Debut in Dubrovnik,2012.
Barenboim, Daniel,glasovir,18.8.2012.
Atrij Kneževa dvora, 21:30 h
http://www.dubrovnik-festival.hr/barenboim-daniel-glasovir
SALZBURG FESTIVAL
Daniel Barenboim’s
Extensive Activities at the Salzburg
Festival
14 AUG 2012
by FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
Daniel Barenboim made his Salzburg Festival debut – as a pianist – as
early as 1965. Over the years, the native Argentinean has been one of the
artists most closely associated with the Festival. This summer, Barenboim
appears in no less than six concerts at the Festival – both as a conductor and
pianist.
Two of these six
events are already sold out: Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with the
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, and the concert of the West-Eastern
Divan Orchestra featuring the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies by Ludwig van
Beethoven – both of these events will be conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
Those who do not want
to miss the opportunity to hear Daniel Barenboim, however, have the opportunity
to do so four additional times, when he plays the piano. On August 3, 2012 at
7:30 pm, a chamber orchestra concert of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra takes
place at the Mozarteum. There, Barenboim appears together with musicians of the
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra founded by him and Edward Said, which unites young
musicians from Israel, the Palestine and various
Arab countries. Everything started with a workshop the two organized under the
title “West-Eastern Divan”. This resulted in an orchestra celebrated all over
the world today which has made a multitude of CD and DVD recordings. On this
occasion, Barenboim and his musicians perform works by Bohuslav Martinů
(Nonet), Leoš Janáček (Concertino for Piano and Chamber Ensemble) and Antonín
Dvořák (Piano Quintet in A-Major Op. 81).
Finally, Daniel
Barenboim gives three solo recitals at the Großes Festspielhaus, dedicated to
the cosmos of Schubert’s Piano Sonatas – among others, he will interpret the
three last sonatas, D.958, 959 and 960.
Daniel Barenboim –
Schubert Cycle I 15.Aug.2012.,9PM
Grosses Festspielhaus
Performers: Daniel
Barenboim
Works by Franz
Schubert
Daniel Barenboim –
Schubert Cycle II. 20.Aug.2012., 9PM
Grosses Festspielhaus
Performers: Daniel
Barenboim
Works by Franz
Schubert
Daniel Barenboim –
Schubert Cycle III. 24.Aug.2012.,9PM
Grosses Festspielhaus
Performers: Daniel
Barenboim
Works by Franz
Schubert
The Schubert Cycle I,
II and III.
Schubert's last
sonatas – a lecture with Alfred Brendel
4 AUG 2012
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
Alfred Brendel,one of
the greatest pianists of the 20th century, has, over the years, written highly
original musical essays. Now retired from public performance, he is presenting
some of his most acclaimed written work in the form of lectures. In 2009 Brendel
took his listeners on a journey of discovery behind the notes and into the
mysteries of the musical world at the Salzburg
Festival. Immediately putting his public at ease, he captures its attention
with a wealth of musical examples which he performs at the piano to illustrate
his talks. Brendel fascinates each and every listener with his crystal-clear
mind, vast musical knowledge, dry wit, and verbal elegance. This year he
continues his lectures with “Schubert's letzte Sonaten, mit Klavierbeispielen”.
The lecture is held in German.
Tickets for the
lecture on August 9, 2012 are available here.
Alfred Brendel,
descended from an Austrian-German-Italian-Slavic family, studied piano,
composition and conducting in Zagreb und Graz, completing his education with
Paul Baumgartner, Eduard Steuermann, and Edwin Fischer. He began his
international career in 1949 as winner of the Busoni Competition, whereupon he
performed chiefly in Europe, but beginning in 1963, he was invited regularly to
North America and became a regular guest in all the world’s major concert halls
and at the major festivals, performing the complete piano works of Beethoven,
then the Schubert piano sonatas, the late piano works of Liszt,and the Concerto
by Schoenberg. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of his debut, Alfred Brendel
performed cycles of the five Beethoven concertos with Sir Simon Rattle and Sir
Colin Davis and Schubert’s Winterreise with baritone Matthias Goerne.
Successive engagements included appearances with the Munich
Philharmonic under Christian Thielemann, the Zurich
Tonhalle Orchestra under David Zinman, the Lucerne
Festival Orchestra and Claudio Abbado, as well as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Daniel
Barenboim. Sir Simon Rattle also invited him to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Philadelphia
Orchestra; Bernard Haitink and Sir Charles Mackerras directed his concerts with
the Vienna
Philharmonic. In more recent years, Brendel concentrated primarily on the works
of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and Schubert; with his son, the cellist Adrian
Brendel, he performed the cello sonatas of Beethoven. A BBC documentary, Alfred
Brendel – Man and Mask, dealing with his artistic accomplishments, was released
on his 70th birthday and broadcast throughout Europe.
In December 2008,
Alfred Brendel gave his very last concert at Vienna’s Musikverein.
Besides prizes and
honors for his life’s work, Alfred Brendel has received Honorary Doctorates
from the universities of Oxford
and Yale.
In May of 2004 he was
honored with the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. He is a member of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, as well as being Honorary
Commander of the British Empire. In 1992 he
received the Hans von Bülow Medal of the Berlin
Philharmonic and in December of 1998 was admitted to Honorary Membership in the
Vienna
Philharmonic. In 2005 he was named an Honorary Citizen of his birthplace,
Louãná nad Desnou in today’s Czech
Republic. Alfred Brendel has published
numerous books on music and volumes of poetry.