Herbert Schuch piano
Programme
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major D 959
I. Allegro
II Andantino
III. scherzo: Allegro vivace
IV. Rondo - Allegretto
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Maurice Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Robert Schumann
Carnaval, Op. 9
Schuch celebrates an entire cosmos of filigree design artistry. (...) Thanks to the finest nuances of touch, each piece unfolds a luminosity that is as delicate as it is lasting. (...) Nothing seems artificial, mannered or staged for effect. Pure musicality in pianistic perfection.
Pedro Obiera, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 10/2022
Making music not only sound, but also speak - that is Herbert Schuch's credo. With his well thought-out solo programmes and recordings at the highest artistic level, he creates a dialogue between composer, podium and audience. In 2022, Herbert Schuch released four new albums that emphasise his artistic versatility: In Search Ofa journey into the musical childhood of the piano//duo EnsariSchucha CD with clarinettist Sebastian Manz with works by Brahms, Schumann and Gade, and a pure Grieg album together with cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, which also presents previously unheard transcriptions and arrangements for cello and piano. Schuch's new solo CD was released in November 2022 Soulmateson which he brought works by Janáček and Schubert into dialogue with each other. His recording of Erwin Schulhoff's Piano Concerto, composed in 1923, and Beethoven's First Piano Concerto with the WDR Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Tung-Chieh Chuang was released in October 2023.
Herbert Schuch works with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra Taiwanthe orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Residentie Orkest The Hague, the Orchestra della RAI Torino, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italianathe Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, the German Symphony Orchestra Berlinthe Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestrathe radio orchestras of the hr, MDR, WDR, NDR Hanover, the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Danish Radio, the Orchestre National de Belgique and with the Camerata Salzburg , and the Festival Strings Lucerne. He plays on important international stages and festivals such as the Kennedy Centre, the Elbphilharmonie, the Berlin Concert Hall, the Cologne Philharmonic Hallthe Salzburg Festivalthe Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier, the Ruhr Piano Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Kissinger Summer, the Heidelberg Spring and the Schumann Festival Düsseldorf.
He has worked successfully with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Andrey Boreyko, Douglas Boyd, Lawrence Foster, Gustavo Gimeno, Reinhard Goebel, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Jakub Hrůša, Jun Märkl, Riccardo Minasi, Kent Nagano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jonathan Nott, Markus Poschner, Michael Sanderling, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Markus Stenz.
Herbert Schuch was born in Temeschburg (Romania) in 1979. After his first piano lessons in his home town, the family moved to Germany in 1988, where he has lived ever since. He continued his musical studies with Kurt Hantsch and then with Prof. Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Salzburg Mozarteum. Recently, Herbert Schuch has been particularly influenced by his encounters and work with Alfred Brendel. He caused an international sensation when he won three major competitions in a row within a year, the Casagrande-competition, the London International Piano Competition , and the Vienna International Beethoven Competition. Herbert Schuch, who played the violin himself for 10 years as a child, shares his passion for chamber music on stage with musicians such as Nicolas Altstaedt, Julia Fischer, Maximilian Hornung, Sebastian Manz and Daniel Müller-Schott. With pianist Gülru Ensari, he also dedicates himself to playing the piano four-handed and on two grand pianos. On the label AvI The duo has already released three CDs with a stylistically wide-ranging repertoire from Mozart to Bernd Alois Zimmermann. In addition to his concert activities, Herbert Schuch is involved in the organisation founded by Lars Vogt Rhapsody in Schoolwhich is committed to teaching classical music in schools and regularly gives masterclasses.
Organised by C. Bechstein/Ehrbar Saal. Tickets can be purchased in advance and at the box office at the following prices: € 45,- (Cat. 1), € 35,- (Cat. 2, wheelchair space), € 10,- (pupils and students up to 27)
