14.00 Uhr
Espresso-Konzert
The conversation with the instrument and the feeling of a strong invisible connection with other musicians who play masterpieces of orchestral music and are driven by the same passion and the same musical desire.
He develops individualised programmes for clubs and other venues. Jan Westermann is a member of the current media advisory board. What is particularly appealing to you about being a percussionist?
Someone once said to me that we musicians don’t work, we make other people happy. For me, that is the most beautiful thing about making music.
As a soloist, Adriana Porteanu has performed with the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Bach Soloists, the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Bucharest Radio Orchestra, among others.
You don't have these spontaneous meetings before concerts in other venues without this slow elevator!
feathered animals of the forest carry the hunter to the grave, and deer, roes, foxes and other four-legged and feathered animals of the forest escort the procession in hilarious positions.
From 25 February to 1 March 2020 we will celebrate with him and many other musical companions and friends.
After three short interludes on other violins, I returned to it many years ago. Which favourite place in Berlin do you recommend when you have visitors? My Konzerthaus every time!
Among other things, I wanted to be a journalist. Is there an instrument other than your own that you would like to master? Piano – because it is the key to all creative aspects of music-making and also wonderfully versatile.
Anyone who plays an orchestral instrument and is looking for the opportunity to play music with others is welcome to apply.
Among other things, she was a scholarship holder at the Villa Musica Foundation. As a passionate chamber musician, she plays in various ensembles. The cellist is a member of the current board of Konzerthaus Kammerorchester.
German Ingo Luis, on the other hand, has arranged German Christmas carols in swing or Latin versions. The concert is rounded off with a few ‘relaxed’ works of American modernism.”
But then there are phases when you need other inspiration and balance: For example, listening to music, reading, watching films and thinking - not just about music."
Many musical cultures meet here, inspiring each other to new styles and forms of music-making. At the four-day festival The Sounds of Berlin, the Konzerthaus Berlin will be presenting new music from the metropolis that is definitely worth hearing.
I often used to help out in other orchestras, but it makes a difference, especially when playing together in the percussion section, if you know each other really well. After a while, you simply know each other's body language very well.
Which other instrument besides your own would you like to master? If I played a string instrument, the doors to many more concert repertoires would be open to me.
We trust each other completely and learn many things from each other. For me, music means to express yourself and to share something very personal.
In chamber music, there are composers like Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Ralph Vaughan Williams and others whom I continually rediscover, especially with the Horenstein Ensemble.
One isn’t perceived as an individual artist, but at the same time, this is the beauty of our profession – that we become an integral whole, in which one cannot do without the other.
They knew and appreciated each other. Hoffmann wrote a lot about Beethoven. He is present in the aforementioned ‘headspace’ of the Hoffmann character.