Chamber Music Evening N° 2
Mitwirkende
- Jörg Faßmann Violin
- Susanne Branny Violin
- Anselm Telle Violin
- Sae Shimabara Violin
- Marcello Enna Viola
- Simon Kalbhenn Cello
- Matthias Wilde Cello
- Catarina Koppitz Cello
Contributing guests
- Sonia Achkar Piano
- Nikolaus Branny Piano
- Masumi Sakagami Piano
gespielte Werke
Hans-Helmut Küchler
- Suite for Violin and Piano
Gabriel Fauré
- Piano Trio d minor, Opus 120
Ernst von Dohnányi
- Serenade for String Trio in C major, Opus 10
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
- Piano Trio No. 2 in c minor, Opus 66
The spotlight at this chamber music concert falls on Ernst von Dohnányi’s early Serenade in C major, a late Romantic masterpiece rarely heard in recent years. In this work, which he published at the age of just 25, the Hungarian-American composer looks back to various composers of the classical-romantic era. Inspired by Beethoven and Brahms, Dohnányi combines traditional forms with his own harmonic ideas and varied instrumentation. The original Serenade for String Trio is here paired with Mendelssohn’s second Piano Trio, a work with many dark and expressive passages, which is considered one of the most demanding pieces in the entire repertoire.
- Wednesday30.10.2420:00 UhrSemperoper
Duration approx. 120 min - including a break
Sonia Achkar
Hailed equally by audience and press for her »profound musicality, refined sensitivity and wide colour palette«, German born pianist Sonia Achkar has performed in concert halls worldwide such as Mannheimer Rosengarten, Stuttgarter Liederhalle, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, Philharmonie Ludwigshafen, Beethovenhalle Bonn, Semperoper Dresden, National Center for Performing Arts Beijing (China), Shanghai City Theater and His Majesty’s Theater Perth (Australia). As a recitalist, soloist and accomplished chamber musician she has been invited to festivals throughout Europe, USA, Canada and Asia including Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, Bachfest Leipzig, Kurt Weill Fest Dessau, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Carl Orff Festspiele (Germany), Thy Chamber Music Festival (Denmark), Toronto Summer Music Festival (Canada), Val Tidone Music Festival (Italy), Festival de Música de Cámara León (Spain) and Nancyphonies (France). The young Steinway Artist has been granted numerous awards at national and international competitions such as the Val Tidone International Music Competition and the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb. Her career has been supported by various foundations including Rotary International Foundation, Konrad-Adenauer Foundation, Richard-Wagner Foundation, PE-Trust, German Music Foundation, Culture Foundation Rhein-Neckar and Willy Robert Pitzer Trust. A dedicated chamber musician, Sonia Achkar is a very diverse and highly sought after partner. Together with Julius Bekesch (violin) and Jonathan Weigle (cello) she is a founding member of the State of the Art Piano Trio (SOTA Piano Trio), named after the SOTA Resonance Festival in Hyderabad (India) where they were invited in 2019.
