Name: Juan de la Rubia, organ
Start: 2025-08-31T17:00:00
Location: Church of St. Martin

Juan de la Rubia

Rheingau Musik Festival

For many years, the man with the red trombone dreamed of celebrating a musical Christmas in the company of good friends and with a selection of very different Christmas carols that he had encountered over the course of his career. In 2006 the time had come, and because "Christmas With My Friends" was soon considered by fans and critics alike to be one of the most beautiful Christmas records ever recorded, several editions have since been produced. This format now also takes place with great regularity at the Rheingau Music Festival and attracts not only true jazz fans, but a broad audience during Advent to the beautiful Kurhaus Wiesbaden. With his musical confidants Jonas Knutsson, Johan Norberg, Clas Lassbo and the four singers Ida Sand, Sharon Dyall, Jessica Pilnäs and Jeanette Köhn, Nils Landgren ventures into traditional songs and cover versions of exquisite Christmas carols in this concert.

Nils Landgren: “Christmas with my friends”

Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal

Juan de la Rubia masters organ music like few others. The likeable Spaniard not only delights international audiences in concert halls from Europe to South America with the great classical organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, but also impresses as an organist, pianist, and harpsichordist with modern improvisations and magnificent arrangements of organ literature. In addition to his concert activities, the Castellón-born musician is the organist at the famous Sagrada Família in Barcelona. Just as unique as his workplace in the Catalan capital is the organ on which he will make his debut at this year's Rheingau Music Festival: the instrument in the Church of St. Martin in Lorch not only has a magnificent sound, but also the unique "Riesling register" with its chirping tones, two wine glasses, and a bottle of Riesling. This evening promises an enticing composition of new impressions, excellent organ playing, and magnificently sonorous tradition.