UNTER DIE HAUT — Alexander Krichel spielt Chopin und Rachmaninow

In the organizer's words:

There are few instruments that are as rich in possibilities as the piano. Because it is so versatile, it can be found in almost all musical genres. In his program, Alexander Krichel brings the tonal diversity of the instrument to life for you in the most spectacular place imaginable: our 25-metre-high atrium.

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) was one of the greatest pianists of all time. His playing was intimate and delicate. Some contemporaries even complained that he played "too softly". Meanwhile, he was simply a highly sensitive musician. And this can also be heard in his compositions: Enchantingly beautiful in sound and highly virtuosic at the same time. Chopin thus became a great role model, also for Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943). Himself an internationally acclaimed pianist and composer, Chopin's works had the "status of a bible" for him. However, Rachmaninov continued to develop his piano playing. Unlike Chopin, he sought emotional extremes, from icy cold to boiling hot. Certainly also because he was driven throughout his life, full of restless passion. His music knew no bounds, even when it came to technique. During his lifetime, there was only one person who could really play Rachmaninov's pieces: Himself. For Alexander, he is a particularly important composer, he is very close to him. On his album "My Rachmaninov", for example, he portrayed him personally. As he has an "unerring, pianistic sense of sound" that only the greats have (as the Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote), Alexander can immerse you in the two cosms of Chopin and Rachmaninov. In this way, the selected works of both composers can be experienced in all their diversity - and get under your skin in equal measure.