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Alumni & Friends May 9-18, 2025

This year's chamber music festival will once again be held under the motto 'Alumni & Friends', with around 30 Kronberg Academy alumni coming together in Kronberg to make music and celebrate what unites them: the joy of giving something back to the world through music. The line-up includes Martin Helmchen (piano), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello), William Hagen (violin) as well as students and guest stars such as actor Dietmar Bär.

Not only do the artists come from all over the world, but so does the music: each concert takes us to a different country. A musical journey across eight countries. Experience ten days of playfulness and passionate skill in public rehearsals and eight concerts!

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Location
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Chamber Music Connects the World

CENTRAL (ERÖFFNUNGSKONZERT). FOKUS DEUTSCHLAND

Lee, Sitkovetsky, Errera, Ferrández, Lipman, Choi, Hecker, Helmchen

Participants

  • Christel Lee violin
  • Alexander Sitkovetsky violin
  • Karolina Errera viola
  • Sara Ferrández viola
  • Matthew Lipman viola
  • Hayoung Choi cello
  • Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello
  • Martin Helmchen piano

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Duet with two obbligato eyeglasses in E flat major for viola and violoncello WoO 32

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor op. 66

intermission

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major op. 18

Concert introduction at 5.15 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

SOUTHEAST. FOKUS ÖSTERREICH

Chang, Hagen, Han, Lee, Errera, Ferrández, Herbert, Kułakowski, Moreau, Rushdie Momen, Flender, Weissteiner

Participants

  • Hana Chang violin
  • William Hagen violin
  • Soojin Han violin
  • Christel Lee violin
  • Karolina Errera viola
  • Sara Ferrández viola
  • Oliver Herbert cello
  • Maciej Kułakowski cello
  • Edgar Moreau cello
  • Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
  • Thomas Flender horn
  • Josef Weissteiner horn

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Musical fun “Dorfmusikantensextett” KV522

Anton Webern (1883–1945)
Five movements for string quartet op. 5

intermission

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major op. 99 D 898

Subject to change.

Tickets
25 / 35 / 45 €
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 €

Spectators welcome!

Public rehearsals with “Alumni & Friends”

Experience how music grows together! From Friday, May 9, you will have the opportunity to attend public rehearsals at Casals Forum. Come and join us!

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