Musik in den Häusern der Stadt - Duo Kravets-Kassung

In the organizer's words:

Host: Dr. Hans Baedeker as a guest in the Van der Grinten Gallery

Musicians: Lena Kravets (violoncello), Tobias Kassung (guitar)

Classical music

With their program "La lumière du sud - the light of the south", the Kravets-Kassung
the duo Kravets-Kassung is dedicated to masters of French music. The
The vastness of the French coast, the high blue sky and the special
light have always inspired French artists to create special works of art. In music too, lightness merges with southern flair and the French way of life.
Marin Marais is the great viola da gamba player at the court of the French
Louis XIV with his variations on the famous theme "La Folia".
"La Folia" begins the duo's program. This is followed by masterpieces by the
the great impressionists Gabriel Fauré and Claude Debussy and the piece
piece "Capriccio à la lumière du sud" written by Tobias Kassung himself - a
a homage to the tango and the light of the south. This is followed by the ravishingly virtuoso composition by Mathias Duplessy, a well-known Parisian composer
a well-known Parisian composer who combines wonderful French lightness
with flamenco and Brazilian bossa nova.
Lena Kravets, born in Tashkent, lives in Cologne and works as a freelance musician.
musician. Since 2011, she has been the solo cellist of the Cologne Classical Ensemble and
part of the Kravets-Kassung duo and, since 2021, artistic director of the
8CELLI, a cello ensemble of eight outstanding cellists from the state of
cellists from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Cologne-based Tobias Kassung is considered one of the outstanding German guitarists
guitarists and a border crosser in his field. In 2003 he founded the Kölner
Klassik Ensemble, of which he is still the artistic director today. Since then
developed numerous chamber music projects: the Astor Trio,
various duos, quartets and quintets.

TICKETS: 25 / 15 € (plus VVK)

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TICKETS: 25 / 15 € (plus VVK)