Chamber Music

Fauré!

The Dresden Free Ensemble with works of the French late Romantic period

4/6

Sunday | 4/06/2025
11:00 am Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
Floor Plan
17 €
9 € for young people
8,50 € for Dresden-Pass and PWD
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About the Concert

Tickets for this event will be available from 12.06.2024 from 10 am.

A revolutionary as director of the Paris Conservatoire, unheard of! When Gabriel Fauré radically changed the curriculum of France's most venerable musical institution around 1900 and allowed the music of Wagner to be studied, he had a lot of people against him. He was not at all partisan, but simply open to all musical directions. And that's how he composed himself: neither completely traditional nor completely modern, he was only interested in quality. And the qualities of his music are amply demonstrated in this concert. Flowing melodies, French esprit and always a door open to the unexpected.

Program

Gabriel Fauré
Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano

Charles Koechlin
"L'album de Lilian" for Soprano, Flute, and Piano

Camille Saint-Saëns
Prélude No. 1 for Organ (dedicated to Gabriel Fauré)

Gabriel Fauré
"Pelléas et Mélisande" (excerpt, Arr. for Organ)
"La bonne chanson" for Soprano, Piano, and String Quintet

Artists

Valda Wilson
Sopran
Christoph Berner
Klavier
Fabian Dirr
Clarinet
Marianna Julia Zolnacz
Flute
Charlotte Thiele
Violine
Ipek Atila
Violin
Joanna Szumiel
Viola
Daniel Thiele
Cello
Razvan Popescu
Double bass
Hans Christian Martin
Orgel
Freies Ensemble Dresden

Biographies

Valda Wilson

German-based, Australian-born soprano Valda Wilson is an outstanding interpreter of the works of Mozart, Strauss, Handel, Verdi and Puccini, but also enjoys performing the works of contemporary composers. Her recent opera highlights include the critically acclaimed world premiere in 2023 in the title role of Sarah Nemtsov's Ophelia, followed by an equally successful Violetta(La traviata) and her debut as Suor Angelica(Il trittico) at the Saarländisches Staatstheater, where she has been a solo soprano for several years.

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Christoph Berner

Christoph Berner is one of Austria's leading pianists and has received numerous awards over the course of his long career. He often performs as a soloist with orchestras, but also as a Lied accompanist, for example with tenor Werner Güra, or as a chamber music partner for instrumentalists or ensembles. He has been a professor of vocal accompaniment and Lied interpretation at the Zurich University of the Arts since 2014.

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Fabian Dirr

1st Principal Clarinet

Fabian Dirr was born in Erlangen and began his musical education at the age of six. He was already a prize-winner in several competitions before he began his studies at the Hanover University of Music and Drama with Hans Deinzer, which he completed as a master student.

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Marianna Julia Zolnacz

Principal Flute

"She is one of the most outstanding and fascinating artists of the younger generation. Her creations and remarkable performances are the prelude to a tremendous career. The combination of an excellent technique with musicality, sensitivity, diligence and a great love for the art of flute playing form a combination of elements that few possess."  -Paweł Gusnar, luminary of Polish music

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Charlotte Thiele

Violin

Young violinist Charlotte Thiele from Dresden appreciates versatility and extraordinary concert formats. She performs as a violin soloist with orchestras, and occasionally also as a duo with her brother, the cellist Friedrich Thiele. She also plays in chamber music formations and as guest concertmaster with ensembles such as the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin or the Kammerakademie Potsdam. Since the 2023/24 season she is a member of the Giuseppe Sinopoli Academy of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden as 1st concertmaster.

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Ipek Atila

She took master classes with Phillippe Grafin, Stefan Picard, Cuarteto Casals, Armida Quartet.
She was a scholarship recipient of the Pfahlberg Foundation and the E.T.A Hoffman Foundation.

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Razvan Popescu

1st Principal Double Bass

Răzvan Popescu was born in Bucharest (Romania) in 1987. At the age of seven, he began his training at the local music high school, first as a violinist, before switching to the double bass at the age of 16.

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Hans Christian Martin

Hans Christian Martin was born in Zwickau in 1986. He received his first musical training in music theory, composition, violin and piano at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in his home town. From 2006 to 2014, he studied church music in Dresden and Weimar. He studied organ improvisation with Prof. Michael Kapsner, organ literature with Prof. Martin Strohhäcker and Prof. Silvius von Kessel, harpsichord with Raphael Alpermann and choral conducting with Prof. Christfried Brödel and Prof. Jürgen Puschbeck.

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Freies Ensemble Dresden

The FREIES ENSEMBLE DRESDEN was founded on the occasion of a performance of A. Schönberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" at a benefit concert in 2000.
With this start, the ensemble's profile became clear: free from mainstream expectations, with the highest artistic quality and lively idealism, the Dresden musicians offer thoughtful programmes.

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