XXVI International Masterclass for Pianists

    Director: Charles Richard-Hamelin · 22–25 September 2021

    XXVI. Internationaler Meisterkurs für Pianisten

    About the event

    Wed 22 September to Sat 25 September 2021, daily 2:00 – 8:30 pm, Literaturhaus. Visitors welcome! Free entry for listeners!

    Course times: Wednesday (22 Sept.) to Friday (24 Sept.) from 2:00 to 8:30 pm, Saturday (25 Sept.) from 10:00 am to 3:15 pm.

    Final concert of the participants: Sat 25 September 2021, 5:00 pm, Literaturhaus. Admission €18 (concessions €15).

    Biographies

    Charles Richard-Hamelin— Course director

    DateWed 22 to Sat 25 September 2021
    Startdaily 2:00 – 8:30 pm
    VenueLiteraturhaus DarmstadtKasinostraße 3, 64293 Darmstadt
    AdmissionFree entry for listeners · Final concert €18 (concessions €15)
    Programme

    XXVI International Masterclass for Pianists

    Director: Charles Richard-Hamelin · 22–25 September 2021

    Wed 22 to Sat 25 September 2021 · daily 2:00 – 8:30 pm · Literaturhaus Darmstadt

    Charles Richard-Hamelin— Course director
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    Masterclass participants and works

    Annabelle Kühnbaum (Germany), junior student at the Akademie für Tonkunst Darmstadt with Sabine Simon

    Debussy: From Préludes, Book 2 – “Bruyères”, “General Lavine – eccentric”, “La Puerta del Vino”; Chopin: Etude in A flat major op. 25/1; Liszt: Funérailles

    Dayeong Heo (Korea), student at the AfT Darmstadt with Sabine Simon

    Schumann: Kreisleriana

    Jiyoung Hwang (piano) & Eujin Hwang (cello), AfT Darmstadt

    Poulenc: Sonata for cello and piano

    Dayeong Heo (piano) & Jihyun Kim (violin), AfT Darmstadt

    César Franck: Violin Sonata

    Mariana Röhmer-Litzmann (Argentina), studies with Lukas Blondeel and Carmen Piazzini at the AfT Darmstadt

    Debussy: Préludes “Les collines d’Anacapri”, “La danse de Puck”; Mozart: Sonata in F major K. 533, 1st movement; Bartók: Suite op. 14; Scriabin: Etude op. 8 No. 2; Chopin: Etude op. 25/4 and Ballade No. 3

    Tomás Nessi (Argentina/Italy), studies in Buenos Aires, at the Cologne University of Music and a master's degree in Freiburg

    Chopin: Sonata in B minor op. 58

    Leon Xu (Germany), junior student at the AfT with Yannick Van de Velde

    Chopin: Ballade in F minor; J. S. Bach: English Suite No. 5 in E minor; Brahms: Schumann Variations op. 9

    Quyen Tran le Bao (Vietnam), studies in Vietnam and at the Frankfurt University of Music, postgraduate at the AfT with Sabine Simon

    Chopin: Nocturne in B major op. 62/1, Etudes op. 10/1, op. 10/5, op. 25/8, Mazurkas op. 7, Waltz in E minor (posth.); Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2

    Jiyoung Hwang (Korea), student at the AfT Darmstadt

    Schumann: Humoreske op. 20

    Seulgi Lee (Korea), student at the AfT Darmstadt with Yannick Van de Velde

    Brahms: Scherzo op. 4; Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto in G minor

    Teaching schedule (as of 21 September 2021, subject to change)

    Wed 22 Sept., from 2:00 pm

    2:00 pm Jiyoung Hwang & Eujin Hwang (cello) 3:00 pm Seulgi Lee 4:15 pm Leon Xu 5:15 pm Quyen Tran le Bao 6:30 pm Annabelle Kühnbaum 7:30 pm Mariana Röhmer-Litzmann

    Thu 23 Sept., from 2:00 pm

    2:00 pm Annabelle Kühnbaum 3:00 pm Mariana Röhmer-Litzmann 4:15 pm Leon Xu 5:15 pm Seulgi Lee 6:30 pm Dayeong Heo & Jihyun Kim (violin) 7:30 pm Dayeong Heo & Jihyun Kim (violin)

    Fri 24 Sept., from 2:00 pm

    2:00 pm Quyen Tran le Bao 3:00 pm Seulgi Lee 4:15 pm Annabelle Kühnbaum 5:15 pm Mariana Röhmer-Litzmann 6:30 pm Jiyoung Hwang 7:30 pm Dayeong Heo & Jihyun Kim (violin)

    Sat 25 Sept., from 10:00 am

    10:00 am Leon Xu 11:00 am Tomás Nessi 12:15 pm Tomás Nessi 1:15 pm Quyen Tran le Bao 2:15 pm Jiyoung Hwang

    Final concert

    Sat 25 September 2021, 5:00 pm, Literaturhaus

    Concert of the masterclass participants · Admission €18 (concessions €15)
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