Cellist

Drive and Power:
Grażyna Bacewicz is not only one of Poland's greatest composers, she was also an outstanding violinist, serving as concertmaster of the Polish Radio Orchestra in the years before World War II and performing throughout Europe in the postwar period. This skill and experience are evident in Bacewicz's Uwertura in every one of its gripping seven minutes: an orchestral firework whose drive and power effortlessly surpasses many of its more famous (male) competitors.

1. Congress Park Symphony 2025/2026

Congress Park Hanau

Michael Schmid initially received his violin training as a junior student with Prof Conrad von der Goltz. After leaving school, he studied in Salzburg and Vienna with Prof Harald Herzl and Prof Christian Altenburger. He received further musical impulses in the class of Prof Ingolf Turban, in chamber music studies with Prof Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) and in masterclasses with Leonidas Kavakos, Christian Tetzlaff and Prof Igor Ozim.

Chamber Music Evening N° 1

Semperoper Dresden

Céline Moinet oboe , Volker Hanemann oboe , Moritz Pettke clarinet , Jan Seifert clarinet , Jochen Ubbelohde horn , Miklós Takács horn , Thomas Eberhardt bassoon , Hannes Schirlitz bassoon , Lukas Stepp violin , Rosa Neßling violin , Holger Grohs viola , Sebastian Fritsch cello , Moeko Ezaki piano

Chamber music exchange with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Gewandhaus

it ungewohnten Besetzungen wartet dieser Kammerabend auf. Hindemiths Sonate für vier Hörner reizt die klanglichen Möglichkeiten des Hornquartetts aus, zumal der Komponist mit komplexen Harmonien und dichter Polyphonie die Klangfarbe des Instruments besonders betont. Das Horn gesellt sich auch zu einem Trio des Beethoven-Schülers Carl Czerny, das zeigt, dass der Komponist für mehr als nur geläufige pianistische Fingerübungen steht. Dvořáks F-Dur-Streichquartett ist das Parallelwerk zur Sinfonie »Aus der Neuen Welt«. Mehr noch als in dieser ungleich bekannteren Neunten verknüpft Dvořák in diesem Quartett Elemente aus Spiritual und amerikanischer Musik mit seiner unverkennbar böhmischen Melodik.

3. Kammerabend

The audience at this chamber music evening can enjoy works featuring unusual combinations of instruments. Hindemith’s Sonata for Four Horns exploits the tonal possibilities of this grouping; indeed, the composer’s use of complex harmonies and dense polyphony highlights the instrument’s unique timbre. The horn also appears in a trio by Beethoven’s pupil Carl Czerny, confirming that the famed composer of pianistic finger exercises was capable of more substantial fare. Dvořák’s String Quartet in F major is the companion piece to the symphony »From the New World«. The Czech master’s integration of American spiritual and folk music with his unmistakably Bohemian melodies is even stronger here than in the more celebrated Ninth.

3rd Chamber Music Evening Concert

Lukas Stepp has been concertmaster of the 2nd violins of the Staatskapelle Dresden since the beginning of 2019.

Chamber Music Evening N° 6

Born in Sibiu, Romania, in 1989 into a Hungarian-Romanian family of musicians, Tibor Gyenge received his first violin lessons from his father.

Cellist

Sebastian Fritsch

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 23, 2026

Chamber Music Evening N° 6 · Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Apr 8, 2026

Chamber Music Evening N° 7 · Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Past events

Oct 18, 2025

1. Congress Park Symphony 2025/2026 · Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Oct 2, 2025

Chamber Music Evening N° 1 · Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Sextet in C major by Dohnányi

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Cello in String Quintet No. 3 by Dvořák

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Cello in String Quartet No. 12 by Dvořák

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Cello in Premier Grand Trio by Czerny

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Cello in Cello Concerto by Gulda

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Cello in Septet by Blanc

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

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