Veranstaltungskalender: Grubinger, Grubinger Sr, Schmidinger, Önder, Önder | Konzerthaus: Mozart Saal | So 19 Feb 2012 um 15:30

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Performing Rites: how Stravinsky’s Sacre du printemps still shocks

Mark Pullinger, 29th March

Over a century after its premiere, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring still has the power to shock. Vasily Petrenko offers insights, while Tamara Rojo reflects on one of the most powerful choreographies, the version by Pina Bausch.

Sonate für zwei Klaviere und Perkussion, Sz.110 sehen in

Naples, Italien Barcelona, Spanien München, Deutschland Lille, Frankreich

The Grubinger piano and percussion ensemble keeps it in the family

Zwölftöner, 19th February

Martin Grubinger may be regarded as one of the world’s most exciting percussion virtuosi, but for my money his greatest strengths are pianistic: the rich density of timbre he gets from his instruments (which are mainly the marimba and xylophone), the gift for turning an eloquent phrase, and the seamless legato that comes from sensitive touch and a finely-tuned ear for decay.

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