Youth Concert
Astor Piazzolla
"Tangazo"
Claudia Montero
"Vientos del sur" (Winds of the South), German premiere
George Gershwin
American composer George Gershwin can justifiably be called one of the fathers of today´s so popular ?crossover? movement. This son of Russian-Jewish immigrants earned his first laurels with activities as a song plugger and then soon landed a…
"An American in Paris"
Arturo Márquez
Danzón No. 2
Simone Menezes Conductor
Die Dirigentin Simone Menezes ist eine Künstlerin von ungewöhnlich visionärer Kraft, die für Kreativität und innovatives Denken in der Verbindung klassischen und zeitgenössischen Repertoires weltweit Beachtung findet. Ob als Gründerin und…
Ksenija Sidorova Accordion
Praised as “superbly subtle and virtuosic” (The Arts Desk) and “an amazingly accomplished artist” (Classical Source), Ksenija Sidorova is the leading ambassador for the accordion.
Encouraged to take up the instrument by a grandmother steeped in the…
Malte Arkona Moderator