FreundschaftsSpiele – because music connects souls!

Each weekend of the FreundschaftsSpiele series, prominent artists open their musical hearts to audiences with curiosity, freedom and a whole host of ideas. They are joined by friends, fellow musicians and talented young players from Kronberg Academy, who help them to create something special. Together, the artists organise an entire weekend of concerts and devise concert programmes that thrive on trust, spontaneity and true connection in musical discussions that transcend generations, nations and genres. This series epitomises the spirit once embodied by Pablo Casals.

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Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 FreundschaftsSpiele III

CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF & FRIENDS I

Chang, Dörken, Kruithof, Rhee, Spruit, C. Tetzlaff, S. Tetzlaff

Participants

  • Christian Tetzlaff violin
  • Hana Chang violin
  • Brian Isaacs violin
  • Charlotte Spruit violin
  • Julian Rhee violin
  • Simon Tetzlaff cello
  • Benjamin Kruithof cello
  • Kiveli Dörken piano

Programme

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Quartet in G minor for two violins, viola and cello, Op. 20 No. 3

Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Excerpts from 44 duets for 2 violins

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Trio No. 2 in G minor for piano, violin and violoncello, Op. 26

Concert without intermission

Subject to change.

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 FreundschaftsSpiele III

CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF & FRIENDS II

Dörken, Kruithof, Rhee, Soulez Larivière, Spruit, C. Tetzlaff, S. Tetzlaff, Udovychenko

Participants

  • Christian Tetzlaff violin
  • Charlotte Spruit violin
  • Julian Rhee violin
  • Dmytro Udovychenko violin
  • Sào Soulez Larivière viola
  • Benjamin Kruithof cello

Programme

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Terzetto in C major for two violins and viola, Op. 74
 

Josef Suk (1929–2011)
Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 17

Intermission

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
String Quintet in C major, Op. posth. 163 D 956

Subject to change.

Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 FreundschaftsSpiele III

CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF & FRIENDS III

Chang, Dörken, Isaacs, Kruithof, Rhee, Spruit, C. Tetzlaff, S. Tetzlaff, Udovychenko

Participants

  • Christian Tetzlaff violin
  • Hana Chang violin
  • Brian Isaacs violin
  • Charlotte Spruit violin
  • Julian Rhee violin
  • Dmytro Udovychenko violin
  • Simon Tetzlaff cello
  • Benjamin Kruithof cello
  • Brian Isaacs violin

Programme

Jörg Widmann (1973–
Quartet No. 2 for two violins, viola and cello ‘Choral Quartet’

Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Excerpts from 44 duets for 2 violins

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Trio No. 3 in C minor for violin, cello and piano, Op. 101


Subject to change.


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