Category: Concert Series ” Echo of the Unheard”

Concert Series

Concert Series „Echo of the Unheard“ I October 17, 2023

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Madeleine Fremuth - Concert Series " Echo of the Unheard", posts-en

The renowned duo – cellist Vida Vujic and pianist Sybilla Konstantinova – is dedicated to the cello sonatas of Walter Würzburger and Walter Bricht, whose papers are in the archives of the Exilarte Center

Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 7 p.m.
Palais Ehrbar – small Ehrbar Saal
Mühlgasse 28
1040 Vienna

Admission free! / eventjet.at

Interpreters:

Vida Vujic, cello
Sybilla Konstantinova, piano

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano and cello op.69 A major

Walter Würzburger: Sonata for cello and piano (1989)

Walter Bricht: Sonata for cello and piano (1936)

Moderation:

Prof. Dr. Gerold Gruber (founder of exil.arte and head of the Exilarte Center)

Review of the concert published! Concert Series “Echo of the Unheard” I June 22, 2023 I INEO String Quartet – Treasures from the Exilarte Center

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Madeleine Fremuth - Concert Series " Echo of the Unheard", International-en, posts-en

©Amelie Meißner

You can read the review of the concert here.

The Exilarte Center of the mdw- University of music and Performing Arts presents string quartets by Walter Bricht, Julius Bürger and Hans Gál. The legacies of these composers are in the archive of the Exilarte Center. Works by: Walter Bricht, Julius Bürger and Hans Gál

Performers:

INEO Quartet (Nadia Kalmykova – violin, Ljuba Kalmykova – violin, Yan-Lok Hoi – viola, Constantin Paul Siepermann – cello)

Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 7:00 p.m

Palais Ehrbar – small Ehrbar hall
Mühlgasse 28
1040 Vienna

Admission free! / register here.

Moderation: Gerold Gruber (founder of exil.arte and head of the Exilarte center)

Program:

Walter Bricht (1904 – 1970) – Chaconne, [WoO. 24] (1967)

Julius Bürger (1897-1995) – String Quartet No. 2 (1968)

Hans Gal (1890-1987) – String Quartet No. 4, op. 99 (1970)

Concert Series “Echo of the Unheard” I May 16, 2023 I Elisabeth Leonskaja, Ulrike Anton and Alissa Firsova I – In the footsteps of students of Philip Herschkowitz and his students

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Stephanie Jacobson - Concert Series " Echo of the Unheard", Featured, International-en, news, posts-en

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 7 PM (EST)
Palais Ehrbar- Large Ehrbar Hall
Mühlgasse 28, 1040 Vienna

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As a former student of Alban Berg and Anton Webern, the composer Philip Herschkowitz was one of the most sought-after private teachers of young musicians in the former Soviet Union after the war until the 1980s. Because of his Jewish origins, Herschkowitz, who was born in Romania, was expelled from Vienna by the Nazi regime. In Moscow, too, he continued to suffer from anti-Semitic threats and his works were frowned upon as “formalistic”. The focus of the concert is the musical work of Dmitri Smirnov and Elena Firsova, both of whom belonged to the narrow circle of private students and whose compositions were on the regime’s notorious “black list” from 1979 onwards. The exceptional pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja could again be won as interpreter of this program, who will perform this evening together with singer Maacha Deubner, flutist Ulrike Anton, harpist Anna Verkholantseva, violist Marta Potulska and pianist and composer Alissa Firsova.

In an interview with Irene Suchy, the pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja and the composer Alissa Firsova will talk about their apprenticeship years with Philip Herschkowitz and the compositions on the evening’s program. The concert takes place in memory of the composer and Herschkowitz student, Dmitri Smirnov, who died of Covid-19 in 2020.

Works by: Elena Firsova, Dmitri Smirnov, Arnold Schönberg and Philip Herschkowitz

Performers:
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Ulrike Anton (flute)
Maacha Deubner, (soprano)
Alissa Firsova (piano)
Anna Verkholantseva (harp)
Marta Potulska (viola)

Moderation: Irene Suchy

When: May 16, 2023, 7 PM (EST)
Where: Palais Ehrbar- Large Ehrbar Hall
Mühlgasse 28, 1040 Vienna

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Concert Series “Echo of the Unheard” I April 13, 2023

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Madeleine Fremuth - Concert Series " Echo of the Unheard", Featured, posts-en

The Exilarte Center presents songs by Walter Bricht, Julius Bürger, Robert Fürstenthal, Hans Gál and Wilhelm Grosz in the concert series “Echo of the Unheard”. The legacies of these composers are in the archive of the Exilarte Center. Works by Walter Arlen will also be heard.

Here you can find the program booklet.

Works by: Walter Bricht, Julius Bürger, Robert Fürstenthal, Hans Gál, Wilhelm Grosz and Walter Arlen

©Peter Kogoj

Performers:
Josipa Bainac-Hausknecht, Mezzo-soprano
Bálint Németh, Tenor
David Hausknecht, Piano

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Gerold Gruber (Founder of exil.arte and Chairman of the Exilarte Center)

Tuesday, April 13, 2023, 7 PM (EST)
Palais Ehrbar – small Ehrbar hall
Mühlgasse 28
1040 Vienna

The composer Jan Urban – an homage, a project by pianist Biljana Urban in cooperation with the Exilarte Center I March 8 & 9, 2022 (2G)

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Stephanie Jacobson - Concert Series " Echo of the Unheard", Events at the Exilarte Center, Featured, International-en, news, Partnerships with Exilarte, posts-en

The Composer Jan Urban – an Homage

The composer Jan Urban, born in Prague in 1875, spent most of his life among the South Slav regions, initially in the Kingdom of Serbia, after 1918 in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and from 1929 until its occupation by the Nazis in 1941 in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The declaration of the fascist-run Independent State of Croatia found Urban fleeing the country and returning to Serbia. His best friend, the Jewish conductor Lav Mirsky, together with whom he paved the way for modern Opera and symphonic musical life in Osijek, was deported. Among Jan Urban’s compositions celebrating the Resistance to the Nazis we find Sutjeska and Death of the Hero (Elegy).

Biljana Urban, well-known pianist and granddaughter of Jan Urban, has been advocating for the rediscovery of her grandfather’s works for many years. Her latest project in cooperation with the Exilarte Center at the mdw, which she will present at the Franz Liszt Hall of the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna on March 8 & 9, 2022, involves young students from Austria, Serbia, Croatia , Spain and the Netherlands. During the process of preparing for a piano competition the young musicians have thoroughly studied Jan Urban’s oeuvre which they will present in a concert on March 9, 2022. The students will receive additional intensive preparation taking master classes with Biljana Urban.

Biljana Urban will perform works by Jan Urban and Hans Gál in a concert together with singer Annette Fischer and flutist Ulrike Anton on March 8, 2022.

The estate of Jan Urban is located in the archive of the Exilarte Center at the mdw.

Concert with works by Jan Urban and Hans Gál

Biljana Urban, piano
Annette Fischer, soprano
Ulrike Anton, flute

Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

2G ( vaccinated or recovered) applies!

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Lothringerstrasse 18
Franz Liszt Hall (3rd floor)
1030 Vienna/ Austria

Free admission

Student Performance

With students from Austria, Serbia, Croatia, Spain and the Netherlands

Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 7 p.m.

2G ( vaccinated or recovered) applies!

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Lothringerstrasse 18
Franz Liszt Hall (3rd floor)
1030 Vienna/Austria

Free admission

Concert Series “Echo of the Unheard” – Berg, Herschkowitz and Students | January 23, 2020

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Stephanie Jacobson - Concert Series " Echo of the Unheard", Featured, news, posts-en

Elisabeth Leonskaja und Sara Hershkowitz interpretieren Berg, Herschkowitz und Schüler

exil.arte Konzert „Echo des Unerhörten“ im ORF Radiokulturhaus, Großer Sendesaal

Die beiden Ausnahmekünstlerinnen Pianistin Elisabeth Leonskaja und Sängerin Sara Hershkowitz gestalten ein Programm mit Werken des Alban Berg-Schülers Philip Herschkowitz und zweier sehr unterschiedlichen SchülerInnen aus der ehemaligen Sowietunion.

Der in Rumänien 1906 geborene Herschkowitz war zuerst Student bei Joseph Marx an der Wiener Musikakademie (heute Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien), bevor er Schüler von Alban Berg und Anton Webern wurde. 1939 wurde er vom NS-Regime zur Flucht nach Jugoslawien gezwungen. Nach einem mehrjährigen Exil in Taschkent beabsichtigte er nach Wien zurückzukehren, was aber aufgrund der politischen Lage in der Sowietunion misslang. Daher ließ er sich 1946 in Moskau nieder, wo er Privatunterricht gab. Seine Kompositionstechnik war als „formalistisch“ verpönt, gleichzeitig stand er unter antisemitischer Bedrohung durch die Machthaber. 1949 wurde er aus dem Komponistenverband eliminiert. Herschkowitz war zeit seines Lebens ein einflussreicher Lehrer und unterrichtete unter anderem Edison Denisov, Elena Firsova, Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, Boris Tischenko und beeinflußte auch die Musikologen Mikhail Druskin, Natan Fishman und Yuri Kholopov.

Auch die junge Pianistin Elisabeth Leonskaja zählte zu seinen SchülerInnen.

Im Gespräch mit Irene Suchy werden die beiden Künstlerinnen über ihren persönlichen Zugang zu Philip Herschkowitz sprechen und seine Werke interpretieren.

Elisabeth Leonskaja, Klavier
Sara Hershkowitz, Sopran
Ulrike Anton, Flöte
Moderation: Dr. Irene Suchy

PROGRAMM

Alban Berg: Sonata für Klavier, op.1
Alban Berg: Frühe Lieder
Philip Herschkowitz: Miniaturen für Klavier
Philip Herschkowitz: Lieder nach Gedichten Paul Celans
Edison Denisov: Vier Gedichte von Gérard de Nerval für Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Elena Firsova: Zwei Inventionen für Flöte solo

Donnerstag | 23 01 2020 | 19:30 Uhr
exil.arte Konzert „Echo des Unerhörten“
ORF Radiokulturhaus, Großer Sendesaal
Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Tickets ab sofort hier erhältlich.
Eintritt: EUR 27,–
Ermäßigungen:
ORF RadioKulturhaus-Karte 50%, Ö1 Club 10%

André Singer – „Echo of the Unheard” | March 19, 2019

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Madeleine Fremuth - Concert Series " Echo of the Unheard", posts-en

19. März 2019 | 19 Uhr | ORF Radiokulturhaus Studio 3
Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien
Gesprächskonzert André Singer

Works: Chamber music by André Singer

With: Joyce Lindorff, piano & cembalo, George Wolf, recitation, Ulrike Anton, flute; Trio Artio: Judith Fliedl, violin, Christine Roider, cello, Johanna Estermann, pianoIrene Suchy talks with the pianist and cembalist Joyce Lindorff, a former student of André Singer, the composers’ long term companion George Wolf and the historian Susanne Korbel.

Michael Graubart – „Echo of the Unheard” | May 14, 2019

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Stephanie Jacobson - Concert Series " Echo of the Unheard", posts-en

ORF RadioCafé
Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien
Concert Michael Graubart

Works: Chamber music by Michael Graubart

With: Ulrike Anton, flute, Christine Roider, violoncello, Rafal Morzyczki, piano; WISE – Wien International Soloists Ensemble: Édua Zádory, violin, Andrea Nikolic, violin, Marta Potulska, Anzél Gerber, violoncello; Irene Suchy, Moderation. Irene Suchy begleitet den Komponisten Michael Graubart, der zum Konzert nach Wien kommen wird, auf seiner Reise in die Vergangenheit und spricht mit ihm über seinen musikalischen Werdegang sowie über seine Werke. Weitere Interviewpartner sind Gerold Gruber, Leiter und Gründer von exil.arte, sowie die Flötistin Ulrike Anton, für die Michael Graubart komponiert hat.

Programme Michael Graubart Herunterladen

Concert Hugo Kauder with book presentation | September 25, 2018

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Florian Hammer - Concert Series " Echo of the Unheard", Featured, posts-en

Exilarte Concert Series “Echo of the Unheard”

Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 7 p.m.
ORF RadioCafé
Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Hugo Kauder: Concert & Book Presentation (Böhlau Verlag) within the Exilarte Book Series

As part of this concert, Irene Suchy will speak with the author Karin Wagner, who has presented the first comprehensive book on life and work of Hugo Kauder. Together with Karl Warner (Hugo Kauder Society), this outstanding personality will be examined as a composer, teacher, musician, music theorist and philosopher. Examples from Kauder’s extensive work – he wrote over 300 compositions – complete the picture of this versatile person.

Works: String Quartet Nr. 1, Sonata for Flute and Piano, String Quartet Nr. 4

Performers

Selini Quartet:

Liubov Kalmykova (violin)
Nadia Kalmykova (violin)
Loredana Apetrei (viola)
Loukia Loulaki (cello)

Ulrike Anton (flute)
Miyuki Schüssler (piano)

Moderation
Dr. Irene Suchy (Ö1)

Programmheft (PDF)

Radio Kulturhaus Beitrag zu Gesprächskonzert Hugo Kauder

Irene Suchy (Ö1)
Karl Warner (Hugo Kauder Society), Karin Wagner (author), Irene Suchy (Ö1) & Gerold Gruber (Chairman of the Exilarte Center at the mdw)
Karl Warner & Karin Wagner
Karin Wagner
Ulrike Anton (flute) & Miyuki Schüssler (piano)
David Levy (Wake Forest University), Irene Suchy & Gerold Gruber
David Levy & Irene Suchy
Selini Quartet: Liubov Kalmykova (violin), Nadia Kalmykova (violin), Loredana Apetrei (viola), Loukia Loulaki (cello)