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MARINO FORMENTI IS NOWHERE – Music for life ­- A three-week piano performance – Alternative Live Classical Music in Berlin – Marino Formenti Pianist – 11 hours of live music everyday for free in Berlin!

Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
Steingraeber & Söhne Piano Berlin OTA-Berlin

“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…

Alternative Live Piano in Berlin – MUSICA Litoralis with Julien Quentin, piano & cellist Isang Enders -Piano Salon Christophori

Friday, October 5th, 2012
Piano Salon Christophori - ota-berlin

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…

Alternative Live Piano in Berlin – next Friday, the 05th October at 2030 hrs the Dutch violinist Rosanne Philippens & pianist Yuri van Nieuwkerk at 2030 hrs – Piano Salon Christophori

Saturday, September 29th, 2012
Béla Bartók - OTA-Berlin

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…

BBC World Service vs NPR / National Public Radio – Which is better ? – Berlin English Radio listeners Poll clearly give thumbs up to NPR – article by W van Coeveren

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…

Live Classical Piano in Berlin – BAR WALDO – CONCERT “STORMS OF LIFE” WITH MADALINA Pasol ANDRAS VERMESY – Wednesday 26th, September 2012, 1930 hrs

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Steingraeber & Söhne Piano Berlin OTA-Berlin

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…

Alternative Live Piano in Berlin – Piano Music of Rodion Shchedrin – “24 preludes and fugues” – played by Michael Abramovich – Wednesday, 26 th September – Piano Salon Christophori

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
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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…

Alternative Live Piano in Berlin this coming week Sept.24th – 30th – Piano Salon Christophori

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Béla Bartók - OTA-Berlin

 

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…

Alternative Live Piano in Berlin – this Sunday, the 23rd September at 2030 hrs – Schumann – Dichterliebe op.48 with Swiss Baritone Andrè Schuen & piano accompanist Daniel Heath. – Live Classical Piano in Berlin with Michael Abramovich, piano – Piano Salon Christophori

Friday, September 21st, 2012
Robert Schumann OTA Berlin

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…

Leipzig celebrates “800 JAHRE THOMANA” 2012 – 800th anniversary of the Tomaner Choir – Festwoche der Thomasschule 17th til 23rd September 2012 – Bach would be both proud & impressed !

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Bachfest Leipzig poster 2011

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…

Alternative Live Piano in Berlin – Stefan Hempel – Violin with Daniel Seroussi – piano “Die kammermusikalische Privataufführung”- this coming Thursday, the 20th September at 2030 hrs – Chopin evening – Live Classical Piano in Berlin with Michael Abramovich, piano – Piano Salon Christophori

Saturday, September 15th, 2012
WA Mozart - OTA-Berlin

 ”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…

Concerts, films, symposium – and a “long night” of Hanns Eisler Music – 50 years since the death of the celebrated Communist composer Hanns Eisler – Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler“ Berlin (HFM) – by OTA-Berlin Constituency contributor Mr Filip v d Plas

Thursday, September 6th, 2012
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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…