Heure bleue, Sunday 21 April 2024, 17:00-18:30, Spalenvorstadt 25

On special request a second edition of the successful Winterreise, November 2023 with:

Felix Gygli, baritone & Tomasz Domański, piano

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) WINTERREISE Op. 89, D 911

Free entry. Collection, recommended contribution : CHF 40/person. Students: free entrance .

Registration recommended as well at: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Thursday, 11 April 2024, 12:30-13:15, Spalenvorstadt 25

ANYMA QUARTET: Ane Espina & Marie-Morgane Sécula, Violin - Yunan Chen, Viola - Aurora Fibla, Cello

PROGRAMME

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): String Quartet no 18/4

Free entry. Collection. Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Thursday, 28 March 2024, 12:30-13:00, Spalenvorstadt 25

PROGRAMME

Flurin Herzig, Tenor & Laura Mota Pello, Piano

“Dichterliebe” Op. 48, Songcycle by Robert Schumann (1810-1856), poems by Heinrich Heine

Free entry. Collection. Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 12:30-13:15 Spalenvorstadt 25

James Morley, violoncello & Dmitry Batalov, piano

PROGRAMME

Salvatore Sciarrino (*1947): Melencolia I per violoncello e pianoforte

Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970): Intercomunicazione für Violoncello und Klavier

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Sonate pour violoncelle et piano

Free entry. Collection. Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Thursday, 29 February 2024, 12:30-13:15, Spalenvorstadt 25

AIÓN DÚO: Claudia Reyes Segovia, clarinet & Pau Fernández Benlloch, piano

PROGRAMME

Rudolf Kelterborn (1931-2021): Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano

Heinz Holliger (*1939) Rechant for Clarinet solo

Albert Moeschinger (1897-1985) Sonatine Op. 65 for Clarinet and Piano

Free entry. Collection. Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Thursday, 8 February 2024, 12:30-13:00, Spalenvorstadt 25

Cooper Joseph Kendall, tenor & Semyon Berezin, piano

PROGRAMME

Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Hermit Songs Op. 29/ No. I-X, texts by Irish monks from the 8th - 13th century

Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951): Sechs Gesänge Op. 32/No. IV & VI, on poems by Alexander Pushkin

Free entry. Collection. Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Thursday, 25 January 2024, 12:30-13:00, Spalenvorstadt 25

Mikołaj Woźniak, Piano

PROGRAMME

Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882-1937)

MAZURKAS OP. 50

No 1 Sostenuto. Molto rubato

 No 2 Allegramente. Poco vivace

 No 3 Moderato

 No 4 Allegramente, risoluto

MASQUES OP. 34

I Szeherezada | Shéhérezade

II Błazen Tantris | Tantris the Clown

III Serenada Don Juana | Don Juan´s Serenade

Free entry. Collection. Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Thursday, 11 January 2024, 12:30-13:00, Spalenvorstadt 25

Jiayi Liu, violoncello

PROGRAMME

Johann Sebastian Bach – From Unaccompanied Suite no 6 forVioloncello solo BWV1012: Prelude

Krzysztof Penderecki – Violoncello Totale

Krzysztof Penderecki – From Suite for Solo Cello. II. Serenade V. Allegro con bravura VII. Notturno

Johann Sebastian Bach – From Unaccompanied Suite no 6 forVioloncello soloBWV1012: Sarabande

Free entry. Collection. Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

11 Years ForYoungMusicians - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Heure Bleue No. 19

Thursday 14 December 19:00-20:15, Spalenvorstadt 25

Laurie Hamiche, soprano & Alik Balagozyan, piano
Panak Hashemian, flute
Leo Appel, violin
Michał Balas, violoncello & Mikołaj Woźniak, piano
Lucas Hettinger, percussion

PROGRAMME POETIC - MAGICAL - PROVOCATIVE

Claude Debussy: Syrinx. La flûte de Pan for flute solo L. 129 (1913)

Casey Cangelosi: Meditation No 1 for Snare Drum (2011)

Anton Webern: Drei kleine Stücke for violoncello and piano op. 11 (1914)  & Cello Sonata (1914)

Claude Debussy: Sonate pour violoncelle et piano en ré mineur  L. 135 (1915) & Ariettes oubliées L. 60 (1888) for soprano and piano

Franz Schubert: Notturno. Trio E flat majeur for violin, violoncello and piano D. 897 Op. posth. 148 (1828)

Free entry. Collection. Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Siddhii Lagrutta, soprano & Tomohiro Iino, percussion

PROGRAMME

Liza Lim (*1966 in Perth, Australia)

             Love Letter for tambourine solo (2011)

Thierry Tidrow (*1986 in Ontario, Canada)

             Die bösen alten Lieder for soprano and percussion (2016)  

Valentino Bucchi (1916-1976, Italy)

             Lettres de la religieuse portugaise for soprano solo (1970)

Free entry, collection. Reservation recommended to reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Vilém Vlček, violoncello & Denis Linnik, piano

PROGRAMME

César Franck (1822-1890) : Sonata for piano and violin A Major, arr. for piano and cello

Entry free. Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Closing event of Palliative Week ‘23 (palliativ-woche.ch)

Felix Gygli, baritone & Tomasz Domanski, piano

PROGRAMME

Franz Schubert (1797-1828): WINTERREISE op. 98 D 911

Free entry. Collection.

Limited seats. Registration recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

JOUSKA STRING QUARTET

Sofía Fasla-Prolat & Andrea Santiago, violin - Marina Prat Mir, viola - Kiril Fasla-Prolat, violoncello

PROGRAMME      

Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975): String Quartet no. 3 in F Major op. 73

Entry free. Collection. Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

LUCAS HETTINGER, Marimba

PROGRAMME

“The many ways of Marimba”

Emmanuel Séjourné (*1961) Katamiya (1995)

Chin-Cheng Lin (*1984) Wind (2007)

Paul Smedback (*1955) Virginia Tate (1999)

J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Cello Suite no.4 E♭Major BWV 1010: Prélude

Eric Sammut (*1968) Four Rotations for Marimba: Rotation 4 (1996)

Gene Koshinski (*1980) Caleidoscópio (2007)

Nebojša Jovan Živković (*1962) Ilijas (1996)

Free entrance. Registration recommended to: foryoungmusicians.ch

JAZZ CONCERT with Eren Simsek, e-guitar & Vladislav Hrudnitskiy, piano

PROGRAMME

“The leaps in space the dancer makes” or "The quest for musical freedom”

Compositions by Ornette Coleman (1930-2014) and Cecil Taylor (1929-2018),

A free improvised scetch by Eren Simsek (*2003) & Vlad Hrudnitskyi (*2001)

Free entrance. Collection. Registration recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

PROGRAMME

 18:45 BETWEEN LYSS AND SPALENTOR

Lucas Hettinger, Basel Drum

• Charles Albrecht (*1956) und Michael Wipf (*1970): Symphonie Africaine (1922)

 19:00 SPALENVORSTADT 25

Denis Linnik, Piano

• Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849: Polonaise A flat Major op. 53 “Héroïque”

• Leo Ornstein (1893-2002): Piano Sonata No. 4 (1918)

Free entry. Collection.

Season start

A L’ OMBRA DEL LLEDONER (In the shade of the Lotos tree)

Roger Casanova, baritone & Jansen Ryser, piano

PROGRAMME

Eduard Toldrà (1895-1963): 1. Festeig 2. Camins de fada

Pau Casals (1876-1973): Queixa

Eduard Toldrà : “A l’ombra del Lledoner” 1. A l’ombra del lledoner 2. Cancó de comiat 3. Cancó de grumet 4. Cancó de bressol 5. La vida de galer

Free entrance. Registration recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

A SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM > Names of the performing musicians: please see below.

> OUVERTURE

Charles Albrecht & Michael Wipf
from: Symphonie Africaine for Basel drum (2022)

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Ouverture from Candide (1956), arr. for woodwind quintet

Intermezzo 1 from Symphonie Africaine

 > THREE DANCES

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Pour le piano: Prélude, assez animé et très rythmé (1894)

 Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966)
La Danza del Diabolo Verde for violoncello and piano (1926)

Alfred Schnittke (1934-198)
Musica Nostalgica for violoncello and piano (1992)

> TANGO-FADO-SAMBA

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Primavera Porteña (1996/98), arr. for solo guitar

 Alfredo Marceneiro (1891-1982)
Lágrimas do Céu, Fado Cravo, vocals & guitar (2012)

Pixinguinha (Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filh, 1897-1973)
Carinhoso, Samba-Choro, vocals & guitar (1916/17)

  Intermezzo 2 from Symphonie Africaine

> SUMMERNIGHT DREAMS

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Summertime, from: Porgy and Bess (1935), arr. for woodwind quintet

Vladislav Hrudnitzkiy (*2001)
Improvisationen over Summertime, piano solo

Charles Trenet (1918-2001)
I wish you love, vocals & piano (1942)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Notturno in E flat major for violin, violoncello and piano D. 897

Finale Symphonie Africaine

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Entrance free. Collection. Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusisicians.ch

NAMES of the performing musicians:

Solo: Lucas Hettinger, Basel drum | Marwan Hemma, guitar | Jonathan Ng, piano | Vladislav Grudnitskiy, piano

Duo Balas-Woźniak: Michał Balas, violoncello & Mikołaj Woźniak, piano

Duo Henriques Dias-Hemma: Martina Henrique-Dias vocals & Marwan Hemma, guitar

Piano Trio: Leo Appel, violin, Michał Balas, violoncello, Mikołaj Woźniak, piano

Jazz Trio: | Martina Henriques Dias, vocals - Vladislav Grudnitskiy, piano - Lucas Castro, cajòn

Opus Five Quintet: Joana Fernandes, flute, Mauro Sclafani, oboe, Patrícia Sá Duarte, clarinet, Elisa Horrer, bassoon, Violette Goury, horn

50th Lunch time concert @ Spalenvorstadt 25 !!

HELIX PIANO TRIO

Jaume Angelès Fité, violin- Guillermo Ortega Santos, violoncello - Paula Belzunegui, piano

Sándor Veress (1907-1992): Trio for piano, violin and violoncello „Tre Quadri“ (1963)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Trio nr. 1 c-minor for violin, violoncello and piano op. 8 (1923)

Free entrance. Registration recommended to: foryoungmusicians.ch

Robert Schumann LIEDERKREIS OP. 24 (1840)

Duo 24 with Daan van der Schaft, counter-tenor & Maryam Javad, piano

Free entrance. Registration recommended to: foryoungmusicians.ch

Duo Mafalda: Augustine Simon, soprano & Marwan Hemma, gitare

HISTORIA DE UN AMOR: Songs of Argentina and Spain

Free entrance. Registration recommended to: foryoungmusicians.ch

Rotwelsch Duo: Philipp Maria Rosenberg, piano & Florian Kolb, double bass

“Die Welt hat das genialste Streben” /“The world has the most ingenious aspiration”

Rotwelsch Jazz versions of forgotten classics of the Operetta canon and songs of the Golden 20s: Works by Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894), Carl Millöcker (1842-1899), Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and Josep Beer (1908-1987)

Free entrance. Registration recommended to: foryoungmusicians.ch

The Arabesque-Trio will present a part from its programme for the Finale of the Concours de Musique de Chambre de Lyon, which takes place 12-15 April:

ARABESQUE-TRIO: Ludwig Balser, violin - Jonathan Reuveni, violoncello - Anna Pismak, piano

Peteris Vasks (*1946): Episodi e canto perpetuo (1985) (Movements 1, 7 and 8)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847): Trio in C-Dur Nr. 2 Op. 66 (1845)

Free entrance, collection. Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Jiayi Liu, Violoncello

Programme

György Ligeti (1923-2006) - Sonate for cello solo

Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) - Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher

Jörg Widmann (*1973) - Aphorismen und Bagatellen for cello solo (Swiss Premiere)

Free entrance. Collection Reservation recommended: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Trio Albéniz

Luis María Suárez, violin – Paula Brizuela, violoncello – Javier Rameix, piano

 Programme

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Piano trio Nr. 4 in E Minor Op. 90 “Dumky“ (1891)

Dmitry Schostakowitsch (1906-1975): Piano trio Nr. 2 in E Minor Op. 67 (1944)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Piano trio Op. 1/3 in C Minor (1795)

Free entry, collection.
Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

CONTEMPLATION

with Laurie Hamiche, soprano
and Alik Balagozyan, piano

Programme:
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
6 Lieder Op.13 (1844), on Poems by Gedichte Heinrich Heine, Emanuel Geibel and Friedrich Rückert

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Ariettes oubliées L. 60 (1888), on Poems by Paul Verlaine

Free entry, collection
Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

INTERNATIONAL ROBERT SCHUMANN COMPETITION DÜSSELDORF FOR YOUNG PIANISTS

Jonathan Ng (*2010), piano

Jonathan performs excerpts from his competition programme:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Französische Suite Nr. 5 in G Major, BWV 816
VI. Gigue

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
3 Etüden Op. 104b, Nr. 2 in F Major
II. Allegro con moto

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Arabesque in C Major Op. 18 (1839)

Robert Schumann
Faschingsschwank Op. 26 (1839)
III. Scherzino

Free entry, collection.
Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

“An immortal work for a forgotten instrument”

Duo Balas-Woźniak
Michał Balas, cello & Mikołaj Woźniak, piano

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D 821 (1824)

Free entry, collection.
Reservation recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Brandon Garbot, violin & Julia Polinskaja, piano

John Cage (1912-1992) - Six Melodies for Violin and Piano, I (1950)

Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) - From far beyond Chrysanthemums and November fog (1983)

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - Violin Sonata No.2, Sz 76 (1922)

John Cage (1912-1992) - Six Melodies for Violin and Piano, VI (1950)

Free entrance, collection.

Registration recommended to: reservation@foryoungmusicians.ch

Sunday 11 December 5 PM - open end

DANCING WITH THE STARS - Concerts, Open Stage, BIRTHDAY PARTY & JAM SESSION

Past and new musicians who perform(ed) at ForYoungMusicians - from Baroque over Classic over 20th and 21st century to Jazz
…Be surprised which star will invite you for a dance…

C O N C E R T S
Concert 1 17:00-17:20

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in in C sharp Minor Op. 27/2 “Moonligth Sonata” (1801), Matteo Cardelli, piano

Concert 2 17:30-18:00

KURT SCHWITTERS: “Ursonate” - a Dadaist sound poem (1932), Corentin Marillier, voice

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: 4 movements from Suite no 3 for violoncello solo BWV 1009 (1720), Maksim Barbash, violoncello

Concert 3 18:30-18:50

JOHN ADAMS: Hallelujah Junction for two pianos (1996), Carolina Rodriguez de Guzmán, piano & Carlos Gil-Gonzalo, piano

Concert 4 19:00-19:25

EL VIAJE DE MAFALDA - Songs from Argentina: Alfonsina y el Mar (1969), La fior azul (1982),  Historia de un amor (1955), Augustine Simon, soprano & Marwan Hemma, guitar

Concert 5 20:00-20:20

GUILLAUME CONNESSON: Techno Parade for flute, clarinet and piano (2002), Rute Fernandes, flute & Damien Bachmann, clarinet & Sinforosa Petralia, piano

GEORGE APERGHIS: Le Corps-à-Corps pour un percussioniste et son zarb (1978), Tomohiro Iino, zarb

Concert 6 20:30-20:55

ALFRED SCHNITTKE: Sonata for cello and piano (1978), Duo Balas-Woźniak: Michał Balas (2001), violoncello & Mikołaj Woźniak (2003),

• TO OUR DEAR PUBLIC: Would you like to speak or bring over a birthday message? The stage is yours for max. 2 minutes, before or after one of the concerts ——

21:00 > open end: Open Stage, Blind Dates, Jam Session - Birthday Party

BAR open from 4 pm on with appetizers and beverage

Free entry, collection.