Joseph Moog
Nominated for a Grammy in 2016 and recipient of prestigious awards such as the 2015 Gramophone Classical Music Award, the 2014 International Classical Music Award for "Instrumentalist of the Year," and the 2012 International Classical Music Award, Joseph Moog possesses the rare gift of combining exquisite virtuosity with an expressive, profound, and intelligent musicality. A master of both standard and rare or forgotten repertoire, the young performer has made a name for himself worldwide, also renowned for his own compositions and transcriptions.
The 2019/2020 season takes Joseph Moog to the most prestigious concert halls, festivals, and ensembles, including his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing Richard Strauss's 'Burleske' under Emmanuel Krivine, the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, the Odense Symphony Orchestra, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, as well as recitals at Wigmore Hall London, Théâtre La Scala Paris, Salle Philharmonique de Liège, the Steinway International Series Cardiff, the Turner Sims Piano Series Southampton, the Harrogate International Festival, Westminster Cathedral Hall, and the Kyiv Spring Festival. A particularly special performance will be his rendition of Liszt's piano transcription of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Ruhr Piano Festival, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Bonn master's birth, with which he has enjoyed a close collaboration since 2013.
The 2018/2019 season featured numerous highlights, including performances with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Matthias Pintscher, Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No. 5 at the Philharmonie Luxembourg, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with the New Japan Philharmonic under Lawrence Foster at the Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, 'Piano aux Jacobins' in Toulouse, and the Music Festival in Gdansk.
The 2019/2020 season takes Joseph Moog to the most prestigious concert halls, festivals, and ensembles, including his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing Richard Strauss's 'Burleske' under Emmanuel Krivine, the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, the Odense Symphony Orchestra, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, as well as recitals at Wigmore Hall London, Théâtre La Scala Paris, Salle Philharmonique de Liège, the Steinway International Series Cardiff, the Turner Sims Piano Series Southampton, the Harrogate International Festival, Westminster Cathedral Hall, and the Kyiv Spring Festival. A particularly special performance will be his rendition of Liszt's piano transcription of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Ruhr Piano Festival, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Bonn master's birth, with which he has enjoyed a close collaboration since 2013.
The 2018/2019 season featured numerous highlights, including performances with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Matthias Pintscher, Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No. 5 at the Philharmonie Luxembourg, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with the New Japan Philharmonic under Lawrence Foster at the Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, 'Piano aux Jacobins' in Toulouse, and the Music Festival in Gdansk.
A significant highlight is the young artist's extensive discography, for which he has received numerous awards and outstanding reviews from the international press. In 2017, he recorded Johannes Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Richard Strauss's Burleske with the German Radio Philharmonic under the direction of Nicholas Milton. This was followed in November 2018 by his recording of the complete Études by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel's 'Gaspard de la Nuit'.
In October 2019, his long-awaited solo album 'Between Heaven and Hell', featuring the sonatas and legends of Franz Liszt, was released. Joseph Moog established his reputation as a soloist through concerts in the legendary Master Pianists series at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the International House of Music Moscow, the New Ross Piano Festival, and the La Roque d'Anthéron Festival, among others.
He has performed extensively in the USA, including at the Frick Collection in New York City, the Gilmore International Piano Series, Portland Piano International, the Washington Performing Arts Society, the Vancouver Recital Society, and the Miami International Piano Festival. Joseph Moog maintains a broad concert repertoire that has brought him together with leading orchestras worldwide.
Joseph Moog, the son of two orchestral musicians, is a recipient of the Prix Groupe de Rothschild and was appointed a Steinway Artist in 2009. He is a founding member and artistic director of the Konz Music Festival near his current residence in Luxembourg and is actively involved in promoting culture in his hometown of Neustadt/Weinstraße, as well as throughout Rhineland-Palatinate.
Sandrine Cantoreggi, Violin
wurde in Bordeaux geboren und begann das Violinspiel am Luxemburger Musikkonservatorium. Ihre schnellen Fortschritte erlaubten es ihr mit 14 Jahren in das renommierte Pariser Conservatoire CNSMDP aufgenommen zu werden.
In Anlehnung an die Tradition der Geiger Eugène Ysaye und Georges Enescu verkörpert Sandrine die französisch-belgische Geigenschule und erweitert ihren Klang und ihre Ausdruckspalette durch das Interesse an der russischen Geigenschule.
Sandrine ist eine komplette Künstlerin, die den Dialog mit anderen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen, ob musikalisch, literarisch oder plastisch, immer geliebt hat.
Sie tritt als Solistin mit Orchester, im Solo-Violinabend und in verschiedenen Kammermusikgruppen auf.
Auf renommierten europäischen Bühnen spielte sie mit Persönlichkeiten wie Yehudi Menuhin, Vladimir Spivakov, Yuri Bashmet, Georges Octors, Jan Stulen, Stéphane Denève, Pierre Cao, Bruno Canino, Daniel Blumenthal, Dana Ciocarlie, Gustav Rivinius, Valérie Aimard, Manuel Fischer-Dieskau, Connie Shih…
Internationale Touren führen sie nach Russland, in die USA sowie nach Georgien und Japan.
CD-Aufnahmen zeugen von ihrer musikalischen Authentizität. Sandrine Cantoreggi hat für die Labels Turtle Records, Pavane, Ligia und Kalidisc Kammermusikwerke und Konzerte von Haydn, Mozart, Locatelli, Onslow, Respighi, Lalo, Ravel, Enescu, Ropartz und Ysaye aufgenommen.
Mit Hingabe gibt sie ihr Wissen auch an die jüngeren Generationen weiter.
Sie hat am Brüsseler Konservatorium unterrichtet und ist derzeit Professorin am Luxemburger Musikkonservatorium.
Sie ist Gründerin und Präsidentin der Journées Musicales Mondorf a.s.b.l. und Mitglied der Kammerata Luxembourg.
Im Gebiet der Wissenschaft und der Künste verlieh ihr Seine königliche Hoheit, Großherzog Henri von Luxemburg, den Orden Adolf von Nassau für zivile und militärische Verdienste.
Die Banque Internationale à Luxembourg ist stolz darauf, Sandrine Cantoreggi mit einer großartigen Geige von Giovanni Battista GUADAGNINI aus dem Jahr 1754 zu unterstützen.
Isabel Van Grysperre, Violine
Isabel Van Grysperre comes from Izegem (Belgium) and received musical training in her home region from a very young age. Her professional training took place in the Netherlands, first at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, and subsequently in the class of Benzion Shamir at the Rotterdam Conservatoire.
She completed her master's studies with Gunars Larsens and Daniel Dodds at the Lucerne Conservatory with high distinction and the jury's congratulations, and received a scholarship from the Marianne and Curt Dienemann Foundation in Lucerne. She also studied baroque violin and chamber music with Chiara Banchini and Johann Sonnleitner at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel.
Masterclasses followed with, among others, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Sigiswald Kuijken, Mira Glodeanu, Jean Tubéry and Gerhard Darmstadt.
Isabel Van Grysperre lives in Luxembourg and performs regularly with various ensembles. Since 2013, she has been a soloist/principal player in the Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra and a member of the Ensemble Kammerata Luxembourg.
In addition to her concert activities, she also teaches violin at the Conservatoire de Musique du Nord in Diekirch/Ettelbruck.
Sophie Urhausen, Viola
After receiving her “Diplôme Supérieur” from the Luxembourg Conservatory of Music, violist Sophie Urhausen moved to Vienna in 2011, where she completed her studies with a Master's degree at the “Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna”.
At the same time, she completed her Master's degree in Instrumental Pedagogy at the "University of the Arts Bern" in Switzerland.
She participated in masterclasses with renowned lecturers such as Tabea Zimmermann, Thomas Riebl, Nils Mönkemeyer and Hartmut Rode, as well as in the prestigious chamber music festival "Festival Pablo Casals" in Prades.
Sophie Urhausen gained orchestral experience as a substitute with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and as an intern with the Bern Symphony Orchestra and the OPL.
With her “Trio Favola” she gave concerts in Japan, Italy and Austria.
She is currently a member of Solistes Européens Luxembourg and the ensemble Kammerata Luxembourg.
Sophie Urhausen has been teaching at the Luxembourg City Conservatory since September 2019.
Anik Schwall, cello
Anik Schwall began her musical training in the class of André Navau and later Jean Halsdorf at the Esch-sur-Alzette Conservatory. She continued her studies at the Basel Academy of Music in the class of Rafael Rosenfeld and at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels in the class of Marie Hallynck. She received her Master of Arts with distinction in January 2018 from the Zurich University of the Arts in the class of Orfeo Mandozzi.
Anik was a long-time member of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) and the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra (SJSO), as well as an intern at the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg (OPL), and has accepted invitations from orchestras such as the Gstaad Festival Orchestra (CH), the Musica Ricercata Orchestra (RO), the Spira Mirabilis Chamber Orchestra (I), the Orchestra Leonore (I), the Grafenegg Academy Orchestra (A), the Orchestre National de Lorraine (F) or the Orquesta de la Comunitat Valenciana (E).
In addition to her work as a teacher at the Conservatoire de la ville de Luxembourg and at the Ecole de Musique de l'UGDA, Anik plays regularly with the Orchester Philharmonique du Luxembourg (OPL), the Orchester de Chambre du Luxembourg (OCL) and the new music ensemble United Instruments of Lucilin. She is also a permanent member of the Solistes Européens Luxembourg (SEL) and the Ensemble Kammerata Luxembourg.
Her performances also include solo concerts with orchestra, such as with the OPL (2012) or the Sibiu Philharmonic Orchestra (2022).
Anik is a scholarship recipient of the Fonds Culturel National and the Start-Up of the Oeuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte.
Markus Brönnimann, Flöte
has been solo flutist in the Orchester Philharmonique du Luxembourg since 1998.
Born in Switzerland, he received his training from Günter Rumpel at the Zurich University of the Arts. Further studies took him to Michel Debost in the USA and to Renate Greiss-Armin in Karlsruhe.
During his studies, he won a study prize from the Migros Cooperative Federation. Markus Brönnimann gained his first orchestral experience as a member of the Young German Philharmonic, subsequently serving as principal flutist in the NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover and the Hagen/Westphalia Philharmonic Orchestra.
His particular passion is chamber music. He is a member of Ensemble Pyramide, which presents its own concert series in Zurich; he is also a member of the Ensemble Kammerata Luxembourg. As a chamber musician, he is a regular guest at festivals in Europe and overseas, having performed at the Rheingau Festival and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, as well as at Cape Classics in South Africa.
Markus Brönnimann is committed to continuously expanding the repertoire of his instrument. His extensive discography testifies to his spirit of discovery and his diverse interests. He has revived and recorded valuable, forgotten works such as the serenades of Théodore Gouvy.
He also considers the study of contemporary music important, collaborating with composers such as Peter Eötvös, Sylvano Bussotti, Elena Firsova, Rudolf Kelterborn or Gao Ping.
Markus Brönnimann's interest in music is not limited to the flute. In recent years, he has arranged more than 25 works for the Ensemble Pyramide. These arrangements are documented on CDs featuring music by W.A. Mozart, Franz Krommer, Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Pierné, and Claude Debussy. When he takes up his pen, he writes texts about music and occasionally composes his own pieces.
German State Philharmonic Orchestra of Rhineland-Palatinate
The German State Philharmonic Orchestra of Rhineland-Palatinate has been performing since its founding over a hundred years ago.The music brings music to the people. The orchestra never had its own concert hall; it was always...The musicians are touring all over the country. Without a doubt, the State Philharmonic is a...Migratory bird. Its driving force is the movement towards the audience. A perfect performance is like a
Impressively synchronized flight maneuvers: Numerous individuals form a precise formation.an organized swarm that reacts quickly and sensitively to one another. Through concentratedObserving more distant flock members can help migratory birds to begin
Anticipating changes in direction or formation – much like the orchestral musicians do.Pay attention to your colleagues while playing.
In the shadow of the First World War, committed citizens came to Landau in September 1919.together to decide on the founding of a touring national symphony orchestra. After theFollowing its inaugural concert on February 15, 1920, the orchestra embarked on its first concert tour through theThe Palatinate and the Saarland. Thus began the history of the German State Philharmonic.Rhineland-Palatinate, which can now look back on a 101-year tradition.Even in its early years, the orchestra, under the direction of Richard Strauss, caused a stir andHermann Abendroth garnered supra-regional attention. Chief conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach andLeif Segerstam, now honorary conductor, helped the ensemble gain international recognition. AlsoMichael Francis, who has been chief conductor of the German State Philharmonic Orchestra of Rhineland-Palatinate since the 2019-20 season, will provide numerous new impulses and thus continue the tradition of the orchestra.As an orchestra without a permanent home, the symphonic provision of the state remains theThe most important task of the State Philharmonic. With over 100 concerts per season, it brings music toThe people. Guest performances at home and abroad, as well as collaborations with international partners.The presence of prominent conductors and soloists attests to the high esteem in which the orchestra is held.Outreach and family-oriented programs enrich the offerings for young people. Including rehearsal visits.And even the youngest children are introduced to the world of classical music through crawling concerts.Regular concert recordings by SWR and Deutschlandfunk Kultur, as well as numerous CD productions, round off the diverse range of activities of the State Philharmonic.
A love of travel and a sense of new beginnings characterize the orchestra not only geographically.The State Philharmonic Orchestra is also constantly embarking on journeys in a figurative sense. Music for theFor them, bringing people to the area means not only being present, but also connecting with the people.directly accessible. Thus, even 101 years after its founding, the orchestra remains an integral part of the community.of cultural life and more than ever a cultural beacon for the state of Rhineland-Palatinate andover and beyond
Michael Francis - Chief Conductor, German State Philharmonic Orchestra of Rhineland-Palatinate
Michael Francis has been chief conductor of the State Philharmonic Orchestra since the 2019-2020 season. He is in his fifth year as principal conductor.Season Music Director of the Florida Orchestra and has been responsible for musical andartistic director of the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego.He received return invitations to perform with the Cleveland Orchestra and to Tampere.
Concerts will follow withincluding the MDR Symphony Orchestra, the Northwest German Philharmonic, the WürttembergischePhilharmonie Reutlingen as well as with the symphony orchestras in St. Louis, San Diego and Indianapolis.Previous engagements took him to orchestras in Europe such as the Radio Symphony Orchestra.Berlin, the MDR Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, RoyalPhilharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra London, Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France,Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.He also conducted the London Symphony Orchestra on several occasions. He was supported by, among others, Valery Gergiev.also Sir Colin Davis.
In Asia, he conducted the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Japan Philharmonic.Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Hong Kong Philharmonic. In North America, the New YorkPhilharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras in Pittsburgh, Houston, and Atlantaor Cincinnati.
He worked with soloists such as Lang Lang, Arcadi Volodos, Emanuel Ax, Itzhak Perlman, ChristianTetzlaff, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Håkan Hardenberger, Truls Mørk, Ian Bostridge, Sting and RufusWainwright collaborated
Tatjana Ruhland, flute
OPUS KLASSIK award winner Tatjana Ruhland was once called the "Paganini of the flute" bya critic described it, and the Tagesspiegel titled it on the occasion of Debussy's“Prélude à l'aprèsmidi d'un faune” with the Berlin Philharmonic “a fabulous one
Faun” and concluded: “The cheers at the end are well-deserved, even for the first few bars.” InFono Forum said of one of her CDs that Ruhland could "show off everything: virtuosity,Transitions, contrasts.” Following her recording of flute works by Carl ReineckeThe reviewers described Tatjana Ruhland as "top class in her field" and“A virtuoso and volatile flautist” with a “warm tone full of expressive intensity.” This
The recording, described by Crescendo magazine as a "passionate declaration of love"It was honored and awarded the OPUS KLASSIK prize for concert recording of the year in 2018.excellent.
Tatjana Ruhland uses her musical expertise and inspiring stage presence forwell-thought-out programs and ambitious projects. In recent years, theFlutist, among others, at such renowned festivals as the Beethovenfest Bonn, the MozartfestWürzburg, the Heidelberg Spring Festival, the Stuttgart Music Festival, the Prague Spring Festival, theBachwoche Ansbach, the Lucerne Festival and the Festival de Radio France (as a soloist)She performed. She also played in the orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival.
As solo flautist of the SWR Symphony Orchestra and as a guest of other symphony andRadio orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Symphony Orchestra of theBavarian Radio, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian State Opera, the
She regularly performs with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra or the hr Symphony Orchestra.Concerts in cities such as Tokyo, Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Viennaand Zurich, and collaborated with leading conductors of our time, such as...
Bernhard Haitink, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Yuri Temirkanov, Christoph Eschenbach,Roger Norrington, Valery Gergiev, Kent Nagano, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kirill Petrenko,Gustavo Dudamel and Teodor Currentzis.
Tatjana Ruhland performs as a soloist with important ensembles and has appeared aschamber music partner of Hilary Hahn, Wen-Sinn Yang, Emmanuel Pahud,Angela Hewitt, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Christina Landshamer, EckartHeiligers, Matthias Höfs, Christian Schmitt and Yaara Tal. As a sought-after educator, she givesTatjana Ruhland gave masterclasses in Europe, Japan and the USA and taught a
Flute class at the Saarbrücken University of Music. She has been teaching there since 2017/2018.Jury member and member of the project advisory board of the German Music Competition.
The flautist, born in Regensburg, was trained in Munich and New York andShe has won awards at international competitions (including in Prague, Kobe and New York).Position as solo flautist of the SWR Symphony Orchestra (formerly Radio Symphony Orchestra)Tatjana Ruhland has held the position in Stuttgart since 2000.
Ronith Mues, Harfe
Ihren ersten Harfenunterricht erhielt Ronith Mues im Alter von fünf Jahren von ihrer Mutter Ragnhild Kopp, Dozentin i.R. am Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium München. Ihr Studium absolvierte sie an der Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler” Berlin und machte anschließend ihr Konzertexamen an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.
Sie hatte schon in den Jahren vor ihrem Studium viele erste Preise, unter anderem beim Concours International de Harpe A.S.T.H. in Lyon, beim Wettbewerb der Deutschen Harfenvereinigung sowie beim Internat. Instrumentalwettbewerb „Rovere d´Oro” gewonnen.
Seit August 2007 ist Ronith Mues Soloharfenistin des Konzerthausorchesters Berlin. Bereits über zehn Jahre existiert das aus den Solisten ihres Orchesters bestehende „Horenstein Ensemble”, welches mit seinen CD Einspielungen stets einzigartige Projekte verwirklicht:
LP/CD „Tempelhof” (ACOUSENCE records, 2011)
CD „Lost Generation” (ACOUSENCE records, 2015)
CD „Dichterliebe” recompsed und initiiert von dem Komponisten Christian Jost (DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON, 2019)
Die Kammermusik ist für Ronith Mues ein wichtiger Bestandteil und so gründete sie zudem mit der Sopranistin Bettina Jensen das Ensemble „DuoBerlin”, welches weltweit eine Rarität darstellt.
Als Solistin sowie mit ihren Ensembles konzertiert Ronith Mues national und international unter anderem bei den Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspielen, dem Rheingau Musikfestival, beim Lucerne Festival und mit dem Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
Tourneen führte sie neben Europa unter anderem nach Südamerika, Russland, Japan sowie Süd- als auch Nordkorea.
Neben ihrer Konzerttätigkeit widmet sich Ronith Mues intensiv dem musikalischen Nachwuchs, gibt Meisterkurse und ist als Dozentin für Harfe beim Bundesjugendorchester tätig.
Seit Oktober 2015 lehrt sie als Professorin für Harfe an der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Mannheim.
Christian Schmitt, Orgel
„Schmitt fand Farben, die das Staunen lehrten.“ (Wiener Zeitung)
Seit seinen Debüts bei den Berliner Philharmonikern und den Salzburger Festspielen zählt Christian Schmitt zu den international gefragtesten Organisten. Er wird für sein virtuoses und charismatisches Spiel gerühmt. Seit 2014 ist er Principal Organist der Bamberger Symphoniker, für die er die Orgelserie für die Konzerthalle Bamberg kuratiert.
Auch als Kammermusikpartner ist er weltweit gefragt. Christian Schmitt ist mit der Staatskapelle Berlin unter Sir Simon Rattle aufgetreten, was zu einer Wiedereinladung für die aktuelle Saison führte, und hat Rezitale beim Bachfest Leipzig und im ausverkauften Saal der Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg gegeben. Er spielte an den Orgeln des Konzerthauses Berlin, der Philharmonie Berlin, des Wiener Musikvereins, des Gewandhauses Leipzig und des Maison Symphonique Montreal und arbeitete mit Dirigenten und Solisten wie Philippe Herreweghe, Jakub Hruša, Marek Janowski, Cornelius Meister Manfred Honeck, Magdalena Kožena, Sibylla Rubens oder Michael Volle zusammen.
Höhepunkte der Saison sind sein Debüt in der Walt Disney Concert Hall präsentiert vom Los Angeles Philharmonic, Aufführungen von Saint-Saëns’ Dritter Sinfonie sowohl mit der Staatskapelle Berlin unter der Leitung von Daniel Barenboim als auch mit der NDR Radiophilharmonie unter Lionel Bringuier, die Uraufführung des neuen Orgelkonzerts von Ivan Fedele in Frankreich, die japanische Erstaufführung von Toshio Hosokawas „Umarmung – Licht und Schatten“ zusammen mit dem Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra in der Suntory Hall, ein Duorezital bei den Schlossfestspielen Ludwigsburg, sowie die Veröffentlichung seiner jüngsten Aufnahme der Hindemith-Kammermusik Nr. 7 mit dem Dirigenten Christoph Eschenbach.
Als Verfechter neuer Orgelwerke hat Christian Schmitt die Uraufführung von „Umarmung – Licht und Schatten“ für Orgel und Orchester von Toshio Hosokawa in der Kölner Philharmonie gespielt. Er programmiert regelmäßig Werke von Komponisten des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts sowohl im Rezital als auch in Aufführungen mit Orchester, und kombiniert Werke von Gubaidulina und Pärt mit Bach und Schumann. Für die Deutsche Grammophon spielte Schmitt eine Reihe von Chorälen, Fugen und Fantasien für das Projekt ‚Bach 333 – The Complete New Edition‘ ein. Seine Diskographie umfasst rund 40 Aufnahmen von Kammer-, Orchester- und Orgel-Solowerken. Sein letztes Album mit Werken von Joseph Jongen, das er 2016 mit der Deutschen Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern und dem Dirigenten Martin Haselböck für das Label CPO aufgenommen hat, wurde hoch gelobt.
Ebenso hervorzuheben ist das Album ‚Prayer‘ mit Magdalena Kožena, das 2014 bei der Deutschen Grammophon erschien. Christian Schmitts Album mit Orgelsinfonien von Charles-Marie Widor, die er gemeinsam mit den Bamberger Symphonikern unter Stefan Solyom einspielte, wurde 2013 mit einem ECHO Klassik ausgezeichnet. Christian Schmitt studierte an der Musikhochschule Saarbrücken sowie bei Daniel Roth in Paris. An der Universität des Saarlandes belegte er außerdem Musikwissenschaft und Katholische Theologie. Als passionierter Pädagoge ist er als internationaler Gastdozent an Hochschulen weltweit tätig. Darüber hinaus unterrichtete er im Rahmen einer Lehrstuhlvertretung die Klasse von Professor Jürgen Essl und als Lehrbeauftragter an der Hochschule für Musik Saar.
Franziska Hölscher
Violinist Franziska Hölscher is one of the most versatile musicians of the younger generation.She has been and continues to be a guest in Berlin as a soloist, chamber musician, and festival director.Philharmonie and the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the ConcertgebouwAmsterdam, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and the Rudolfinum in Prague.
She performs at the Bach Week Ansbach, the Schubertiade Hohenems, and the Schleswig-HolsteinMusic Festival, the Schwetzingen SWR Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival and at theHeidelberg Spring.
From the beginning of her career, collaboration with colleagues had a firm place in herRepertoire. Since her debut with Martha Argerich, Kit Armstrong, Martin Helmchen,Severin von Eckardstein, Nils Mönkemeyer and Andreas Ottensamer to their partners.
She shared an artistic friendship with the author Roger Willemsen. With him, she developedshe presented the stage program “Landscapes”, which she recently performed together with the actress MariaSchrader and pianist Marianna Shirinyan recorded it, and it has been on the bestseller lists ever since.is being conducted.
In her dramatically conceived concert programs, Hölscher combines works of the Baroque period.and the classical-romantic repertoire with contemporary music, so on its manyaward-winning CD “SEQUENZA”. In 2018 she performed at the Movimentos Festival.World premiere of the Concertino for Violin and Strings by Wolfgang Rihm.
In the 2021/22 season, she will make her debut at the Schubertiade Hohenems and return to theConcertgebouw Amsterdam, the De Doelen Rotterdam, the Elbphilharmonie HamburgBach Week Ansbach and back to the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.
Under the direction of Reinhard Goebel, she will perform Bach's violin concertos in Germany andSwitzerland and performs with the Chamber Orchestra of the National Theatre Prague and the Violin ConcertoDvořák on tour. She performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the German Orchestra.Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern Radio Philharmonic. Recital partner at concerts in Kiel, Bamberg,Munich and Antwerp are Kit Armstrong and Severin von Eckardstein.
Born in Heidelberg and trained by Ulf Hoelscher, Thomas Brandis, Nora Chastain andReinhard Goebel, she received awards at a young age at important international competitions.Competitions such as the 1st prize at the Prague International Radio Competition.
As an ambassador for the "Rhapsody in School" project initiated by Lars Vogt, she advocates for theTeaching classical music in schools.
Franziska Hölscher is the artistic director of the chamber music series "Klangbrücken" at theKonzerthaus Berlin, and since 2018 also the Mettlach Chamber Music Days. Together with KitArmstrong will take over the artistic direction of the Feldafing Music Days in 2021.
Felix Klieser, Horn
Felix Klieser is an exceptional artist in every respect. He started at the age of 5.his first horn lessons; at the age of 13 he became a junior student at the university forMusic, theatre and media in Hanover. In 2014 he received the ECHO Klassik award asYoung Artist of the Year and the Music Prize of the Association of GermanConcert agencies. His autobiography was published by Patmos Verlag in the same year."Footnotes – A Horn Player Without Arms Conquers the World".
He was awarded the Leonard in 2016.Bernstein Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival presented.
Highlights of the 2021/2022 season include the start of Felix Klieser's two-yearResidency with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and his US debut in the form of aextensive tour with the Basel Chamber Orchestra and tenor Ian Bostridge in the spring2022. Felix Klieser will perform with the London Mozart Players at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest.
He will be a guest, playing with the Festival Strings Lucerne, among other venues in Munich.Prinzregententheater. Other highlights of the season include performances at music festivals such as...the tidal concerts, the Staufen Music Week and the Mosel Music Festival.Felix Klieser will present his current work in several concerts with the CHAARTS Chamber Artists.Album Beyond Words with transcriptions of baroque vocal works presented before,also in early 2022, his new recording with the Zemlinsky Quartet on the labelIt will be released by Berlin Classics. In December, he will be a soloist at this year's Audi Christmas Concert in Ingolstadt.
The young horn player will be involved in exciting chamber music projects in various roles.Performances at, among others, the Brahms Days in Baden-Baden, at the Beethoven House in Bonn, at theSchubertiade Hohenems, the Dubrovnik Music Festival and the Heidelberg Spring Festivalperform. His chamber music partners include the Danish String Quartet,Sebastian Manz, Andrej Bielow, Martina Filjak, Boris Kuznetsow, Tanja Tetzlaff, DagJensen, Dominik Wagner and Klieser's long-time piano partner Christof Keymer.
As a member of the project ensemble “The Impossible Orchestra” of conductor Alondra de laParra will be joined by Felix Klieser in the summer of 2022 in Mexico at the first edition of the Pax Festivalplay. Regarding the cast of the virtual [game/project] created during the Corona pandemic.The orchestra includes, among others, Rolando Villazón, Alisa Weilerstein, Edicson Ruiz, and Albrecht Mayer.and Maxim Vengerov. In Mexico, the musicians of the “Impossible Orchestra”After their digital success, they will be able to experience each other live for the first time.
Contemporary composer Rolf Martinsson dedicates a horn concerto to Felix Klieser, whichin spring 2022 with the German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken KaiserslauternIt will be premiered and recorded.
In March 2019, Felix Klieser released the recording of the on the Berlin Classics label.complete Mozart horn concertos with the Camerata Salzburg, which then took place over three monthswas long represented in the top 10 of the German classical music charts. His 2013 releaseand the ECHO Klassik-awarded debut album Reveries with works for horn
and piano followed in 2015 by Horn Concertos, Klieser's first orchestral CD with worksby Mozart and the brothers Joseph and Michael Haydn, whom he together with the WKOHeilbronn and Ruben Gazarian recorded it. The album, produced by BR, was released in 2017.Horn Trios, on which the horn player performs with his chamber music partners Andrej Bielow andHerbert Schuch not only the profound trio for horn, violin and piano byJohannes Brahms, but also lesser-known works for this exciting ensemblededicated.
In recent years, Felix Klieser has performed with, among others, the Camerata Salzburg.also with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Orchestra Sinfonica Milano GiuseppeVerdi (Milan), the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, the Slovenska Filharmonija(Bratislava), the Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,the Amsterdam Sinfonietta and the Potsdam Chamber Academy. He also performed as a guest artist in
chamber music ensemble at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, theEssen Philharmonic Hall, the Glocke Bremen, the Beethoven House Bonn, the TonhalleDüsseldorf, at the Oxford Chamber Music Festival, at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and at theSchleswig-Holstein Music Festival.
From 2008 to 2011, Felix Klieser was a member of the German National Youth Orchestra, with which he performed, among other things.in the Berlin Philharmonie, the Beethoven Hall in Bonn, the Cologne Philharmonie, theHe has performed at the Philharmonie am Gasteig in Munich and in projects of the WDR (West German Broadcasting). Tours.His travels took him through Switzerland, Austria, Italy and South Africa, among other places.
Klieser likes to share his everyday life as an artist with his audience on social media.participate and even get a behind-the-scenes look at concerts. His horn "Alex", a model103 of Gebr. Alexander (Mainz) leads a life of its own on Instagram and Facebook and isseen cooking, reading, and vacationing.
Felix Klieser has been leading his own horn class at the Münster University of Music since 2018.
He regularly passes on his knowledge in masterclasses.
THE SAAR STATE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Saarland State Youth Symphony Orchestra (LJO), a project of the Saarland State Music Council, has been an important support program in Saarland for 40 years. Since its founding in 1982, the LJO has primarily served to promote young musicians by introducing talented young people to orchestral playing and providing further training tailored to their musical skills and abilities.
For the two multi-week work and concert periods each year – usually during the Easter and autumn school holidays – young instrumentalists aged 14 to about 20 are invited, having previously qualified through an audition. In sectional rehearsals, they receive guidance from experienced orchestral musicians before the entire ensemble comes together for a week-long rehearsal period. Here, the focus is not only on rehearsals, but also on camaraderie and broadening musical horizons. Musicians become conductors, conductors become entertainers, and strangers become friends. The LJO is increasingly being asked to perform concerts, allowing the young orchestra to present itself in the public musical scene beyond the work periods. These include, among other things, the New Year's concerts, which have become a tradition in recent years.
The concerts in Saarland also serve to introduce classical music to a new audience. For its work and commitment to Saarland's musical life, the Saarland State Youth Symphony Orchestra was honored by Jeunesses Musicales with third place in the 2010/2011 German Youth Orchestra Prize.
Since August 2012, the LJO has been managed by a team. The current management team consists of Artistic Director Jörg Prayer, Organizational Director Johannes Loyo, and Principal Guest Conductor Vilmantas Kaliunas. The management team has set itself the goal of further developing the orchestra in both educational and musical areas and anchoring it even more firmly in Saarland's cultural life.
For the two multi-week work and concert periods each year – usually during the Easter and autumn school holidays – young instrumentalists aged 14 to about 20 are invited, having previously qualified through an audition. In sectional rehearsals, they receive guidance from experienced orchestral musicians before the entire ensemble comes together for a week-long rehearsal period. Here, the focus is not only on rehearsals, but also on camaraderie and broadening musical horizons. Musicians become conductors, conductors become entertainers, and strangers become friends. The LJO is increasingly being asked to perform concerts, allowing the young orchestra to present itself in the public musical scene beyond the work periods. These include, among other things, the New Year's concerts, which have become a tradition in recent years.
The concerts in Saarland also serve to introduce classical music to a new audience. For its work and commitment to Saarland's musical life, the Saarland State Youth Symphony Orchestra was honored by Jeunesses Musicales with third place in the 2010/2011 German Youth Orchestra Prize.
Since August 2012, the LJO has been managed by a team. The current management team consists of Artistic Director Jörg Prayer, Organizational Director Johannes Loyo, and Principal Guest Conductor Vilmantas Kaliunas. The management team has set itself the goal of further developing the orchestra in both educational and musical areas and anchoring it even more firmly in Saarland's cultural life.
Vilmantas Kaliunas
- Conductor of the Saarland State Youth Symphony Orchestra
Vilmantas Kaliunas wurde in der litauischen Hauptstadt Vilnius in eine Künstlerfamilie geboren: Sein Großvater war Geigenbauer und mit vier Jahren erhielt er von seinem Vater den ersten Klavierunterricht, bevor er sich für das Dirigier- und Oboenstudium am Musikkonservatorium seiner Heimatstadt entschied.
Später wechselte Kaliunas an die Musikhochschule in Saarbücken, um Oboe zu studieren. Bereits während seines Studiums wurde er als Solo-Oboist beim SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern engagiert. Die Fusion mit dem Radiosinfonieorchester Saarbrücken führte ihn auf gleicher Position zurück ins Saarland. Prägende Begegnungen mit namhaften Dirigenten wie Paavo Järvi, Christian Thielemann, Mariss Jansons und Heinz Holliger, sowie regelmäßige Probenbesuche bei Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev und
Claudio Abbado motivierten Kaliunas zum entscheidenden Sprung aufs Dirigentenpodest.
Nach zahlreichen Meisterkursen und Assistenzen bei Maestro Karl-Marek Chichon, Prof. Karl-Heinz Bloemeke, Prof. Lutz Köhler und seinem Förderer Prof. Jorma Panula, studierte er Dirigieren in der renommierten Klasse bei Prof. Nicolas Pasquet und Martin Hoff an der Musikhochschule Weimar. Anschließend ergänzte er sein Dirigierstudium an der Hochschule für Musik Hamburg bei Prof. Ulrich
Windfuhr.Seitdem leitete Kaliunas u.a. das Philharmonische Staatsorchester Hamburg, die Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern, das Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, das Litauische Kammerorchester, Lappeenranta City Orchestra in Finnland, und die Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha, sowie Produktionen an der Ukrainischen Staatsoper Dnepropetrovsk und Armenischen Staatsoper in Erevan.
Seit 2015 leitet er die Proben des Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival Orchesters und arbeitet zusammen mit renommierten Dirigenten wie Vladimir Jurowski, Christoph Eschenbach und Manfred Honeck.
Seit Februar 2018 ist Vilmantas Kaliunas Dirigent des Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra in Litauen. In der Spielzeit 2019/20 führen ihn u.a Einladungen als Gastdirigent erneut in die Elbphilharmonie mit der Staatsoper Hamburg, zum Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, Jenaer Philharmonie, Litauisches Nationalphilharmonisches Orchester und zum Branderburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt.
Später wechselte Kaliunas an die Musikhochschule in Saarbücken, um Oboe zu studieren. Bereits während seines Studiums wurde er als Solo-Oboist beim SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern engagiert. Die Fusion mit dem Radiosinfonieorchester Saarbrücken führte ihn auf gleicher Position zurück ins Saarland. Prägende Begegnungen mit namhaften Dirigenten wie Paavo Järvi, Christian Thielemann, Mariss Jansons und Heinz Holliger, sowie regelmäßige Probenbesuche bei Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev und
Claudio Abbado motivierten Kaliunas zum entscheidenden Sprung aufs Dirigentenpodest.
Nach zahlreichen Meisterkursen und Assistenzen bei Maestro Karl-Marek Chichon, Prof. Karl-Heinz Bloemeke, Prof. Lutz Köhler und seinem Förderer Prof. Jorma Panula, studierte er Dirigieren in der renommierten Klasse bei Prof. Nicolas Pasquet und Martin Hoff an der Musikhochschule Weimar. Anschließend ergänzte er sein Dirigierstudium an der Hochschule für Musik Hamburg bei Prof. Ulrich
Windfuhr.Seitdem leitete Kaliunas u.a. das Philharmonische Staatsorchester Hamburg, die Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern, das Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, das Litauische Kammerorchester, Lappeenranta City Orchestra in Finnland, und die Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha, sowie Produktionen an der Ukrainischen Staatsoper Dnepropetrovsk und Armenischen Staatsoper in Erevan.
Seit 2015 leitet er die Proben des Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival Orchesters und arbeitet zusammen mit renommierten Dirigenten wie Vladimir Jurowski, Christoph Eschenbach und Manfred Honeck.
Seit Februar 2018 ist Vilmantas Kaliunas Dirigent des Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra in Litauen. In der Spielzeit 2019/20 führen ihn u.a Einladungen als Gastdirigent erneut in die Elbphilharmonie mit der Staatsoper Hamburg, zum Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, Jenaer Philharmonie, Litauisches Nationalphilharmonisches Orchester und zum Branderburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt.
Gast Waltzing
Grammy Award winner Gast Waltzing was born in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. He began his musical adventure at the age of 7 and studied at the conservatories of Luxembourg, Brussels, and finally Paris. "I've always been a musician," he says. "It's not that I"As soon as I wake up and decide where to include the music, it's always present."
He has recorded numerous CDs with his various jazz groups (Atmosphere, Life's Circle, Largo), composed and produced film music for over 200 television and feature films, was nominated as best European film composer in 1989, and has written symphonic arrangements for many artists, from the Scorpions to Amy McDonald to Gregory Porter (and many others), and won a Grammy in 2016 for his work with the great Angelique Kidjo on her CD "Sings", where he blended her traditional African music and melodies with his arrangements for symphony orchestra.
He has recorded numerous CDs with his various jazz groups (Atmosphere, Life's Circle, Largo), composed and produced film music for over 200 television and feature films, was nominated as best European film composer in 1989, and has written symphonic arrangements for many artists, from the Scorpions to Amy McDonald to Gregory Porter (and many others), and won a Grammy in 2016 for his work with the great Angelique Kidjo on her CD "Sings", where he blended her traditional African music and melodies with his arrangements for symphony orchestra.
Waltzing is a professor of trumpet and head of the jazz department at the Luxembourg Conservatory, which he founded in 1986, and regularly collaborates with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, where he was appointed deputy director of Pops in 2016.
In recent years he has worked with many symphony orchestras around the world (such as the Scottish Royal National Orchestra, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Prague National Orchestra, the German Radio Philharmonic, the Orchestre Lamoureux, etc.) as a conductor, arranger, and also with his own compositions.
Gast's great love is for innovative musical projects, in which he mixes music genres and artists to create interesting musical combinations.