Since 2018, Lahav Shani has been the Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. From the 20/21 season he started his position as Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, taking over from Zubin Mehta who held the position for…
With an overwhelming talent and innate musicality, Seong-Jin Cho has made his mark as one of the consummate talents of his generation and most distinctive artists on the current music scene. His thoughtful and poetic, assertive and tender, virtuosic…
Ludwig van Beethoven, born in December 1770 in Bonn into a musical family, attracted attention early in his life thanks to his outstanding musical talent. In 1792 the Prince Elector of Bonn sent him to Vienna to enable him to perfect his knowledge…
The overture to "Egmont" stands at the end of Beethoven´s "middle" creative period in which, since 1802, he had trodden a new path with works like the 3rd Symphony, called the "Eroica" and the Piano Sonata, Opus 31, No. 2. Previous works also…
When Sergei Prokofiev died in Moscow on March 5, 1953 - the same day as Josef Stalin - he left behind an extensive body of work, of which his musical fairy tale "Peter and the Wolf", his first symphony, subtitled "Symphonie Classique", and his ballet…
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in G minor, Opus 16
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in G minor, Opus 16
Opinions were divided on the works of the young Sergei Prokofiev. While the one camp regarded him as an eminently talented musician, the other was outraged over the uncompromising nonconformist, who simply disregarded the grand tradition of Russian…
"New Trails“ was the title of an enthusiastic article in the "Neue Zeitschrift für Musik“ in which Robert Schumann introduced Johannes Brahms (born on May 7th 1833 in Hamburg) to the musical world. Praised as an innovator by Schumann, Brahms was…
Only a few months after its world première in 1885, hardly anyone characterized Brahms´s Fourth Symphony in E minor, Opus 98, with greater enthusiasm than did Brahms´s friend violinist Joseph Joachim in a letter to the composer: Today we played…
Since 2018, Lahav Shani has been the Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. From the 20/21 season he started his position as Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, taking over from Zubin Mehta who held the position for…
With an overwhelming talent and innate musicality, Seong-Jin Cho has made his mark as one of the consummate talents of his generation and most distinctive artists on the current music scene. His thoughtful and poetic, assertive and tender, virtuosic…
Ludwig van Beethoven, born in December 1770 in Bonn into a musical family, attracted attention early in his life thanks to his outstanding musical talent. In 1792 the Prince Elector of Bonn sent him to Vienna to enable him to perfect his knowledge…
The overture to "Egmont" stands at the end of Beethoven´s "middle" creative period in which, since 1802, he had trodden a new path with works like the 3rd Symphony, called the "Eroica" and the Piano Sonata, Opus 31, No. 2. Previous works also…
When Sergei Prokofiev died in Moscow on March 5, 1953 - the same day as Josef Stalin - he left behind an extensive body of work, of which his musical fairy tale "Peter and the Wolf", his first symphony, subtitled "Symphonie Classique", and his ballet…
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in G minor, Opus 16
Opinions were divided on the works of the young Sergei Prokofiev. While the one camp regarded him as an eminently talented musician, the other was outraged over the uncompromising nonconformist, who simply disregarded the grand tradition of Russian…
"New Trails“ was the title of an enthusiastic article in the "Neue Zeitschrift für Musik“ in which Robert Schumann introduced Johannes Brahms (born on May 7th 1833 in Hamburg) to the musical world. Praised as an innovator by Schumann, Brahms was…
Only a few months after its world première in 1885, hardly anyone characterized Brahms´s Fourth Symphony in E minor, Opus 98, with greater enthusiasm than did Brahms´s friend violinist Joseph Joachim in a letter to the composer: Today we played…
Die Sopranistin und Dirigentin Barbara Hannigan verkörpert Musik mit einer unvergleichlichen dramatischen Sensibilität und ist eine Künstlerin und kreative Vorreiterin. Mehr als 30 Jahre nach ihrem professionellen Debüt hatte Hannigan die Ehre, für…
