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Brahms 3

Bartók's furious 1st Piano Concerto and Brahmsian Romanticism
© Marco Borggreve

10/03

Saturday | 10/03/2026
6:00 pm Start of Concert
Concert introduction with Albert Breier 1 hour before the concert begins in the hall of the Central Library (1st floor)
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

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10/04

Sunday | 10/04/2026
11:00 am Start of Concert
Concert introduction with Albert Breier 1 hour before the concert begins in the hall of the Central Library (1st floor)
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

Prices
from 64 | 53 | 45 | 39 | 29 | 22 €
FLEX fee + 6 €
Reduced prices:
from € 10 for pupils under 18 
from €10 for young people under 30
from 11 € for Dresden-Pass and SB from GdB 80
Who receives discounts? Read here.

About the Concert

With drums and piano - Bartók's First Piano Concerto can safely be described as a percussion concerto. Not only because he treats the piano almost like a percussion instrument, producing more rhythm than melody, but also because the timpani are equal partners to the piano. In contrast, Brahms' Third Symphony seems almost meditative, with many considering it his most emotionally mature work. This is also due to the third movement, which is one of the most famous slow symphonic movements and has often been used in film music. The concert opens with an opera in fast motion. In the overture to his "Freischütz," Weber tells almost the entire story of the opera, including village romance and the Wolf's Glen. The horns play a special role, symbolizing hunting, the forest, and German Romanticism. It is no coincidence that "Der Freischütz" is considered the first true German Romantic opera and deeply impressed and influenced Richard Wagner.

Programme

<p><strong>Carl Maria von Weber</strong><br>&quot;The Marksman&quot; Overture</p><p><strong>Béla Bartók</strong><br>Piano Concerto No. 1</p><p><strong>Johannes Brahms</strong><br>Symphony No. 3 in F major</p>

Artists

Gergely Madaras
Conductor
Anna Vinnitskaya
Piano
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Gergely Madaras

The Hungarian Gergely Madaras trained as a flautist, violinist, composer and conductor, which gave him a deep insight into the workings of an orchestra and its repertoire. From 2019 to 2025, he was Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. During the 2025/26 season, he made his debut with, among others, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Welsh National Opera. At the 2025 Bartók Radio Awards, he was named "Conductor of the Year".

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Anna Vinnitskaya

Technical precision, tonal nuance and poetic depth ensure that Anna Vinnitskaya’s piano playing is always an experience that lingers in the memory. Winning the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2007 marked the beginning of an international career that now takes her regularly around the globe for recitals or to perform with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic and the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo. Since 2009, she has been teaching as a professor at her alma mater, the University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

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