Category Archives: Performers

If that’s not reason enough to celebrate: 300 years of WTC I!

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Annette Oppermann

2022 seems to be particularly rich in musical anniversaries: Even … Continue reading →

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Newly discovered 20th-century classics: Bartók’s six String Quartets in the Complete Edition

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Annette Oppermann

The Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition that since 2017 the … Continue reading →

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Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy and the challenges of an Urtext edition

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Norbert Gertsch

In the already more than 70 years since the founding … Continue reading →

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“My fingering may inspire to play in the right style” – Interview with Pascal Rogé

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Peter Jost

To celebrate the French pianist Pascal Rogé’s 70th birthday on … Continue reading →

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“The Hammerklavier Sonata opened the door for me” – Interview with Ian Fountain on Beethoven’s piano music

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Peter Jost

Today we’d like to continue our series of musicians’ views … Continue reading →

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Part 3: Beethoven from the artist’s perspective

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Starting from Beethoven Feature Films (1), then going to Beethoven … Continue reading →

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Michael Korstick Interview: Beethoven as the fixed star of my musical universe

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Norbert Müllemann

From time to time during the Beethoven year the team … Continue reading →

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Is that still Urtext? On an often played variant in Sarasate’s “Carmen Fantasy”

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Peter Jost

To this day, the success of a new stage work … Continue reading →

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Debussy in Urtext – Part 6: Interview with Pascal Rogé

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Peter Jost

In the final part of our little series we want … Continue reading →

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A tear for or from Rossini?

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Annette Oppermann

November 13 marks the 150th anniversary of Gioacchino Rossini’s death, … Continue reading →

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