Weder Fisch noch Fleisch: György Ligetis Le Grand Macabre in Amsterdam

By Michael Klier, 29 November 2021

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“eine Komposition, die in kein Klischee passt”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 27 November 2021

Ligeti, Le Grand Macabre

James Gaffigan, Conductor

Martin Winkler, Nekrozar

Sofia Fomina, Amanda

Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Amando

Peter Hoare, Piet the Pot

Seth Carico, Astradamors

Heidi Melton, Mescalina

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Prince Go-Go

Sara Hershkowitz, Chief of the Gepopo, Venus

Paul Curievici, White-Party Minister

Tim Kuypers, Black-Party Minister

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)

Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor)

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Michael Klier

Michael Klier macht schon seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert Musik. Als gebürtiger Berliner kam er 1993 nach Amsterdam. Er war Mitglied unterschiedlichster internationaler Ensembles und Orchester. Heute betreibt er eine florierende Unterrichts- und Coachingpraxis. Als Teamcoach bietet er dort Schulungen an, in denen die Kursteilnehmer miteinander komponieren, um so ihre ungenutzten kreativen Potentiale zu entdecken und besser miteinander zu kommunizieren. Denn: Musiker sind die Architekten des Himmels.

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