Archive for the ‘Classical Performances’ Category
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012

“A kind of pagan chapel where life and music can become one” is Marino Formenti’s description of Nowhere. Boundaries between time and space become blurred, allowing the artist to reflect on music, make frequent experiments and rediscover wonder through repetition.
For three weeks, the mobile house, created by Kyohei Sakaguchi, will become a stage in front of the Haus der Berliner Festspiele to [...] Continue Reading…
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Friday, October 5th, 2012

This Sunday, the 07th October at 2030 hrs the Piano Salon Christophori proudly presents again MUSICA litoralis with Julien Quentin and another world-class musicians, cellist Isang Enders.
Isang Enders with a bang, enter the international stage by. Than 20 years on one of the most important places in Germany, which was the concert master of the Staatskapelle Dresden appointed under Christian Thielemann He has been [...] Continue Reading…
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Saturday, September 29th, 2012

Bartok – Rhapsody No.. 1, no. 2 and Romanian Folk Dances
Brahms – Sonata No.. 3
Ravel – Tzigane
Hubay – Kati Hejre
Concert invitations for next Friday the 5th October at 20.30 hrs.
The following week, one of the best young European string artists will be heard at the Salon.
On Friday, the 05th October at 2030 hrs the Dutch violinist Rosanne Philippens will thrill our audience once [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Alternative Live Piano in Berlin - this coming Wednesday, Bartok - Rhapsody No.. 1, Berlin, Brahms - Sonata No.. 3, Cremona from 1750, Hubay - Kati Hejre, Michelangelo Bergonzi, no. 2 and Romanian Folk Dances, Op. 53, ota-berlin piano salon, pianist Yuri van Nieuwkerk, Piano Salon Christophori, Ravel - Tzigane, Rosanne Philippens, rosannephilippens.com, the Dutch violinist Rosanne Philippens, violin made by Michelangelo Bergonzi, what to do on October 5th, Yuri van Nieuwkerk
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Thursday, September 27th, 2012

We were curious which English speaking Berliners preferred to listen to when in Berlin – was it the BBC World Service Radio or the newly arrived to Berlin NPR or National Public Radio with a local affiliate station in Berlin. We also gave our blog viewers the alternative for a third choice, which was neither of the above but would prefer a [...] Continue Reading…
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

Torstraße 164, 10115 Berlin
BAR – WALDO
Square subway station Rosenthaler, U8
CONCERT “STORMS OF LIFE” AND WITH MADALINA Pasol ANDRAS VERMESY
Wednesday 26th, September 2012, 19:30 Clock
Madalina Pasol – piano; Andras Vermesy – Piano
The program includes:
Schubert: Duo in A minor, D.947 “Storms of Life”
Frederic Chopin: Ballade Op. 47 A flat major,
Ravel: “Ma mère l’oye” (cinq pièces enfantines pour piano à [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Andras Vermesy, CONCERT "STORMS OF LIFE", Frederic Chopin: Ballade Op. 47 A flat major, Liszt: Faust Waltz Hungarian Rhapsody, Madalina Pasol, MADALINA Pasol ANDRAS VERMESY, Ravel: "Ma mère l'oye" (cinq pièces enfantines pour piano à 4 mains), September 2012, Wednesday 26th
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

On this coming Wednesday, the 26th 09th at 20.30 h, a programmatic special piano recital, the pianist and conductor Michael Abramovich, who is always good for new listening habits by intersecting interpretations of plays, on the occasion of the 80th Birth of the composer, the 24 preludes and fugues by Rodion Shchedrin on 2 evenings.
This could be considered one of the most [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 24 preludes and fugues, Alternative Live Piano in Berlin - this coming Wednesday, Berlin, Dimitri Shostakovich, ota-berlin piano salon, Piano Salon Christophori, Rodion Shchedrin, Rosanne Philippens, Volker Milch, wiesbadener-tagblatt.de
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

Dear Guests and Friends of the Piano Salon -
Two great concert - gigs in the coming week!
On Wednesday, the 26th 09th at 20.30 h, a programmatic special piano recital, the pianist and conductor Michael Abramovich, who is always good for new listening habits by intersecting interpretations of plays, on the occasion of the 80th Birth of the composer, the 24 preludes and fugues [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Alternative Live Piano in Berlin - this coming Wednesday, Bartok - Rhapsody No.. 1, Erard and Pleyel pianos berlin, michael-abramovich.com, Michelangelo Bergonzi, no. 2 and Romanian Folk Dances, Op. 53, ota-berlin piano salon, Piano Salon Christophori, the-lyrical-salon.de
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Friday, September 21st, 2012

Dear Guests and Friends of the Piano Salon -
Concert invitations for this coming Sunday 23rd September at 20.30 hrs.
This Sunday, 23 09th at 20.30 h, a Schumann recital with the new superstar among baritones, the Swiss Andrè Schuen accompanied by one of the most renowned accompanists, Daniel Heath.
Andrè Schuen was shortly after the planning of this evening bound exclusively by one of [...] Continue Reading…
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

It is a school – but it is much more than that obviously!
The Thomaner – they are a Boys Choir and a School built upon religious beliefs, singing and music and education. They call it a ‘tradition of unity for 800 years’!
To see a schedule of all the events this week in Leipzig please see – http://www.thomana2012.de/programm/festwochen
The beginning of this long and [...] Continue Reading…
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Saturday, September 15th, 2012

”Die kammermusikalische Privataufführung”
Stefan Hempel – Violin with Daniel Seroussi – piano
Mozart – Violinsonate F-Dur KV 547
Grieg – Violinsonate c- moll op. 45
Messiaen – Theme et Variations (1932)
Elgar - Violinsonate e-moll op. 82 [Prof. Hempel spielt eine Violine von Nicolaus Gagliano (Neapel 1754).] http://www.hfm-berlin.de/Stefan_Hempel.html
Concert invitations for this coming Thursday, the 20th September at 20.30 hrs.
Reservation requests for each concert can be specified by [...] Continue Reading…
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Thursday, September 6th, 2012

Today the 6th of September he died in 1962 in Berlin and thus a special Hanns Eisler celebration week has been planned in his honour.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the composer, the International Hanns Eisler Society (IHEG) is organising the Eisler Days from 6 to 11 September with concerts, historic films, a symposium and a “Long [...] Continue Reading…
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