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For more than three decades, Palestinian-American oud and violin virtuoso Simon Shaheen has been among the foremost performers of traditional Arabic music, which he combines with elements of Western classical music and jazz. Counting artists such as Quincy... moreabout: SIMON SHAHEEN QUINTET
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Michael Barenboim enjoyed a close artistic and personal friendship with Pierre Boulez, whose Anthèmes 2 he performed for the composer’s 90th birthday in 2015 in Berlin, London, Paris, and Salzburg, among other cities. Joined by electronic musician Gilbert... moreabout: MICHAEL BARENBOIM
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For a number of years, Chinese-American composer Lei Liang has been among the most fascinating voices of contemporary music. A 2021 winner of the prestigious Grawemeyer Award, he recently wrote a new work for the Brentano String Quartet, which the four... moreabout: BRENTANO STRING QUARTET
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Most recently heard at the Pierre Boulez Saal during the Mendelssohn Festival in December 2023, Clara-Jumi Kang and Sunwook Kim return as a duo to perform four works exploring the full range of the violin sonata repertoire. Bookending their program with... moreabout: CLARA-JUMI KANG & SUNWOOK KIM
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Last season, Palestinian oud virtuoso Bakr Khleifi thrilled Pierre Boulez Saal audiences in a duo with kamancheh player Misagh Joolaee. The Berlinbased artist now presents a new solo program of original com positions and improvisation that explores... moreabout: BAKR KHLEIFI
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Audiences of the Danish String Quartet know that the ensemble likes to blur the boundaries between folk music and classical music. In this concert, the four Scandinavians combine traditional melodies by 18th-century Irish harper Turlough O’Carolan with... moreabout: DANISH STRING QUARTET
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Again and again, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach served as a place of refuge for Dmitri Shostakovich— especially during those times when the threat of the repressive Soviet cultural bureaucracy was at its most immediate. With his 24 Preludes and Fugues,... moreabout: YULIANNA AVDEEVA
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Those who understand themselves and others Will come to realize: Orient and Occident Can no longer be separated. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, West-Eastern Divan And they never could, one might like to add. Jordi Savall is an artist who has long made this... moreabout: JORDI SAVALL & WAED BOUHASSOUN
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For his first Pierre Boulez Saal appearance as a leader, Canadian guitarist and oud player Gordon Grdina has assembled an international group of artists from diverse musical traditions who perform together for the first time. RU’YA (“foresight” or “vision”... moreabout: GORDON GRDINA
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The music of Robert Schumann has long been a major influence on Jörg Widmann’s own compositions. Joined by Sir András Schiff and Antoine Tamestit, he now brings three of Schumann’s works to the Pierre Boulez Saal that draw inspiration from poetic and... moreabout: JÖRG WIDMANN, ANTOINE TAMESTIT & SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF
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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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From a great artist, “everything is interesting, and not least of all the small things.” Jean Paul’s statement might serve as a motto for Piotr Anderszewski’s solo recital: the Polish pianist’s program is centered around miniatures by Béla Bartók and... moreabout: PIOTR ANDERSZEWSKI
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Following his acclaimed appearance in a Young Singers Concert during last season’s Schubert Week, baritone Gerrit Illenberger returns to perform his first full recital at the Pierre Boulez Saal. He is joined by Gerold Huber, the longtime artistic partner... moreabout: GERRIT ILLENBERGER & GEROLD HUBER
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Syrian composer and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh brings his New York–based Kinan Azmeh CityBand back to the Pierre Boulez Saal. Crossing boundaries between styles and genres, between composition and improvisa tion, the quartet plays “music that is inspired... moreabout: KINAN AZMEH CITYBAND
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Orlando, the eternal adventurer: in a highly original program for mezzo-soprano and guitar, Ema Nikolovska and Sean Shibe trace the legendary troubadour’s story through space and time. Journeying from the medieval Chanson de Roland to Ariosto’s famous... moreabout: EMA NIKOLOVSKA & SEAN SHIBE
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