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In Kronberg stars of today make music with stars of tomorrow; leading contemporary artists give performances with outstanding next-generation musicians. The concerts, public tuition sessions and public rehearsals all provide opportunities for audiences to become stakeholders in these great musical moments. Get close to music and the artists!
Current event
VERSPIELT
Participants
- Ji Young Lim violin
- István Várdai cello
- Min Kim director
- Korean Chamber Orchestra
Programme
Jisoo Lee (*1969)
Jindo Arirang (Theme on Traditional Korean Folk Music)
Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
Concerto No. 9 in B-flat major, G 482
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Pezzo capriccioso in B minor, Op. 62
Christoph W. Gluck (1714–1787) & Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Melody from “Orfeo ed Euridice”
Franz Waxman (1906–1967)
Carmen Fantasy
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Serenade in E major, Op. 22
Subject to change
FÜR CASALS
Participants
- Anna Im violin
- Michael Shaham violin
- Noga Shaham viola
- Nicholas Swensen viola
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Chloe Jiyeong Mun piano
Programme
Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
From Jewish Life, B 54
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
Pablo Casals (1876–1973)
Rêverie
Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966)
Requiebros
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
Subject to change
HERZBLUT
Participants
- Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
- Plínio Fernandes Guitar
Programme
Radamés Gnattali (1906–1988)
Sonata
Leo Brouwer (*1939)
Sonata “The Magic Space”
Rafael M. Arcaro
Élegie à une mémoire oubliée
Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Siete canciones populares españolas
Subject to change
ZEITSPRUNG
Participants
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
- Avi Avital mandolin
- Kremerata Baltica
- Christian Jost director
Programme
Heinrich Biber (1644–1704)
Battalia
Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (version for mandolin and strings)
Christian Jost (*1963)
“Seasons” for violoncello and string orchestra (world premiere)
Subject to change
SERENADE & SARKASMUS
Participants
- Sergei Nakariakov trumpet
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Martin Helmchen piano
- Kremerata Baltica
- Gidon Kremer conducting & violin
Programme
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Serenade No. 6 in D major, K. 239 “Serenata notturna”
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35
Alisson Krussmaa (*1929)
New composition - Title to be announced
Subject to change
GLOBAL GROOVES
Participants
- Bryan Cheng cello
- Leonard Disselhorst cello
Programme
Leonard Disselhorst (*1976)
Kingfisher, The Drift, Jasmine Ode
Tigran Hamasyan (*1987) & Howard Shore (*1946)
Toichis Mountains
Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Such Sweet Thunder
Herbie Hancock (*1940) & Bobby McFerrin (*1950)
Turtle Shoes
Mariano Mores (1918–2016)
Taquito Militar
Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Nightclub
Traditional medley of Romanian themes
Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 BB 68
Milena Dolinová & Kryštof Mařatka (*1972)
Čsardáš III
Subject to change
GRENZGÄNGER
Participants
- Bruno Philippe cello
- hr-Bigband
- Ed Partyka director
Programme
Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Selected Works
Friedrich Gulda (1930–2000)
Concerto for Violoncello and Wind Orchestra
Subject to change
NEW WORLD
Participants
- Mihaela Martin violin
- László Fenyö cello
- Berlin Academy of American Music
- Garrett Keast director
Programme
Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
An Outdoor Overture
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
Serenade after Plato’s “Symposium”
Anna Clyne (*1980)
Shorthand
George Gershwin (1898–1937)
An American in Paris
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
Overture to the operetta “Candide”
Subject to change
ERZÄHLUNGEN
Participants
- Pierre Genisson clarinet
- Irène Duval violin
- Sào Soulez Larivière viola
- Steven Isserlis cello
- Anna Han piano
- Connie Shih piano
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano Trio, Op. 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”, Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 102 No. 1
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Three Romances, Op. 94, Fairy Tales, Op. 132
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Subject to change
ILLUMINATION
Participants
- Anna Prohaska soprano
- Noah Bendix-Balgley violin
- Ensemble Resonanz
- Riccardo Minasi director
Programme
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Les Illuminations, Op. 18
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Elegy
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
Subject to change