Sunday, 12/1/2024
at 8:00 PM



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Volker Banfield, "one of the most internationally renowned and artistically outstanding pianists" (Neue Musikzeitung), performs Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major (D. 959), Joseph Haydn's Sonata No. 38 in F major (Hob. XVI/23), and Nikolai Medtner's "Sonata romantica" (op. 53, 1).
One can look forward to a highly versatile artist in every respect, who says of himself that he has a penchant for the limits of the possible. At just 14 years old, he received a scholarship from the Bavarian State for studying at the Northwest German Music Academy, and by 16 he was the only German prizewinner of the "Jeunesses Musicales" in Berlin. After studying at the Juilliard School in New York and at the University of Texas, he performed in major music centers across Europe, North, and South America. He celebrated successes at festivals such as the Berlin Festival Weeks, the Donaueschinger Music Days, the Beethoven Festival Bonn, Wien Modern, the Munich Piano Summer, and the Southbank Festival London. In addition to over 90 radio and television recordings and concerts with orchestras including WDR, SFB/RSO Berlin, NDR, BR, SWR, and BBC, Banfield has recorded several CDs. For over 30 years, he was a professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg, and recently taught at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts.

Doors open approximately 30 minutes before the start.

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Volker Banfield - Schubert, Haydn, Medtner