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Faszination Schostakowitsch: Gautier Capuçon und Valery Gergiev in Rotterdam

By Michael Klier, 26 January 2020
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“ein Feuerwerk aus Wohlklang und Bombast”
Reviewed at De Doelen: Grote Zaal, Rotterdam on 24 January 2020
Programme
Rossini, Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat major, Op.107
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 15 in A major, Op.141
Performers
Gautier Capuçon, Cello
Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
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Michael Klier
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.