Chamber Musik Festival – Schloss Laudon

Aron quartett

 

 

This is the 10th Festival. This year it runs from the 20th of August until the 27th of August. Like most Austrian musical festival, it is very reasonable priced. If you book all seven days it will cost you 200 Euros. It is technically in Vienna, so the question “What to do” will never pop up.

The programme is rather interesting:

Kammermusikfestival Schloss Laudon Konzertprogramm 2016

 

Monday, 21.8. 19:30 Opening N.N.
Gabriel Iranyi Streichquartett (2008)
Egon Wellesz Streichquartett Nr. 2 in g-moll op.20 (1920)
Franz Schubert Streichquartett Nr. 15 in G-Dur D887 (1826)
aron quartett
Tuesday, 22.8.2017 Alban Berg Streichquartett op.3 (1909/10)
19:30 Arnold Schönberg Streichquartett Nr. 1  op.7 in d-moll (1904/05)
aron quartett
Wednesday, 23.8.2017 Darius Milhaud Duo pour Deux Violons, op.258 (1945)
19:30 Mieczyslaw  Weinberg Sonate für 2 Violinen op.69 (1959)
Sergei Prokofiev Sonate für 2 Violinen op.56 (1932)
Tiffany Wu und Ludwig Müller
Thursday, 24.8.2017 Vorgespräch Im Gespräch mit Francoise Fürstenthal
19:30 Robert Fürstenthal Lieder (1980-2009)
Gustav Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1884–85)
Alma Mahler (Vier) Lieder  (1899-1901)
Johannes Brahms Lieder und Gesänge.op.32 (1864)
Aus den Slawischen und Deutschen Volksliedern
Rafael Fingerlos, Bariton
Magda Amara, Klavier
Friday, 25.8.2017 Hans Krása Thema mit Variationen für Streichquartett (1936)
19:30 Lesung Aus der “Kreutzersonate” von Leo Tolstoi (1904)
Leoš Janáček Streichquartett Nr. 1 “Kreutzersonate” (1923)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Streichquintett in g-moll KV 516 (1787)
aron quartett
Julia Stemberger, Rezitation
Lena Fankhauser, Viola
Saturday, 26.8.2017 Claude Debussy Quatuor op. 10 (1893)
19:30 Gideon Klein Fantasie und Fuge für Streichquartett (1942)
František Domažlický Lied ohne Worte für Streichquartett (1942)
Dmitri Schostakowitsch Streichquartett Nr. 4 in D-Dur, op.83 (1949)
Quatuor Debussy
Sunday, 27.8.2017 Bohuslav Martinů  Streichquartett Nr. 2 (1925)
11:00 Robert Schumann Klavierquintett in Es-Dur op.44 (1843)
aron quartett
Cristian Niculescu, Klavier

 

Website: http://www.schlosslaudonfestival.at/index-englisch.htm

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/original.kammermusikfestival.schloss.laudon

Jörg Demus.

Jörg Demus – Wikipedia

Jörg Demus (born 2 December 1928, in St. Pölten) is an Austrian pianist.

At the age of six, Demus received his first piano lessons. Five years later, at the age of 11, he entered the Vienna Academy of Music, studying piano and conducting. His debut as a pianist came when he was still a student: at the age of 14, Demus played in the Brahms-Saal for the prestigious Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde.[2] He graduated in 1945, then 17 years old, after which he continued to study conducting with Josef Krips and Hans Swarowsky.[3] Demus studied in Paris with Yves Nat from 1951 to 1953. In 1953 he studied interpretation further with Wilhelm Kempff, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and Edwin Fischer, and attended master classes with Walter Gieseking.[3] In 1956 he won first prize at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition.[4]

He has been active as a Lied accompanist and a chamber music partner, appearing with such singers as Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elly Ameling and Peter Schreier and string players like Josef Suk and Antonio Janigro. He has performed widely as a soloist both on modern and on historical instruments and has collaborated with Paul Badura-Skoda on the concert platform and in a book on the interpretation of Beethoven‘s piano sonatas. In 1974, Demus performed for the Peabody Mason Concert series in Boston.[5] Demus played Romantic works quite often: among his recordings are sets of the complete piano works of Schumann and Debussy. Among his students is the pianist Domenico Piccichè.

Demus is also a composer, chiefly of music for the piano, chamber music and songs, composing in a generally conservative style. Recorded works include a recital of chamber music for cello and piano taking their inspiration from the poems of Paul Verlaine and the later music of Robert Schumann.[6]

He received the Mozart Medal of the Mozartgemeinde Wien (de) in 1979.

And on the 9th of April he plays in the Crystal Hall of the Rothschild’s Castle in  Waidhofen an der Ybbs. Lovely castle. And much better music.

Chamber Music in Vituskircherl

This is a smal but fine chamber music event 60 kilometers away from Salzburg.

You can find the festival on the Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/KammermusikImVituskircherl and their main website is http://www.kammermusik-im-vituskircherl.at  (looks miles better in Google than in Edge).

“Kammermusik im Vituskircherl”, Oberregau, 4844 Regau, Austria – that’s the address.

And these are the dates:

“Begegnungen” (Meetings)

 

Saturday, 9th of September 2017, 7:30 pm

Wednesday, 13th of September 2017,  7:30 pm

Saturday, 16th of September 2017, 7:30 pm

The open concert boasts Trio Fontaine and OÖ. David Trio

Slightly different venue, but the same trio:

Christopher Hinterhuber

Hinterhuber was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and studied with Rudolf Kehrer and Heinz Medjimorec at the university for Music in Vienna, and with Lazar Berman at the Accademia Pianistica in Imola, Italy. He also attended master classes with Dmitri Bashkirov, Oleg Maisenberg, and Murray Perahia.[1] In 2001, he won the second prize at the Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna, Austria, and also performed in Michael Haneke‘s film The Piano Teacher (his musical performances and his hands were used in the film).

http://christopherhinterhuber.com/?lang=en

 

Grafenegg

The estate has a history of more than seven hundred years. Still in private hands. It was restored a decade or so ago.  Since 1971 it is an international venue for concerts.

http://www.grafenegg.com/en

Upcoming events:

Upcoming events

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  2. EASTER CONCERT
  3. TCHAIKOVSKY 5
  4. BEST OF ECMA-ENSEMBLES
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