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Great news! Michael Alexander Willens has been selected to receive the 2026 Telemann Prize. The Cologne-based conductor will be honored by the city of Magdeburg on March 14, Georg Philipp Telemann’s birthday. Mayor Simo...
Vienna Mandolin Stories is Alon Sariel’s first full concerto album, inviting listeners on a journey through late-18th and early-19th-century Vienna. The album features works for mandolin and orchestra by Haydn, Mozart,...
Which instrument do you play at the Kölner Akademie and when did you start playing?At the Kölner Akademie, I play the horn — mostly natural or baroque, but sometimes early valve horn as well. I started learning when I w...
Which instrument do you play at the Kölner Akademie and when did you start playing?I have been playing the violin at the Kölner Akademie since May 2024. What led you to the Kölner Akademie?One of the voice leading secon...
When it comes to how we celebrate Christmas around the world, customs and traditions couldn’t be more diverse. But what unites almost all celebrations is music. For its new CD the Kölner Akademie is currently discoverin...
When we look back at music history, we like to summarize past eras with a handful of composers who were active in the respective period. However, it is easy to forget that in addition to the ubiquitous, famous names, th...
In November 1843, Carl Reinecke made his debut as a pianist at the Leipzig Gewandhaus with a work by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The composer himself had arranged the 19-year-old’s performance. During this time, Reinec...
Johann Nikolaus Forkel’s contribution to the world of music is inestimable, even if you are perhaps hearing about him for the first time. With his publication Über Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerk in 18...
Whether as a ten-year-old under the wing of Johann Nepomuk Hummel, as a young pianist holding his own among Cherubini, Rossini, Berlioz and Liszt in the Parisian music salons, as a municipal conductor in Düsseldorf and...
When it comes to the musical work of Joseph Haydn, there is no getting around the name of the Hungarian Esterházy family. Starting out as a 29-year-old composer, Haydn spent 30 years of his life as a musical employee fo...
