Matinee in honor of Christa Knauer

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With a matinee, Jugend musiziert Hamburg commemorates its former chairwoman and long-time honorary chairwoman Christa Knauer, who died in Hamburg in August 2023 at the age of 81. With impressive and tireless commitment, Christa Knauer was committed to promoting young talent until the end of her life. Some of them are now among the most sought-after musicians of our time. In 1997, she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for her work.

With foresight and inexhaustible love, Christa Knauer shaped and strengthened Hamburg's cultural life for over 50 years. Before she took over the chairmanship of the competition in Hamburg, she worked for ten years as a music, art and theater critic. From the 1980s onwards, she worked with Jugend musiziert Hamburg, first as managing director and then as chairwoman, to promote young musicians and founded the "Jugend musiziert Förderverein Hamburg e.V." in 1991. Since 1997, she has awarded the "Christa Knauer Challenge Cup" annually to outstanding musicians in the state competition. Today, this challenge cup is not the only testimony to her outstanding instinct for promising talent. Up until 2002, Christa Knauer tirelessly organized competitions, master classes with internationally renowned soloists and professors, countless concerts and connected talented young musicians with the music world. Until the end of her life, Christa Knauer supported young talents and remained closely associated with Jugend musiziert as honorary chairwoman.

Performers:
Simon Bode (tenor), Sarah Ferede (mezzo-soprano), Wolfram-Maria Märtig (piano), Dr. Benjamin Sprick (violoncello), Valeria Stab (piano), Maria Tsaytler (harp) and Henrik Wiese (flute) as well as contributions from selected and current first prizewinners of the state and national Jugend musiziert competitions and two current prizewinners of the "Christa Knauer Challenge Cup".

Program:
Works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Carl Maria von Weber, Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner and Gabriel Fauré, among others.

The concert program will be supplemented by a panel dedicated to the question of how competitions such as Jugend musiziert should develop in the future, what role they play and how Christa Knauer's legacy can be carried into the future.

(The line-up and program are subject to change)

The matinee takes place in cooperation with the Hamburg University of Music and Drama.
With the kind support and sponsorship of the Hapag-Lloyd Foundation and Pianohaus Trübger.

Admission is free. Registration is requested at:
matinee@jugend-musiziert-hamburg.org