Moby Dick als bezaubernd-verwirrendes Märchen beim Holland Festival

Moby Dick; or the Whale

Wu Tsang und Tosh Basco

Kevin Griffiths dirigiert BRYGGEN Bruges Strings

By Michael Klier, 20 June 2022

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“Tosh Basco intrigiert mit großer schauspielerischer Leistung in ihrer Rolle als Harpunier Queequeg”

Reviewed at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 17 June 2022

Programme to include:

Works by Shaw

Works by Yee

Works by Maroof

Wu Tsang, Film maker

Kevin Griffiths, Conductor

BRYGGEN Bruges Strings

All Mozart and no play: Kevin Griffiths, Paul Lewis and Berlin Kammerorchester in Istanbul

Alain Matalon, 18th March

The billing looked intriguing enough: Kevin Griffiths – the young London-born conductor, celebrated for his dedication to contemporary music, coupled with his fellow countryman Paul Lewis – one of today’s prominent performers of Beethoven and particularly Schubert, in an evening dedicated to Mozart’s music.

**111

Heart of Brick: this theatrical debut is an exploration of intimacy

Carla Escoda, 15th September

Billed as a Black, gay fairytale set in a nightclub, this collaboration between serpentwithfeet, poet Donte Collins, choreographer Raja Feather Kelly and director Wu Tsang is a joyful fable.

****1

Energetic Currentzis and Utopia at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 12th May

From Berg’s crystalline intimacy to Dionysian Mahler, Teodor Currentzis and Utopia defy orchestral tradition with standing musicians, spatial acoustics and an emotional intensity that breathes new life into the concert life.

****1

Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Roy Westbrook, 12th May

Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall.

****1

Redemption and musical caffeine: Nelsons conducts Mahler 8 in Vienna

Mark Pullinger, 10th May

Sunday morning Mahler at the Wiener Konzerthaus sees Andris Nelsons concluding his symphony cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic in shattering fashion.

****1

Alexander Malofeev conjures sophistication at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 10th May

Sitting low on the piano stool and with his head gently bobbing from side to side, this is music to listen to on repeat.

****1

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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.