raphaela gromes + julian riem
15 february 2024 / 8pm / oslo hackney, london
100% funded (sold out)
German cellist Raphaela Gromes brings some of the most emotionally-charged music ever written for cello and piano to Hackney
7pm: doors open
7.30pm: last entry
8pm: raphaela + julian set
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the venue:
OSLO is one of London's iconic gig venues. The first of its type to open in the area, it's based in the redeveloped Victorian Hackney railway station.
They've hosted Mumford and Sons, Dua Lipa, and Alabama Shakes, but noisenights were the first classical shows to take over this unique space. We're returning again after three sold-out shows there.
the music:
Raphaela and Julian bring a selection of the most emotionally-charged pieces ever written for cello and piano to the UK for two exclusive dates around Valentine's Day.
Their programme will feature pieces by Luisa Adolpha Le Beau and Clara Schumann, two great female composers of the 19th-Century, and Johannes Brahms’ epic second sonata.
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the programme:
Luisa Adolpha Le Beau - Sonata for cello and piano in D Major
Clara Schumann - 3 Romances
Johannes Brahms - 2nd sonata for cello and piano in F Major
raphaela gromes:
Highly virtuosic, passionate and technically brilliant, German cellist Raphaela Gromes captivates audiences with her versatile and effortless playing. She is the recipient of several awards including First Prize at both the Richard Strauss Competition (2012) and Concorso Fiorindo Turin (2016), as well as the German Music Competition Prize (2015).
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As a concerto soloist, Raphaela performs the main cello repertoire alongside, and often in combination with, lesser-known works by women composers following her long-term research at the Frau und Werk Archive in Frankfurt where she has uncovered a number of musical gems by Victoria Yagling, Matilde Capuis, Marie Jaëll, Henriëtte Bosmans amongst others. Orchestras she has performed with include HR Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Tonkünstlerorchester, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Nurnberg Symphoniker, Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Norddeutsche Philharmonie and the Belgian National Orchestra under conductors such as Roberto Gonzalez-Monjas, Michael Sanderling, Pietari Inkinen, Ari Rasilainen, Matthew Halls, Nicholas Carter, Jan Willem de Vriend, Aziz Shokhakimov, Anna Rakitina, Christoph Poppen and Marcus Bosch. Future engagements include tours with the Festival Strings Lucerne and the Prague Symphony Orchestra.
She has been an exclusive artist with Sony Classical since 2016 having made six recordings on the label. Her albums are distinguished by creative programming and an explorative spirit and have received many awards including the German Record Critics’ Award, an Opus Klassik and Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (Offenbach) and Diapason Nouveauté (Strauss Sonatas). An advocate of works by female composers, her most recent double album FEMMES features works by 23 outstanding female composers across nine centuries of music history. Her other albums on Sony include Imagination (2021) featuring a fairy-tale compilation of works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Humperdinck etc Romantic Cello Concertos (2020) featuring cello concertos by Schumann and Klengel with the Runkfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin/Nicholas Carter which was awarded the Diapason D’Or.
Born in Munich in 1991 into a family of cellists, she studied with Peter Bruns in Leipzig from the age of 14 and continued with Wen-Sinn Yang at the Institute für Musik in Munich in 2010 and later with Reinhard Latzko at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. Master classes followed with David Geringas, Yo-Yo Ma, Frans Helmerson, Wolfgang Boettcher, Anner Bylsma and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmid.She has held a scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation since 2012 and been supported by Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now. Raphaela Gromes plays a 1740 cello by Carlo Bergonzi, one of only three in the world and obtained for her through a private patron. She is a cultural ambassador for SOS Children's Villages worldwide and an ambassador for the José Carreras Leukemia Foundation.
julian riem:
Munich-born pianist Julian Riem studied with Michael Schäfer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, with Michel Béroff at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris and in Rudolf Buchbinder’s class of soloists at the Basel Academy of Music.
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Even early on he was hailed by Béroff as one of the „most promising pianists of his generation“. He won international piano competitions in Modena and Madrid as well as the Premio Gui competition in Florence and was awarded a scholarship by the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb (German Music Competition).
As a soloist, chamber musician and lieder accompanist he regularly performs in Europe, Japan and the USA, at such renowned venues as the Konzerthaus Vienna, Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Berlin, Tonhalle Maag Zurich and Munich’s Herkulessaal.
He and cellist Raphaela Gromes form an established duo whose four CD recordings for Sony classical have not only been distinguished with numerous awards but have all made it into the official German classical music charts. These CDs feature world premieres and several arrangements by Julian Riem. „Offenbach“ got the „Opus Klassik“ for chamber music 2020, the recording of Richard Strauss‘ Cellosonatas was awarded a Diapason d’or.
He is also a member of the Velit Piano Quartet and the Münchner Horntrio (Munich Horn Trio) which was awarded an Echo Klassik in 2012 for its recording of the trios by Brahms, Ligeti and Koechlin released by Farao classics.
In addition to the classical concert repertoire, Riem also devotes himself to modern and contemporary composers. Alongside Messiaen, Ligeti, Stockhausen, Henze, Boulez, Xenakis, Schnittke and Hartmann, his programs include works and world premieres by Liebermann, Stahmer, Bourbodakis, Illes, Koch, Cowell and Ranjbaran.
Rewards: standing tickets to noisenight71 at 8pm on Thursday 15 February 2024 at OSLO Hackney, London. First-come, first-served for the best views.
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