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In Kronberg stars of today make music with stars of tomorrow; leading contemporary artists give performances with outstanding next-generation musicians. The concerts, public tuition sessions and public rehearsals all provide opportunities for audiences to become stakeholders in these great musical moments. Get close to music and the artists!

Current event

Year
Month
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Chamber Music Connects the World
NORTHWEST. FOKUS ENGLAND
Hulett, Chang, Hagen, Han, Lee, van der Rest, Sokolov, Lipman, Rosenthal, Shaham, Choi, Kułakowski, Moreau, Consonni, Rushdie Momen

Participants

  • Benjamin Hulett tenor
  • Hana Chang violin
  • William Hagen violin
  • Soojin Han violin
  • Christel Lee violin
  • Pauline van der Rest violin
  • Valeriy Sokolov violin
  • Matthew Lipman viola
  • Samuel Rosenthal viola
  • Noga Shaham viola
  • Hayoung Choi cello
  • Maciej Kułakowski cello
  • Edgar Moreau cello
  • Martina Consonni piano
  • Mishka Rushdie Momen piano

Programme

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet No. 30 in G minor op. 74 No. 3 Hob III:74 “Rider Quartet”

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
On Wenlock Edge

intermission

Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Piano Quintet in A minor op. 84

Concert introduction at 6.45 pm in Großer Saal with Chloë Herteleer.

Subject to change.

Tickets
25 / 35 / 45 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Chamber Music Connects the World
SOUTHWEST. FOKUS SPANIEN/PORTUGAL
Ribas, Bouchkov, Chen, Sokolov, Lipman, Shaham, Cañón Valencia, Cho, Karizna, Shadrin, Asal, Consonni, Hamos, Moreau

Participants

  • Cláudia Ribas mezzo soprano
  • Marc Bouchkov violin
  • Stella Chen violin
  • Valeriy Sokolov violin
  • Matthew Lipman viola
  • Noga Shaham viola
  • Santiago Cañón Valencia cello
  • Brannon Cho cello
  • Ivan Karizna cello
  • Aleksey Shadrin cello
  • Julius Asal piano
  • Martina Consonni piano
  • Julia Hamos piano
  • Jérémie Moreau piano

Programme

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Rhapsodie espagnole M 54

Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
String Quintet in C major op. 30 no. 6 G 324 “La Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid”

intermission

Andreia Pinto Correia (*1971)
Streichtrio (UA)

Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Siete canciones populares españolas

Concert introduction at 6.45 pm in Großer Saal with Chloë Herteleer.

Subject to change.

Tickets
25 / 35 / 45 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Chamber Music Connects the World
WEST. FOKUS FRANKREICH
Bouchkov, Han, Kim, Sokolov, Errera, Cho, Karizna, Asal, Hamos, Navon, Johanns

Participants

  • Marc Bouchkov violin
  • Soojin Han violin
  • Dami Kim violin
  • Valeriy Sokolov violin
  • Karolina Errera viola
  • Brannon Cho cello
  • Ivan Karizna cello
  • Julius Asal piano
  • Julia Hamos piano
  • Itai Navon piano
  • Thorsten Johanns clarinet

Programme

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
La muse et le poète op. 132

Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
Suite for clarinet, violin and piano op. 157b

intermission

César Franck (1822–1890)
Piano Quintet in F minor

Concert introduction at 6.45 pm in Großer Saal with Prof. Dr. Friedemann Eichhorn.

Subject to change.

Tickets
25 / 35 / 45 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Chamber Music Connects the World
SOUTH. FOKUS ITALIEN
Bouchkov, Chen, Kim, Errera, Rosenthal, Soulez Larivière, Brantelid, Cañón Valencia, Shadrin, Hamos, Johanns

Participants

  • Marc Bouchkov violin
  • Stella Chen violin
  • Dami Kim violin
  • Karolina Errera viola
  • Samuel Rosenthal viola
  • Sào Soulez Larivière viola
  • Andreas Brantelid cello
  • Santiago Cañón Valencia cello
  • Aleksey Shadrin cello
  • Julia Hamos piano
  • Thorsten Johanns clarinet

Programme

Nino Rota (1911–1979)
Trio for clarinet, violoncello and piano

Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
String Quartet in E minor

intermission

Pjotr Iljitsch Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
String Sextet in D minor op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”

Subject to change.

Tickets
25 / 35 / 45 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Chamber Music Connects the World
EAST I. FOKUS TSCHECHIEN
Bär, Han, Fu, Mohamed, Kułakowski

Participants

  • Dietmar Bär Recitation
  • Soojin Han violin
  • Leonard Fu violin
  • Sindy Mohamed viola
  • Maciej Kułakowski cello

Programme

Recitation: Tolstoy “The Kreutzer Sonata”

Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)
String Quartet No. 1 “The Kreutzer Sonata”

Subject to change.

Tickets
25 / 35 / 45 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Chamber Music Connects the World
EAST II. FOKUS TSCHECHIEN
Chen, Fu, Lipman, Brantelid, Abdelmoula, Asal, Moreau, Navon

Participants

  • Stella Chen violin
  • Leonard Fu violin
  • Matthew Lipman viola
  • Andreas Brantelid cello
  • Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano
  • Julius Asal piano
  • Jérémie Moreau piano
  • Itai Navon piano

Programme

Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884)
Sonata in E minor for 2 pianos, 8 hands JB 1:47
Rondo in C major for 2 pianos, 8 hands

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet in A major op. 81

Subject to change.

Tickets
25 / 35 / 45 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Itai Navon – Concert
The young soloists from the Kronberg Academy perform on many stages worldwide - and every Wednesday in the Casals Forum: Week after week, one of them presents themselves in the Carl Bechstein Hall with a self-designed one-hour concert - and invites other young colleagues to join as fellow musicians.

Participants

  • Itai Navon piano

Programme

The program and concert flyer will be designed individually by the students.
 

MittwochsKonzerte as a package.
Here you can book five concerts for the price of four.

Tickets
24 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Hayang Park – Romeo and Juliet - Shall we dance?
Park, Consonni, Kim, Chang, Kruithof

Participants

  • Hayang Park viola

Programme

S. Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet, Op.64 (arr. for Viola and Piano by V. Borisovsky)
I. Introduction
II. The Street Awakens
III. Juliet the Young Girl

B. Britten (1913-1976)
Three Divertimenti for String Quartet
I. March
II. Waltz
III. Burlesque

S. Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet, Op.64
V. Dance of the Knights

R. Gliere (1875-1956)
Eight Pieces for Violin and Cello, Op.39 (Arr. for Violin and Viola)
Prelude
Gavotte
Berceuse
Canzonetta
Intermezzo
Scherzo

S. Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet, Op.64
VII. Balcony Scene

K. Gourzi (*1962)
The evening at the window, Op.75

S. Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet, Op.64
XIII. Juliet’s Death

Further participants
Martina Consonni - piano
Stephen Kim - violin
Hana Chang - violin
Benjamin Kruithof - cello

The program and concert flyer will be designed individually by the students.
 

MittwochsKonzerte as a package.
Here you can book five concerts for the price of four.

Tickets
24 €
Beethoven-Platz
Tickets
15 €
Beethoven-Platz
Tickets
15 €