Reunion with Kent Nagano

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The famous conductor visits the HfMT as part of the livestreamed "Beethoven-Conertissimo" performance in the Forum

Reunion with Kent Nagano
The famous American conductor visits the HfMT as part of the livestreamed "Beethoven Concertissimo" performance in the Forum

It should have been one of the concert highlights: The "Beethoven Week" planned from November 16 to 23 to mark the 250th anniversary of the great German composer's birth. After the relatively mild course of the coronavirus pandemic in Germany, there was hope that the festival week would still take place "live" at the Forum despite the restrictions. This hope has finally been dashed with the government's ban on public concerts until the end of November.

Nevertheless, there is a ray of hope for music lovers: on Saturday, November 21, a "Beethoven-Concertissimo" will take place at the Forum. The last three piano concertos, the triple concerto and the violin concerto will be performed in three concert sections under the direction of Ulrich Windfuhr and Yu Sugimoto.

The students can soon look forward to a reunion with the world-famous conductor Kent Nagano. In three internal rehearsals and an equally non-public final concert, Kent Nagano will rehearse and conduct Beethoven's first two piano concertos.

The Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15 will be played by Emil Reinert (Master, class of Prof. Hubert Rutkowski) and the Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, op. 19 by Jong Eun Lee (concert exam, class of Prof. Stepan Simonian).
Unfortunately, neither concert can be streamed live. Nevertheless, it is a great pleasure to welcome Kent Nagano back to the Forum exactly one year after his first workshop at the HfMT.