Elbphilharmonie (Kaistudios)

Tarmo Peltokoski, the Finnish conducting »talent of the century« (Tagesspiegel), has been closely associated with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen since his phenomenal debut in June…

In his book »Formation – Building a Personal Canon, Part I«, Brad Mehldau paints a vivid picture of the jazz scene in New York in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The exceptional…

Pianist Bruce Liu is full of surprises. He chose his stage name in honour of a famous look-alike martial arts film star and enjoys go-karting in his spare time. His incredible piano playing can be…

Described as »the most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years« (The New York Times), Brad Mehldau has made his mark on the international jazz scene with his distinctive sound,…

Edwar Elgar sat down at the piano after a tiring day of lessons and played a random melody that caught his wife’s attention. Without further ado, he began to improvise variations on this…

Following his exhilarating solo piano recitals in recent seasons, including at Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle, pianist Markus Altenkamp is now back. With a new solo programme characterised by emotional…

»I imagined it like this: Brahms woke up one morning and had the blues.« It would be hard to sum it up more aptly and humorously than Brad Mehldau himself: in 2013, the pianist recorded…

The BelleSon Shanghai Trio brings together three outstanding musicians from the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra. With their international experience and subtle interplay, they form an ensemble of…

Brad Mehldau is one of the most exciting voices in contemporary jazz piano. He combines improvisation with structure, freedom with rigour, jazz with classical and pop, and his own songs with new,…

»I could compare my music to white light, in which all colors are contained. Only a prism can separate these colors and make them visible; this prism could be the mind of the listener.«…