Berlin Cellist Alban Gerhardt –who, if we are to believe some pictures on his website, drives around town on a scooter with a priceless Mateo Goffriller cello around his shoulders – or is the case just empty….probably [?].

His website is at; http://www.albangerhardt.com/english/index.html

Scooter or no scooter this classical marathon is to be welcomed for two reasons.

Firstly it will again popularize young Berliner artists – of which there are so many and highlight their amazing talents – this concert and type of concert provides a friendly medium for them in the centre of Berlin and outside the concert hall.

Secondly this concert dares to present the solo cello as a perfectly capable artist in its own right– and with this fabulous Bach music it takes centre stage – this is a triumph of sorts for this instrument and its players. 

While Alban Gerhardt is not one of these un-known young artists – he is already a young professional at the begining of his career – however it is milestone concerts like his that can help propel popularity to this type of solo concert and thus help other lesser known artists – and there are so many in Berlin!

As mentioned above Mr Gerhardt will be „driving“ a Matteo Goffriller (1659–1742) instrument – the best cellos in the world these are – Pierre Fournier, Yo Yo Ma, Anner Blysma and Pablo Casals all ‘drove’ Goffrillers.

The location-

‘RADIALSYSTEM V’ was opened a in Sept/2006, to provide a centre for new creative space for the arts in Berlin.

Formerly a ‘ turn of the century‘  pumping station for the ‘Berliner Wasserwerke’  on the riverside of the Spree – this old tastefully combined  new and classical Berlin architechture lends itself well to summertime outside lounging and dining.

The conceptual direction of RADIALSYSTEM V is closely connected to the structure and aesthetics of the building. Particular importance is ascribed to the architecture – allowind simultaneous use of the facilities for artistic productions, venue hire and restaurant/catering services.

The building follows the principle ‘form follows function’ – a clear and simple use of space. Using the empty rooms as a starting point, all areas can be used flexibly and can be transformed as needed . The entire building can be quickly turned into a temporary exhibition space, a concert venue or a dance labyrinth, and then quickly be rearranged in order to make room for congresses, trade shows, symposia, media events and receptions.

for more info about them -http://www.radialsystem.de/rebrush/en/rs-radialsystem-v-einleitungstext.php

Einladung zum Klavierabend am 22.07. um 20.30h – Piano Salon Christophori – Berlin Friedrichshain/Kreuzberg

Monday, July 19th, 2010

 

Berlin 20-07-2010

 

Joesph Haydn - www.foto-face.com

Liebe Freunde der Klaviermusik,

ich darf zum nächsten Klavierabend für den kommenden Donnerstag, denn 22.07.10 einladen, welchen zwei mir sehr teure Pianisten geben werden:

einer der großen Virtuosen unserer Tage, Ulugbek Palvanov wird seine Frau Eleonora begleiten. Es wird also ein Abend mit einem ersten solistischen Teil durch Eleonora Palvanov werden und einem zweiten Teil für 2 Klaviere mit einem der schönsten Werke der spätromantischen Klavierliteratur, Rachmaninoffs Rhapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini in der Version für 2 Klaviere.

Das Programm im Einzelnen und der Ort finden sich auf dem angehängten Flyer- Haydn/Chopin/Ginastera/Rachmaninoff

Wer wissen möchte, wo die Konzerte bis zum Finden einer dauerhaften Stätte stattfinden, folgt diesem Link:

http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Zellestra%C3%9Fe+12,+Berlin&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=19.641967,39.506836&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Zellestra%C3%9Fe+12,+Berlin+10247+Berlin&ll=52.516586,13.461728&spn=0.009284,0.01929&z=16

Konzertsaal Friedrichshain

Zellestraße 12      
10247 Berlin 

[5 min. walk -close to U-Bahn + S-Bahn stations Frankfurter Tor]

Sehr herzlich

Christoph Schreiber

Piano Salon Christophori

www.konzertfluegel.com

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Today – ‘Classic Open Air-Festival’ -Berliner Gendarmenmarkt -15th to 20th July 2010

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Berlin  15-07-2010

 

Two views of the ‘Gendarmenmarkt’  in Berlin by Uli Klose of BerlinProPhoto | berlinprophoto.de

 

 

From 15th to 20th July 2010 on Berlin’s historical and scenic square, the Gendarmenmarkt, [see 2 photos above] will provide the setting for the 2010 ‘Classic Open Air-Festival’.

This is 19th time that this festival – which includes international soloists, orchestras and dancers, entertains music lovers from Germany and around the world – is held here.

While it may seem a bit like the Promenade Concerts which are held every year in London, these concerts appear to want to take the classics down market to the every-man.

The ‘Promenade Concerts’  or usually referred to as the ‘Proms’, were   the series of London concerts founded in 1895 by Robert Newman and the conductor Henry Wood – a festival known today as the BBC Proms – the term originally referred to concerts in the pleasure gardens of London where the audience could stroll about while listening to the music.

For this year’s opening night or ‘First Night’, as the annual opening concert is called, the programme is given over to popular melodies from opera, operetta and orchestral works.

The audience will have the chance to have their say on the actual programme by voting in advance for their favourite works.

Hosting the evening is the entertainer ‘Herbert Feuerstein’ and each evening concert will end with a firework display.

‘Lucia Aliberti’ will take charge of the 2nd evening concert with selected operatic arias from the works by the Italian opera composers of the 19th century, Verdi, Puccini and Rossini.

Her male singing-partner on the evening will be young Icelandic tenor’ Egill Palsson’.

The ‘Brandenburgische Staatsorchester Frankfurt an der Oder’ will be playing under the its principal conductor of Howard Griffiths.

The concert on 17th July will pay homage to the Russian composer Tchaikovsky.

With soloists and award-winners from the ‘ Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg’, choir and ballet accompanied by the ‘Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau’, the evening  will interpret a  medley of his unforgettable ballet and symphonic works.  

Glenn Miller’s famous signature call to his band will provide the theme for the great Berlin Swing Night on the 18th July called – “Let it Swing!”
Bands ‘Andrej Hermlin and his Swing Dance Orchestra’ and ‘Tom Gaebel & His Big Band’ will present evergreen classics from the heyday of swing by Glenn Miller,Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw,Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra.
Helen Schneider, a German swing and jazz singer of our time has spent her lifetime on all the great jazz stages of this world will appear as the star host of a truly swinging evening.

For more information pls see -

http://www.classicopenair.de/