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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
LEA DESANDRE - IDYLLE
Participants
- Lea Desandre mezzo soprano
- Thomas Dunford Lute
Programme
Selected chansons by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Claude Debussy, Reynaldo Hahn, Jacques Offenbach, Françoise Hardy, Barbara, Sébastien Le Camus, and others.
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ORA SINGERS - SPIRIT OF SHAKESPEARE
Participants
- ORA Singers
- Suzi Digby director
Programme
Selected songs by Jonathan Dove, Bob Chilcott, Richard Allain, Michael Cavendish, Thomas Morley, Orlando Gibbons, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and others.
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IDENTIGRATION
Participants
- Bridges Kammerorchester – The composing orchestra
- Johanna-Leonore Dahlhoff director
Programme
Atefeh Einali (*1990)
I am from Nowhere
Peter Klohmann (*1986)
Identigration?
Walid Khatba (*1982)
Mosaik am Main
Johanna-Leonore Dahlhoff (*1982)
Concertino for Chamber Orchestra
Andrés Rosales (*1988)
Recuentos
Further works will be announced at a later date. The works have been composed or arranged by members of the orchestra.
Tickets plus fees available from www.frankfurtticket.de
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Organizer: Bridges – Musik verbindet gGmbH
ALL FOR KREMERATA BALTICA
Participants
- Gidon Kremer violin
- Kronberg Young Soloists
- Kremerata Baltica
Programme
Arvo Pärt (*1935)
Passacaglia
Valentin Silvestrov (*1937)
Five Pieces
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Moz-Art à la Haydn
Victor Kissine (*1953)
Swan Time
Giya Kancheli (1935–2019)
Rag-Gidon-Time
Georgs Pelēcis (*1947)
Blooming Jasmine
Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012)
For Manfred
Andrius Žlabys (*1977)
From “Kaleidoscope”
Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
Hay que caminar
Dmitry Stepanovich (1751–1825)
String Quartet “Gidon Kremer Portrait”
Alexander Bakshi (*1952)
Shostakovich Concerto for Two Violins
Alexander Wustin (1943–2020)
Pour Gidon
Andrei Pushkarev (*1974) & Giya Kancheli (1935–2019)
Yellow Button
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KREMER.MIDORI.MAISKY: KLASSIKER UND KLANGSPRENGSTOFF
Participants
- Gidon Kremer violin
- Midori violin
- Mischa Maisky cello
- Kronberg Young Soloists
- Kremerata Baltica
Programme
Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919–2008)
Suite
Sofia Gubaidulina (*1931)
The Tightrope Walker
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Du bist die Ruh, D 776, Op. 59 No. 3
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
Sonata, Op. 69
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Quintet
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GIDON'S SHORT CUTS - ENCORE!
Participants
- Gidon Kremer violin
- Midori violin
- Alina Ibragimova violin
- Kronberg Young Soloists
- Kremerata Baltica
Programme
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Concerto No. 10 in B minor, Op. 3
Alexander Raskatov (*1953)
5 Minutes from the Life of W. A. M.
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Rondo in A major, D 438
Raminta Šerkšnytė (*1975)
This too shall pass
Leonid Desyatnikov (*1955)
The Russian Seasons
Georgs Pelēcis (*1947)
Blooming Jasmine
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Pezzo capriccioso in B minor, Op. 62
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
Serenade after Plato’s “Symposium”
Giya Kancheli (1935–2019)
A Little Daneliade
Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer (*1963) & Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen
Victor Kissine (*1953) & Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Aria from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
The concerts are held on the occasion of Gidon Kremer’s 80th birthday.
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LANDGREN & LUNDGREN
Participants
- Nils Landgren Trombone
- Jan Lundgren piano
Programme
Nils Landgren and Jan Lundgren combine Nordic tradition, impressionistic colours, and American jazz in lyrical miniatures poised between lightness and melancholy. In intimate musical partnership, the duo unfolds the most concentrated form of collaborative music-making.
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"LIEBER SCHUBERT" VII
Participants
- Martin Helmchen piano
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in E major, D 459
Piano Sonata in B-flat major, Op. posth., D 960
Conclusion of the complete Schubert cycle
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100 JAHRE ROSTROPOVICHROSTROPOVICH - VERABREDUNG MIT SLAVA
Participants
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
- Kronberg Young Soloists
- Shchedryk Choir
Programme
Commemoration of Mstislav Rostropovich on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
“Kronberg is the world capital of the cello,” Mstislav Rostropovich (1927–2007) once said. He supported the Kronberg Academy from the very beginning. After his death, we maintained an annual “Appointment with Slava” for ten years at the Rostropovich bust in the centre of Kronberg.
Now we will meet him there once again to celebrate his 100th birthday.
The programme will be announced at a later date.
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3RD INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS KRONBERG
Programme
Age Groups I–IV
The programme will be available online from 6 March 2027 at: piano-competition-kronberg.de
Public competition performances: free admission
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Organizer: International Piano Competition Taunus e.V.