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In the mid-1950s, Pierre Boulez, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday in March 2025, smashed the dogmas of Serialism with Le Marteau sans maître—the “Hammer without a Master”—and simultaneously established himself as a leading voice of the musical... moreabout: BOULEZ ENSEMBLE & THOMAS GUGGEIS
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During Pierre Boulez’s tenure as music director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the early 1970s, the BBC produced a series of TV documentaries that introduced the young George Benjamin to the music of composers such as Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Varèse,... moreabout: BOULEZ ENSEMBLE & GEORGE BENJAMIN
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A few days before Pierre Boulez’s 100th birthday, Matthias Pintscher and the Boulez Ensemble celebrate the composer, who passed away in 2016, with a perfor mance of sur Incises, his last major ensemble work. The program also includes Debussy’s Sonata... moreabout: BOULEZ ENSEMBLE & MATTHIAS PINTSCHER
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“You must record the Beethoven sonatas at least once in your life,” says violinist Antje Weithaas. Her recently finished complete recording, for which she was joined by pianist Dénes Várjon, has been lauded as a new benchmark. At the Pierre Boulez Saal,... moreabout: ANTJE WEITHAAS & DÉNES VÁRJON
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“People and the world—so beautiful and terrible. So much to love and to not like.” The songs of Will Oldham, aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy, talk of the often grim reality we live in, but they also celebrate love, courage, and hope. After more than ten years,... moreabout: BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY
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Legendary jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater comes to the Pierre Boulez Saal for the first time to present a musical journey across the globe. Joined by pianist and musical director Carmen Staaf, the two-time Grammy Award winner performs a selection of... moreabout: DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER
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In the popular series of Academy Concerts, students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie introduce themselves to their audiences as part of their curriculum. Once again, the series includes three performances of the Akademie’s orchestra led by Daniel Barenboim.... moreabout: ACADEMY CONCERT
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Echoing her acclaimed solo recital in May 2023, Elisabeth Leonskaja’s latest program once again combines music of the Second Viennese School with major works of the Romantic repertoire. This season, she has chosen Schoenberg’s Op. 25 Suite and Op. 19... moreabout: ELISABETH LEONSKAJA
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When experiencing Pierre Boulez’s First Piano Sonata, one should leave all listening habits behind and become a blank page, as the composer himself intended to be—says Pierre-Laurent Aimard, long considered one of the most erudite performers of Boulez’s... moreabout: PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD & GEORGE BENJAMIN
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, few composers engaged with the works of Friedrich Hölderlin— it almost seems as if music had to shed tonality and for mal restraints to come to terms with the expressive power of the poet’s language. In this... moreabout: KATRĪNA PAULA FELSBERGA & JULIUS DRAKE
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When Fabian Müller made his Pierre Boulez Saal debut in January 2022, his memorable performance of Beethoven’s monumental “Hammerklavier” Sonata confirmed his reputation as one of the outstanding pianists of his generation. Now the ARD Competition winner,... moreabout: FABIAN MÜLLER
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“You must record the Beethoven sonatas at least once in your life,” says violinist Antje Weithaas. Her recently finished complete recording, for which she was joined by pianist Dénes Várjon, has been lauded as a new benchmark. At the Pierre Boulez Saal,... moreabout: ANTJE WEITHAAS & DÉNES VÁRJON
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“Traveler, there is no road. You make your own path as you walk.” Inscribed on the wall of a Spanish monastery, these words were discovered by Luigi Nono in the 1980s and became a kind of motto for his late works. The search for an unattainable music... moreabout: CAROLIN WIDMANN
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Roberta Mameli, Margret Koell, and Michele Pasotti—previously heard at the Pierre Boulez Saal as part of various Early Music formations—make their debut as a trio, presenting a musical homage to matters of the heart. In vocal works by composers from Caccini... moreabout: ROBERTA MAMELI, MARGRET KOELL & MICHELE PASOTTI
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Many a leading artist’s career might have turned out differently if it had not been for the Young Classical Artists Trust. “Without YCAT I’d probably still be wondering whether or not I should be a singer,” says Ian Bostridge. Since 1984, the British... moreabout: YOUNG CLASSICAL ARTISTS TRUST: 40 YEARS
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