In Schwarz und Weiß – zu 4 Händen an 2 Klavieren

In the organizer's words:

On two evenings (April 22nd and 23rd), this unusual concert format juxtaposes piano duos from the notated New Music with piano duos from contemporary improvised music. Each piano duo plays a concert part lasting 60-70 minutes.

Two personalities on the same instrument enter into a direct musical exchange. This results in a particularly strong dynamic, which always leads to unique and often unpredictable interpretations.

8 p.m.
Dialogues across the ages

"From the stream of musical time, memories of the future and intimations of the past emerge: the seemingly contradictory reveals its innermost kinship."

Bernd Alois Zimmermann realized this vision in his "Monologen" -a work to which the piano duo Neeb feels particularly attached and which is the focus of their debut album déjà-rêvé . Now the siblings take the quote collages of the monologues as a starting point to illuminate various facets of musical quotation and the relationship between the "new" and older music: In Fragment , Steven Heelein reflects on an unfinished sonata movement by Mozart, while Johannes X. Schachtner's Pacifico meditates on Schubert's Lied Meeres Stille . But even Maurice Ravel's La valse , which conjures up the ghosts of the Viennese waltz, has a tense relationship with tradition.

Program:
Steven Heelein (*1984): Fragment. Afterthoughts on Mozart
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918 - 1970): Monologues
Johannes X. Schachtner (*1985): Pacifico. Hymn for piano four hands
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): La Valse. Poème chorégraphique

Piano duo Neeb: Sophie Neeb and Vincent Neeb (piano)

Intermission

21:20
Mirror - Contrast

The duo is dedicated to the idea of the mirror image and doubling in the field of tension of contrasting sounds. The combination of extreme registers creates orchestral effects that a pianist alone cannot produce. Her music is created in the moment. Noisy sounds inside the grand piano and pitch-conscious playing on the keys create new sounds that are not reminiscent of conventional piano sounds.

Rieko Okuda and Achim Kaufmann (piano)

Supported by: Cultural Department of the City of Munich, Musikfonds e.V. with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

The 1st evening of "In Black and White - for 4 hands on 2 pianos" will take place on Wed. 22.4. There is a 2-evening ticket on offer.

Price information:

Reduction for pupils, students, pensioners aged 67 and over, people with disabilities