Jakub Rataj: for harpsichord Lydia Weißgerber: warten bei wein und speisen für Cembalo solo Michael Quell: Διακύμανση κενού - vacuum fluctuation für Cembalo Ernst Helmuth Flammer: Diskontinuum - sich verwandelnd - zerfasernd Tobias Schick: Between opposites 1. Arpeggio-Maschine2. Rush Hour: Presto Filip Gołdanowski: OPUS 39: che oscura il cielo... II - world premiere Adriana Hölszky: Decorum
The German harpsichordist, pianist, and composer Richard Röbel presents the interpretive possibilities of historical keyboard instruments in the context of contemporary music. He completed his studies in composition, music theory, and piano at the Carl Maria von Weber College of Music in Dresden, followed by studies of historical keyboard instruments at the State University of Music in Trossingen. He is the recipient of numerous awards, such as from the all-German Jugend musiziert and Jugend komponiert competitions, prizes for young composers and musicologists, and a scholarship from the Saxon Mozart Society. As a performer, he has collaborated with notable composers such as Helmut Lachenmann and Wolfgang Rihm, and in the field of composition, he studied privately with Ernst Helmuth Flammer. His original works have been performed by ensembles such as ensemble recherche and the Dresden Philharmonic. He is currently collaborating with the NEOS music foundation on the CD collection Timing Fragen, for which fifteen new works for solo harpsichord were created. He has taught in Trossingen and has been teaching at the Robert Schumann Conservatory since 2020.
The recital is titled Timing Fragen and its program touches upon the boundaries of interpretive possibilities and the instrument itself. Compositions by composers such as Lydia Weißgerber, Michael Quell, Ernst Helmuth Flammer, Jakub Rataj, Tobias Schick, Filip Goldanowski, and Adriana Hölszky will be performed.