PianoDuo TAKAHASHI | LEHMANN The repertoire of the Duo Takahashi / Lehmann includes, alongside the traditional works for piano four hands and for two pianos, numerous original transcriptions of important composers, some of which had previously been forgotten, as well as works of the 20th century. In this connection, the two pianists always work together closely with contemporary composers. The programmes of the Duo Takahashi / Lehmann are notable for the manifold relationships between the works, so that one can frequently speak of “composed programmes”. For all that, the relationships are by no means merely theoretical, but can readily be perceived sensually and emotionally. |
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Björn Lehmann Concert tours have taken Björn Lehmann to most European countries, Japan, South Korea and Latin America. He has performed at numerous festivals, including the Bachfest in Leipzig, the Ludwigsburg Castle Festival, the Kassel Music Days, Concentus Moraviae (Czech Republic), Flaneries musicales de Reims (France) and El Blanco y Negro (Mexico). Permanent chamber-music partners include the violinists Sophia Jaffé and Stephan Picard, the cellist Markus Nyikos as well as musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic. Björn Lehmann has collaborated closely with the composers Friedrich Goldmann, Mathias Spahlinger and Arnulf Herrmann and has made radio/television recordings at German and other broadcasting stations. Björn Lehmann has been a professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin since 2011. He gives master courses on a regular basis in Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan and South Korea. CD releases: |
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Norie Takahashi Following her studies in Tokyo, she continued studies with Klaus Hellwig at the Universität der Künste Berlin. She received numerous artistic stimuli from Bruno Leonardo Gelber, Robert Levin, Ferenc Rados, Pascal Devoyon and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, amongst others. Norie Takahashi is active as a soloist and chamber musician in many European countries and in Asia. She performs as a soloist with such orchestras as the Prague Radio Orchestra, the Bonn Beethoven Orchestra, the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo, the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Osaka Symphony Orchestra. In addition, she has regularly been invited to participate at major international festivals, including Carinthian Summer, Ruhr Piano Festival , Männta Music Festival (Finland), Tongyeong Music Festival (Korea), Sendai Music Festival (Japan), Kassel Music Days, New Music Days in Darmstadt and the Mosel Festival. Norie Takahashi’s chamber-music partners include the cellists Johannes Moser and Danjulo Ishizaka, the violinist Viviane Hagner and the violist Tomoko Akasaka. CD releases: |
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