Violinist

Around ten years before his opera "The Passenger", which is on the Lübeck Music Theatre's repertoire this season, Mieczysław Weinberg composed his brilliant violin concerto in 1959. Influences from the musical tradition of the Eastern Jewish diaspora, with which he had been familiar since his childhood in Poland, shape the melody and harmony of the work. It is conceived as a symphony in four movements and dedicated to the great Russian violinist Leonid Kogan. In Lübeck, the solo part will be played by a proven Weinberg interpreter, the award-winning violinist Benjamin Schmid.

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6th  Symphony Concert

Music and Congress Hall

At this concert we will take you into the dream world of opera and to the dream factory of Hollywood. We will play music by one of the most successful film composers and by two musical drama geniuses. In none of his operas did Richard Wagner reduce the external action in favor of a description of the inner life as radically as in "Tristan and Isolde". Unlike in the medieval models, Tristan does not fight with dragons and giants, but with his feelings. With the essence of this love composition, Wagner embraces the opera "Tristan and Isolde", which begins with the orchestral prelude and ends heartbreakingly with Isolde's "Liebestod".

4th Philharmonic Concert

Johannes Brahms is one of the giants of the classical symphonic repertoire. He was called Beethoven’s successor by the famed German composer Robert Schumann. Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 was dubbed Beethoven’s 10th. What an accomplishment. And what pressure.  But whereas Beethoven was the revolutionary of his time, Brahms was considered a traditionalist in the second half of the 19th century. He was the counterpart to much more exciting composers. What had happened?

Violinist

Benjamin Schmid

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 26, 2026

Vienna Academy Orchestra · Orchester Wiener Akademie

Past events

23 - 24 Mar, 2025

6th Symphony Concert · Theater Lübeck

Dec 20, 2024

4th Philharmonic Concert · Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in Violin Concerto by Korngold

Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Violin in Violin Concerto No. 2 by Paganini

Orchester Wiener Akademie

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