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January 7, 2025

Sebastian Knauer / Symphoniker Hamburg / David Newman

Tue, Jan 7, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Symphoniker Hamburg, Sebastian Knauer (Piano), David Newman (Director)

Pianist and Echo Klassik award-winner Sebastian Knauer presents a very special programme - the sounds of Hollywood - in original works and new, never-before-heard arrangements written exclusively for him, accompanied by the large orchestra of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. The evening will be conducted by Oscar-nominated composer and conductor David Newman. He comes from the most successful film music dynasty in the history of the Academy Awards. The programme includes music by his father Alfred Newman, the founding father of the Hollywood sound, composer of the world's most famous fanfare, the 20th Century Fox logo, winner of nine Oscars and his brother Thomas Newman, who has also been nominated for several Oscars. The Oscar-winning composers Alex North, Bernard Herrman, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner can also be heard. Of course, the great American classics George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber are not to be missed on this evening.

Info (www.elbphilharmonie.de)

December 13, 2024

Sebastian Knauer & Johannes Strate

Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 20:00

Gewandhaus Leipzig, Großer Saal (Leipzig)

Sebastian Knauer, Johannes Strate

Two stars, two worlds, one vision: Classical pianist Sebastian Knauer and Revolverheld lead singer Johannes Strate are going on their first joint "Classical meets Pop Tour 2024" in Germany this fall. They'll perform virtuosic interpretations of pieces like Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" alongside Revolverheld's top 10 hits, accompanied by a five-piece string ensemble, creating a unique fusion of classical and pop music. Tickets for the 12 concerts are available now.

Info (www.gewandhausorchester.de)

November 28, 2024

Sebastian Knauer & Johannes Strate

Thu, Nov 28, 2024, 20:00

Kölner Philharmonie (Köln)

Johannes Strate (Vocals), Johannes Strate (Guitar), Sebastian Knauer (Piano)

Sebastian Knauer, ein erfolgreicher Klassik-Pianist, und Johannes Strate, Leadsänger der Band Revolverheld, gehen im Herbst auf ihre erste gemeinsame »Klassik meets Pop Tour 2024«. Beide haben Musikgeschichte geschrieben und füllen die Konzertsäle und Arenen. Nach ihrem umjubelten Konzert-Debüt in Hamburg im letzten Jahr sind sie jetzt auch in der Kölner Philharmonie zu erleben. Mit virtuos interpretierten Stücken und Hits von Revolverheld sowie exklusiven Arrangements verspricht ihre Verschmelzung von Klassik und Pop ein unvergleichliches Konzerterlebnis.

Info (www.koelner-philharmonie.de)

October 15, 2024

Guest performance Classical Music meets Pop Tour 2024

Tue, Oct 15, 2024, 20:00

Philharmonie Berlin, Main Auditorium (Berlin)

Johannes Strate (Vocals), Sebastian Knauer (Piano)

Info (www.berliner-philharmoniker.de)

October 10, 2024

Sebastian Knauer & Johannes Strate

Thu, Oct 10, 2024, 20:00

Laeiszhalle, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Sebastian Knauer (Piano), Johannes Strate (Vocals), Johannes Strate (Guitar), Streicherensemble

Two stars, two worlds, one vision: Sebastian Knauer, one of the most successful classical pianists, and Johannes Strate, lead singer of Revolverheld, can be seen at the Laeiszhalle this autumn on their first joint »Klassik meets Pop Tour 2024«.

Info (www.elbphilharmonie.de)

May 29, 2024

Wiener KammerOrchester / Sebastian Knauer

Wed, May 29, 2024, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Wiener KammerOrchester, Anna Morgoulets (Concert master), Sebastian Knauer (Piano), Morten Friis (Vibraphone)

The Echo Klassik award-winning work »ÜberBach« is coming to the stage of the Elbphilharmonie. Sebastian Knauer has already celebrated great success worldwide with the piano concerto composed for him by Arash Safaian. The continuation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music into today’s world of sound fascinates, touches and inspires. The second soloist on stage alongside Sebastian Knauer is the Danish vibraphonist Morten Friis, who recently stormed the international charts with his hit »Cynical« as the founder of the band Safri Duo. The two soloists will be accompanied by the internationally acclaimed Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Also on the programme are the 5th Brandenburg Concerto BWV 1050 and the Piano Concerto BWV 1052, two original works by J.S. Bach, as well as excerpts from »Souvenir de Florence« by Peter Tchaikovsky, the »Holberg Suite« by Edvard Grieg and the Serenade op. 20 by Edward Elgar.

Info (www.elbphilharmonie.de)

September 15, 2023

Guest performance at the MOZART@AUGSBURG Festival

Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 19:30

Kongress am Park (Augsburg)

Gemma New (Conductor), Sebastian Knauer (Piano)

In our guest appearance in Augsburg conducted by the internationally sought-after conductor Gemma New, we begin with an earworm piece by Rossini, who once remarked: »What love is to the soul, appetite is to the body«. After having written 39 operas, the Italian retired from his musical career at just 37 years of age, choosing to devote himself to indulgent idleness as a hedonist and to the composition of culinary creations. The opera »Wilhelm Tell«, based on the play of the same name by Schiller, was composed in 1829 as his last dramatic work and is a story about love, patriotism and the desire for freedom – together with the legendary apple shot. We then welcome Sebastian Knauer as soloist for the glittering »Rhapsody in Blue« by Gershwin, who put the quintessence of his composing in a nutshell in these words: »In music, only one thing matters: ideas plus feeling!« In 1924, he wrote his popular piano concerto in the style of symphonic jazz: swing themes, sparkling rhythms and blues elements pop up in a loose fitting and paint a picture of his homeland’s soul. Gershwin called it a »musical kaleidoscope of America – our enormous melting pot, our typical quirks«. We conclude with a famous masterpiece by Beethoven, who once said of his inner creative urge: »What’s on my mind must come out, and that's why I compose.« In his Fifth Symphony from 1808, everything revolves around overcoming an almost overpowering fate and the music takes »its listeners into spirit realms«, where Beethoven appears as the »unrestricted sovereign over the spaces of the souls« – that is how the admiring E.T.A. Hoffmann perceived it.

Info (www.bamberger-symphoniker.de)