Lukas Sternath, born in 2001, began his career as a Vienna Boys' Choir member before studying piano in Vienna and Hanover under Igor Levit. He won first prize and seven special awards at the 2022 ARD Music Competition. He has performed at prestigious venues like Vienna's Musikverein and Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie. As a Rising Star, he returns to Cologne's Philharmonie for a solo recital, featuring Liszt's challenging sonata.
Bonn-born, award-winning pianist Fabian Müller considers Beethoven his musical compass. This influence is evident in his chamber music evening, where he joins violinist Bomsori and cellist Julia Hagen. They'll play Beethoven's Violin Sonata Op. 12, Brahms' Cello Sonata No. 1 (inspired by Beethoven), culminating in Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2.
The Tetzlaff Quartet, composed of siblings Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff, Hanna Weinmeister, and Elisabeth Kufferath, celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024. Their shared passion for chamber music brought them together in 1992, and they began performing publicly in 1994. Known for their fresh and detailed performances, they maintain a spirit of curiosity and deep friendship.
Sir András Schiff and Iván Fischer agree: Brahms is number one. Their program focuses on Brahms' "number one" works, including Piano Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 1, and Hungarian Dances 1 and 11. This isn't a coincidence but rather points to the concert's top-notch quality.
Rudolf Buchbinder's piano interpretations set pianistic standards, combining tradition and innovation in his readings of classical piano literature for over 60 years. He plays Brahms' first piano concerto, a work full of great tragedy and dramatic power. Bartók's "Concerto for Orchestra" is in no way inferior to it in terms of musical drama. In 1940, the Hungarian composer had to emigrate to the USA, where he suffered from artistic neglect and health problems. In his last orchestral work, he spans the arc "from the darkness of the sad lament to the affirmation of life," as he himself writes.
Throughout his life, Robert Schumann sought the "poetic", most notably in his song cycle Dichterliebe. Florian Boesch, a leading Lieder singer, embodies this quest. In 1840, Schumann composed numerous songs, including Dichterliebe, uniting words and music. Boesch, with pianist Malcolm Martineau, masterfully explores the Romantic world of these Lieder.
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