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24-May-2019
Philharmonika Festival 2019 - Germanyby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
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| Video: Video: Omar Massa (bandoneon) with others as listed in video. The 2019 Philharmonika Festival gala concert was held on May 19th at the Kammermusiksaal of the Berlin Philharmonic organised by Pantonale eV. This is the 5th time the festival has been held and this year’s event marked the 25th anniversary of the link between Berlin and Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was supported by the Embassy of the Argentine Republic and the Berlin Senator for Culture and Europe, Dr. Klaus Lederer. The festival celebrated with an early concert entitled "Argentina in Zehlendorf" on April 5th in St. Paul's Church in Berlin. The artistic direction of the evening was in the hands of internationally known Argentine bandoneonist Omar Massa, who along with Vitaliy Schall (guitar), Pavlin Nechev (piano) and Julius Schwahn (violin) and his string quartet presented music by Argentine composers. The following day, the Accordion Festival “Master of Tomorrow” (organized by Pantonale eV) took place in the Paulus Church in Berlin-Zehlendorf. The aim was to give young accordionists and bandoneonists from Berlin and Brandenburg as well as other parts of Germany up to the age of 19, the opportunity to show their skills during this festival and to attend the evening concert in the church. All festival participants received certificates and those who participated in the evening concert also received a video clip of their performance in the church. Two young accordionists - Sophie Fischer and Daniel Grunski received a special award performance at the Philharmonika Concert on May 19th at the Berlin Philharmonic. This concert was the highlight of the festival. There, the Buenos Aires-born bandoneonist Omar Massa presented the peculiarities of Argentine music in an extensive program - both as a soloist and in collaboration with musicians such as Vitaliy Schall, Julius Schwahn and Pavlin Nechev, and the string orchestra under the direction of Symeon Ioannidis. Their program ranged from the classical repertoire, such as Marcello's "Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in D Minor" to early Tango to Astor Piazzolla. A highlight was the premiere of the "Concerto for Bandoneon, Piano and String Orchestra" composed especially for the occasion by Omar Massa, and dedicated to the connection between Buenos Aires and Berlin. Celebrated by the media as the successor to Astor Piazzolla, Omar Massa is playing a pioneering role in developing the academic repertoire for the bandoneon instrument, which is also the aim on Pantonale e.V. Omar Massa also held a masterclass on "Stylistic peculiarities of the music of Astor Piazzolla", and participants had the opportunity to work on their interpretations of works by Piazzolla. The Berlin audience also enjoyed performances by the internationally acclaimed Canadian accordionist Jelena Milojevic, Duo Aspera (Ghenadie Rotari - accordion and Valentina Vargiu - piano) and Croatian accordionist Martin Kutnar. Jelena impressed with the Franck Angelis work "Etude sur le thème Chiquilin de Bachin" as well as a premiere of Dmitriy Varelas's "Palette of Sounds". After Galliano's "Tango pour Claude", the Duo Aspera premiered the "Moldavian Rhapsody" by composer Petri Makkonen, who was present in the audience. The internationally successful young Croat Martin Kutnar was well received with two arrangements by Roberto Molinelli’s "Trittico, Quadro Primo" and the Viatcheslav Semionov "Bulgarian Suite". Special thanks go to the organizer of the festival, Waldemar Fleischhauer and his wife. Without their self-sacrificing dedication, such an event would not be possible in the Berlin Philharmonic. |