Chamber
Music Connects
the World
This year's chamber music festival will once again be held under the motto 'Alumni & Friends', with around 30 Kronberg Academy alumni coming together in Kronberg to make music and celebrate what unites them: the joy of giving something back to the world through music. The line-up includes Martin Helmchen (piano), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello), William Hagen (violin) as well as students and guest stars such as actor Dietmar Bär.
Not only do the artists come from all over the world, but so does the music: each concert takes us to a different country. A musical journey across eight countries. Experience ten days of playfulness and passionate skill in public rehearsals and eight concerts!
CENTRAL (ERÖFFNUNGSKONZERT). FOKUS DEUTSCHLAND
Participants
- Christel Lee violin
- Alexander Sitkovetsky violin
- Karolina Errera viola
- Sara Ferrández viola
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Hayoung Choi cello
- Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello
- Martin Helmchen piano
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Duet with two obbligato eyeglasses in E flat major for viola and violoncello WoO 32
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor op. 66
intermission
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major op. 18
Concert introduction at 5.15 pm in Großer Saal with Prof. Dr. Friedemann Eichhorn.
Subject to change.
SOUTHEAST. FOKUS ÖSTERREICH
Participants
- Hana Chang violin
- William Hagen violin
- Soojin Han violin
- Christel Lee violin
- Karolina Errera viola
- Sara Ferrández viola
- Oliver Herbert cello
- Maciej Kułakowski cello
- Edgar Moreau cello
- Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
- Thomas Flender horn
- Josef Weissteiner horn
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Musical fun “Dorfmusikantensextett” KV522
Anton Webern (1883–1945)
Five movements for string quartet op. 5
intermission
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major op. 99 D 898
Subject to change.
NORTHWEST. FOKUS ENGLAND
Participants
- Benjamin Hulett tenor
- Hana Chang violin
- William Hagen violin
- Soojin Han violin
- Christel Lee violin
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Valeriy Sokolov violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Samuel Rosenthal viola
- Noga Shaham viola
- Hayoung Choi cello
- Maciej Kułakowski cello
- Edgar Moreau cello
- Martina Consonni piano
- Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
Programme
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet No. 30 in G minor op. 74 No. 3 Hob III:74 “Rider Quartet”
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
On Wenlock Edge
intermission
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Piano Quintet in A minor op. 84
Concert introduction at 6.45 pm in Großer Saal with Chloë Herteleer.
Subject to change.
SOUTHWEST. FOKUS SPANIEN/PORTUGAL
Participants
- Cláudia Ribas mezzo soprano
- Marc Bouchkov violin
- Stella Chen violin
- Valeriy Sokolov violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Noga Shaham viola
- Santiago Cañón Valencia cello
- Brannon Cho cello
- Ivan Karizna cello
- Aleksey Shadrin cello
- Julius Asal piano
- Martina Consonni piano
- Julia Hamos piano
- Itamar Carmeli piano
Programme
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Rhapsodie espagnole M 54
Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
String Quintet in C major op. 30 no. 6 G 324 “La Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid”
intermission
Andreia Pinto Correia (*1971)
Streichtrio (UA)
Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Siete canciones populares españolas
Concert introduction at 6.45 pm in Großer Saal with Chloë Herteleer.
Subject to change.
WEST. FOKUS FRANKREICH
Participants
- Marc Bouchkov violin
- Soojin Han violin
- Dami Kim violin
- Valeriy Sokolov violin
- Karolina Errera viola
- Brannon Cho cello
- Ivan Karizna cello
- Julius Asal piano
- Julia Hamos piano
- Itai Navon piano
- Thorsten Johanns clarinet
Programme
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
La muse et le poète op. 132
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
Suite for clarinet, violin and piano op. 157b
intermission
César Franck (1822–1890)
Piano Quintet in F minor
Concert introduction at 6.45 pm in Großer Saal with Prof. Dr. Friedemann Eichhorn.
Subject to change.
SOUTH. FOKUS ITALIEN
Participants
- Marc Bouchkov violin
- Stella Chen violin
- Dami Kim violin
- Karolina Errera viola
- Samuel Rosenthal viola
- Sào Soulez Larivière viola
- Andreas Brantelid cello
- Santiago Cañón Valencia cello
- Aleksey Shadrin cello
- Julia Hamos piano
- Thorsten Johanns clarinet
Programme
Nino Rota (1911–1979)
Trio for clarinet, violoncello and piano
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
String Quartet in E minor
intermission
Pjotr Iljitsch Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
String Sextet in D minor op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”
Subject to change.
EAST I. FOKUS TSCHECHIEN
Participants
- Dietmar Bär Recitation
- Soojin Han violin
- Leonard Fu violin
- Sindy Mohamed viola
- Maciej Kułakowski cello
Programme
Recitation: Tolstoy “The Kreutzer Sonata”
Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)
String Quartet No. 1 “The Kreutzer Sonata”
Subject to change.
EAST II. FOKUS TSCHECHIEN
Participants
- Stella Chen violin
- Leonard Fu violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Andreas Brantelid cello
- Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano
- Julius Asal piano
- Itamar Carmeli piano
- Itai Navon piano
Programme
Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884)
Sonata in E minor for 2 pianos, 8 hands JB 1:47
Rondo in C major for 2 pianos, 8 hands
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet in A major op. 81
Subject to change.
