Valerie Fritz, Violoncello

Austrian cellist Valerie Fritz loves the extraordinary, the unusual. Even at the beginning of her studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, she knew that a classical career with the standard repertoire was not for her. The young artist’s self-confidence has already taken her a long way: nominated by the Elbphilharmonie, among others, she is one of this season’s »Rising Star« of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). Together with accordionist Goran Stevanovich, she explores the concert situation spatially, acoustically and at an interpersonal level with music ranging from Bach to the present day.

PERFORMERS

Valerie Fritz violoncello

Goran Stevanovich accordion

PROGRAM

»The Space Between Us«

Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (excerpts)

Peter Eötvös
Two Poems to Polly

Valerie Fritz
Improvisation

Sofia Gubaidulina
In Croce for Violoncello and Accordion

Mikolaj Majkusiak
Rhythms of Doubt for Violoncello and Accordion

- Interval -

Jennifer Walshe
Composition commisioned by Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Bozar Brüssel, Casa da Música Porto, Kölner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Musikverein Wien and the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO)

Improvisation

Olivier Messiaen
Louange à l’éternité de Jésus

Robert Schumann
Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102