2013 March!

February  and September   2013

Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival:

Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt following Gidon Kremer as Artistic Director

Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, the roughly 30-year-old, multi-award winning, celebrated soloist performing with outstanding orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic and internationally acclaimed chamber musician has been appointed as the new Artistic Director, suggested by Gidon Kremer. He is directing the next Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival (5 – 11 July 2012).

“It was important for me not to find a “star“ or a “big name“ as my successor at the Lockenhaus festival. I wanted someone with a remarkable personality who will lead Lockenhaus in a manner different to mine in the past 30 years, someone having the skill to respect and conserve the “spirit” of this special festival. It makes me happy that the Chamber Music Festival’s executive board has accepted my suggestion. I am convinced that with Nicolas Altstaedt we have found this remarkable personality.
I am happy to give Lockenhaus to a splendid musician and artist who, to my mind, is capable of completing this complicated assignment and who, in doing so, will undoubtedly show great intelligence as well as his personal style. I regard Nicolas as colleague and like-minded fellow with a serious approach to music, but also having “visions”, willing to build his own “castles” on the fertile grounds of the past Lockenhaus festivals, not shying away from confrontations and still realizing his own ideas. These are the characteristics of a true artist”, Kremer explains his recommendation.
 

Altstaedt regularly appeared at Lockenhaus in the past years and he is praised to be an outstanding musician with a repertoire covering all styles of classical music, including the modern. His highly acclaimed CD recordings range from Bach to Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann and Tchaikovsky to Webern and Ligeti.
 

Following the Lockenhaus philosophy of “music-making with friends for friends”, Altstaedt will bring a highly acclaimed group of international soloists to Lockenhaus next year. They will also function as flexible Chamber Orchestra, allowing a kind of music-making only possible at Lockenhaus, far away from the commercial world of music. Just as in the best days of its 30-year-history, Lockenhaus puts the focus on composers who want to reach out to the world through this music festival.
 

Altstaedt will be a visionary Artistic Director, building on the long tradition of Lockenhaus, leading the Chamber Music Festival to new heights: “I grew up with Gidon’s music, since my childhood days, I have been admiring him, identifying myself with his language and his artistic being, His every single utterance, even if it was just some sound, had, to my mind, this universal truthfulness, which has always impressed as well as influenced me deeply and lastingly. For several years, I was also among the lucky ones able to participate in his work at Lockenhaus. Replacing him would be as impossible as imitating his art, but continuing his thinking and his spirit, is our obligation. His desire for exploration and his unpretentiousness will always be an inspiration for me. Lockenhaus provides us with an ideal place, enabling us to create an oasis where we serve music, where we can explore and discover like nowhere else. Being as open-minded as a child, accepting the unexpectable and at the same time seeking tranquility is essential for us. As he once put it: ‘Lockenhaus matters, not only for its history, but for being an opportunity’, and that’s why it is existentially important now, maybe more than any time before. I modestly and gratefully appreciate Gidon’s and your trust in me and would like to, in the words of a friend participating at next year’s festival, invite everyone willing ‘to feed the fire rather than worshipping ashes’ ”, Altstaedt said on his appointment.

The Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival Board of Directors congratulates Nicolas Altstaedt on his appointment as Artistic Director and invites all friends to a great festival in Lockenhaus next summer.

We are looking forward to inviting press representatives to the press conference of the 31^st Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival:
 

LiuProMotion as co-presenter and partner of International Concert Series in Taipei/Taiwan.

欣賞古典音樂會 最專業的選擇

為了讓樂友們能以最超值的票價, 享受最優質的古典音樂盛宴, 鵬博藝術將以超過廿年以上的聆樂經驗及獨到眼光, 成為您欣賞現場音樂會最專業的選擇及最佳的指南

New Project for 2012:

Ronald Brautigam Recital tour in Asia 2012 Nov.

New Artists on the Artist List:

Sabine Meyer - Clarinet

Remi Panossian Trio

New Projects:

Giora Feidman/Russian Chamber Philharmonic St. Petersburg

Isabelle Faust - Violin

Alexander Melnikov - Piano

Artemis Quartet

Hagen Quartet

Juilliard String Quartet

Silje Nergaard - Jazz

NEWS!

Nicolas Altstaedt

Nicolas Altstaedt is going to be on the BBC New Generation Artists scheme starting in fall 2010, that includes performances with all BBC orchestras at the Wigmore Hall and at various festivals.

  c. martin bubandt

DR P2 Prize Goes to Marianna Shirinyan

 
The classical radio channel P2 in the Danish Radio celebrates classical musik life in Denmark with a grand gala concert in the Danish Radio Concert Hall on 1 October. Many prominent musicians have been nominated for various prizes but already now it can be disclosed that Marianna Shirinyan will receive the prestigious P2 Prize. She is awarded the prize for her passionate musicianship and high professional level. Marianna Shirinyan has added new dimensions to Danish music life. Mo. Lorin Maazel - new president of the jury of the Malko Competition remarked when hearing Marianna play Rachmaninov Paganini Variations: 'Impressive'. Upon receiving the prize she will play Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major with Danish Radio Sinfonietta. Congratulations to Marianna

The Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival 2010!
 

7.-11. July 2010

Artistic Director: Trey Lee

http://pphk.youdomain.com/