Hengelbrock y sus músicos brillan en un tremendo Réquiem de Mozart

By Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 29 January 2019

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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 27 January 2019

Kerll, Missa Superba

Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626

Katja Stuber, Soprano

Marion Eckstein, Mezzo-soprano

Jan Petryka, Tenor

Reinhard Mayr, Bass

Balthasar-Neumann-Chor

Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble

Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor

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Jorge Baeza Stanicic

Jorge Baeza es Profesor Superior de Piano y ha trabajado enseñando a tocar este instrumento en las Escuelas de Música Ayensa y Santa Cecilia, ambas en Madrid. Ha perfeccionado su técnica pedagógica con diversos maestros y ha complementado su formación con estudios sobre las aplicaciones de la Técnica Alexander a la interpretación musical. De forma paralela es autor del blog Tritono Music News (www.tritonomusicnews.com) orientado a la explicación pedagógica de contenidos musicales. En Bachtrack colabora redactando reseñas de conciertos desde el 2016 y actualmente desempeña su labor como Bibliotecario en el Ayuntamiento de Madrid.

El Neumann Ensemble de Hengelbrock se luce en Madrid con el Requiem de Mozart