The Goethe-Institut Hanoi hosts a concert on November 10 featuring themusic of Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss. The eventcelebrates the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner.
Next to hiscomposition of great musical dramas, such as Parzifal, Tristan andIsolde and The Ring of the Nibelung, Wagner (1813-83) also composedsongs. His Wesendonck songs are an exciting connection to the works oftwo other great composers, Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss.
The works will be presented by Katharina Padrok (mezzo-soprano) and Boris Schonleber (piano).
Padrok studied violin at the conservatory in Hanover and her vocalsat the University of Fine Arts Berlin.
Her solo repertoirecontains a variety of song programmes, contemporary music and tangosongs from Astor Piazolla, which she has adapted in a fascinatingmanner.
A freelance pianist in Berlin , Schonleber studiedwith Alexander Malter and visited master classes with many pianists. Heis a piano soloist, vocal accompanist and chamber musician in Berlin.
Both artists have arranged a master class for vocalists at the National Academy of Music from November 11-15.).-VNA
Next to hiscomposition of great musical dramas, such as Parzifal, Tristan andIsolde and The Ring of the Nibelung, Wagner (1813-83) also composedsongs. His Wesendonck songs are an exciting connection to the works oftwo other great composers, Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss.
The works will be presented by Katharina Padrok (mezzo-soprano) and Boris Schonleber (piano).
Padrok studied violin at the conservatory in Hanover and her vocalsat the University of Fine Arts Berlin.
Her solo repertoirecontains a variety of song programmes, contemporary music and tangosongs from Astor Piazolla, which she has adapted in a fascinatingmanner.
A freelance pianist in Berlin , Schonleber studiedwith Alexander Malter and visited master classes with many pianists. Heis a piano soloist, vocal accompanist and chamber musician in Berlin.
Both artists have arranged a master class for vocalists at the National Academy of Music from November 11-15.).-VNA
