What goes through the mind of a composer when they take a blank sheet of paper and begin to write a theme for a sonata? How does musical material come into being? Does a motif, rhythm, harmony, or perhaps a mood come to mind first? These are the questions that ignite the creative process, and […]
// Watch videoAt a time of rising tensions between the US and China, artist Ming Wong presents a musical lecture-performance that traces the Sino-American “ping-pong” diplomacy, starting with President Nixon’s historic state visit to Communist China and his meeting with Chairman Mao fifty years ago. Evoking an international piano competition and a table tennis match, two classical […]
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// Watch videoTrailer for the new concert program scheduled for the season 2019/20. Further information on dates and concert venues are available at the concerts calendar section of the website. F. Schubert: Sonate No. 18, G dur, D. 894 4 Impromptus Op. 90, D.899 F. Schubert – F. Liszt: Auf dem Wasser zu singen Der Wanderer Erlkönig Programm […]
// Watch videoThe premiere of the piano cycle “Sarcasms” op. 17 took place on November 27, 1916 in the St. Petersburg Conservatory with the personal performance of the musician. G.G. Neuhaus recollected of one of the first performances of “Sarcasms”: “Pince-nez placed on his nose, F.M. Blumenfeld cast his glance over Prokofiev’s head at the score. Sergei […]
// Watch videoNew recording made with Young Classicals at the beautiful and unique Pianosalon Christophori in Berlin. Young Classicals creates videos with the new generation of musicians. On October 1st 2016 the first video was released and over 125 videos were filmed ever since.
// Watch video“Taratushkin fills every single tone with life. Everything fits together in an organic and natural way … Brahms wrote his Paganini variations as exercise pieces for certain technical challenges, scales, thirds, sixths, octaves. In all this challenges Brahms went to the limits of performers capabilities. It seams that for Taratushkin this limits simply do not […]
