Mit ganz großem Besteck: Martin Grubinger zu Gast in München

By Benedikt Zacher, 15 July 2022

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“alles was man mit Schlägeln, Sticks, Klöppeln, Armen und Händen bearbeiten kann”

Reviewed at Isarphilharmonie, Munich on 14 July 2022

Programme to include:

Works by Ishii

Grubinger sen., John Williams Special Edition

Say, Percussion Concerto

Grubinger sen., Number of faith

Zawinul, Birdland

The Percussive Planet

Martin Grubinger, Percussion

Salzburg Festival: Interstellar travels with Martin Grubinger and the Percussive Planet Ensemble

Benedetta Saglietti, 3rd August

The Percussive Planet Ensemble was founded seven years ago, when the then 22-year-old Martin Grubinger first performed his Percussive Planet (twelve percussion pieces from around the world) at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn.

****1

Drumming the Night Away at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Elena Luporini, 7th November

Austrian percussionist Martin Grubinger delivers a memorable performance at Berlin's Staatsoper with a programme featuring Peter Eötvös and Tan Dun, under the baton of Gustavo Gimeno.

****1

New tricks for Zubin Mehta and the Berlin Philharmonic

Sam Johnstone, 28th February

Zubin Mehta and the Berlin Philharmonic have an extraordinary relationship lasting over five decades. In three performances in the Philharmonie, Mehta paired a piece from the core of his romantic repertoire with a new percussion concerto.

****1

Tan Dun and Shostakovich form a dark, compelling programme in Vienna

Chanda VanderHart, 25th April

A percussion concerto tribute to natural disasters and a dark snapshot of post-Stalinist Russia make for a compelling programme from the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Urbański and soloist Martin Grubinger.

****1

Salzburg Festival: Interstellar travels with Martin Grubinger and the Percussive Planet Ensemble

Benedetta Saglietti, 3rd August

****1

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.

***11

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Benedikt Zacher

Benedikt hat in München Musik und Jura studiert und dann an der LSE einen MSc in Global Market Economics erworben. Er spielt nach wie vor regelmäßig und begeistert Kammermusik, vorzugsweise als Geiger oder Bratscher im Streichquartett. Benedikt liebt jede Art klassischer Musik, und zwar besonders Kammermusik mit Streichern, Klavier, gerne auch mit Gesang, Orchesterkonzerte und schließlich die Oper.