Valerie Fritz, Violoncello

In the organizer's words:

Room concert and concert space

The Austrian cellist Valerie Fritz loves the special, the unusual. Even at the beginning of her studies at the Mozarteum Salzburg, she knew that a classical career with the standard repertoire was out of the question for her. Her self-confidence has already taken the young artist a long way: nominated by the Elbphilharmonie, among others, she is this season's "Rising Star" of the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO). Together with accordionist Goran Stevanovich, she explores the concert situation spatially, acoustically and interpersonally with music from Bach to the present day.

Instrumentation

Valerie Fritzvioloncello

Goran Stevanovichaccordion

Program

"The Space Between Us"

Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite for violoncello solo No. 2 in D minor BWV 1008 (excerpts)

Peter Eötvös
Two Poems to Polly

Valerie Fritz
Improvisation

Sofia Gubaidulina
In Croce for violoncello and accordion

Mikolaj Majkusiak
Rhythms of Doubt for violoncello and accordion

-Intermission -

Jennifer Walshe
Commissioned by Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Bozar Brussels, Casa da Música Porto, Kölner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Musikverein Wien and the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO)

Improvisation

Olivier Messiaen
Louange à l'éternité de Jésus / arrangement for violoncello and accordion

Robert Schumann
Fünf Stücke im Volkston op. 102 / arrangement for violoncello and accordion

Venue: Elbphilharmonie / Small Hall

Organizer: HamburgMusik