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17/02/2024 Goldberg Variations in the New Castle Bad Muskau

Thank you, dear listeners, for a wonderful evening at the New Castle Bad Muskau at the WinterBühne 2024!
I'm already looking forward to seeing you again at the WinterBühne 2025!

Rehearsal of the Goldberg Variations in the New Castle Bad Muskau at the WinterBuehne 2024
Rehearsal in the Castle Library
Tanja Huppert tunes up for the concert of the Goldberg Variations in the Bad Muskau Castle Library - a photo from the audience area
Rehearsal in the Castle Library
The New Castle Bad Muskau in Winter 2024
New Castle Bad Muskau
In First-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau
Walk in Fürst-Pückler-Park

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About me

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24/10/2023 New Piano Festival »Keys To Heaven« in Eisenstadt

Esterházy Palace

Today the piano festival »Keys To Heaven« was presented in a press conference in the Steinway House Vienna.
It is a new festival in the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt in Austria that is organised by the pianist Maria Radutu. It offers a diverse and varied programme of piano music and will take place from 26 to 28 April 2024.
I am particularly pleased that I can contribute to this in a night recital with the Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach and excerpts from Wilfried Hiller's Book of Stars.
The concert will take place on 27 April 2024 at 10 pm in the Empire Hall of the palace.

» further information to the festival

14/07/2022 Benefit Concert for Ukraine

Together with the Ukrainian-American violinist Myroslava Khomik,
we held a benefit concert in Vienna for the aid organisation
Help Musicians Ukraine”. This organisation supports musicians from Ukraine to continue their musical activity or education in another European country.

The concert featured a programme of exclusively Ukrainian composers: from Maxim Berezovsky (18th century) to Myroslav Skoryk (20th century). Skoryk's well-known work Melody was also performed.

The audience was enthusiastic and the duo received a standing ovation.

Many thanks to the Galician Music Society, the Austrian Cooperation Office Lviv, Bank Austria Salon and BYOM Academy for supporting the project in Vienna. Without them, the project there would not have been possible.

21/03/2022 Guest in the “Backstage!” podcast

Porträt-Foto von Tanja Huppert mit verschwommenen Häusern von Venedig. In der linken oberen Ecke steht:'Folge 88 - Die innere Welt zum Klingen bringen: Tanja Huppert'

Today episode 88 of the German-language podcast “Backstage!” is released and I am a guest there.

I talk about my childhood in the former Soviet Union, my studies in Kiev and Munich, the Book of Stars, the Goldberg Variations and much more.

Many thanks to the wonderful moderator Leni Bohrmann, who guided me through the podcast in a very relaxed and professional manner. It was great fun.

Just click on the following link. Please mind that the podcast is in German.
https://backstage.podcaster.de/2022/03/21/folge-88-die-innere-welt-zum-klingen-bringen-tanja-huppert/

14/03/2022 Recording for Ukraine in the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts

Tanja Huppert plays the folk song in a hall of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. Tanja can be seen far away at a grand piano on the left edge of the picture. The hall looks majestic with high windows in the round arch - like in a castle - and the hall has light blue walls.

I am recording the Ukrainian folk song Watching into the sky and thinking a thought in a version for piano by Wilfried Hiller for the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.

This song is played at the beginning of every event at the Academy until the war in my home country Ukraine is over. I very much hope that this will be the case as soon as possible.

You can listen to the song on the Academy’s (German) page:
https://www.badsk.de/aktuelles/akademie-daheim/»ich-schaue-den-himmel«-ukrainisches-volkslied

Here are the lyrics of the song translated from Ukrainian into English.

Watching the sky and thinking a thought:
Why am I not a falcon? Why am I not flying?
Why, Lord, have you not granted me wings?
I would the earth forsake and fly to the heavens.
Ukrainian flag

The original was composed by the Ukrainian composer Lyudmila Alexandrova. The entire text was written in 1841 by the famous Ukrainian poet Mychajlo Petrenko.

It was the first song sung in space - on 12 August 1962 by Ukrainian cosmonaut Pavel Popovich.
Here you can see an excerpt of it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbsfBjmS-ZQ&t=65s

18/02/2022 New Release in Classical New Releases on Spotify

album cover of release 'Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C-sharp Minor, K.247'
screenshot of Spotify's Classical New Releases playlist with Tanja Huppert's release 'Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C-sharp Minor, K.247'

My new single Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C-sharp Minor K. 247 was put by Spotify on their editorial playlist “Classical New Releases”. This list contains the best releases of the week.
You can listen to the release on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer and other streaming platforms.

Follow me on your favourite streaming platform to never miss a release again.

15/01/2022 Goldberg Variations on the radio in Canada Logo of the Quebec radio station CKIA FM 88.3

The radio station CKIA FM 88.3, based in Quebec, Canada, broadcasts pieces from my album “Bach: Goldberg Variations” on the programme “Aubade” on two weekends in January and the first Saturday in February. It takes place on Saturdays and Sundays between 1:00 pm and 3 pm CET.

Here are the broadcast dates:
  • Saturday, 05/02/22
  • Sunday, 23/01/22
  • Saturday, 22/01/22
  • Sunday, 16/01/22
  • Saturday, 15/01/22

Many thanks to CKIA FM 88.3!

09/01/2022 Over 48,000 streams of Goldberg Variations on Spotify within 16 days

My recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations was added to Spotify's editorial playlist »Classical New Releases« on 24/12/2021 and was there until 07/02/2022. It was ranked number 2 until 04/01/22 and number 3 from 04/01/22 until 07/01/22.

Since then it has been streamed over 48,000 times until 08/01/22 and I have gained over 28,000 listeners as a result. Thanks to Spotify and everyone who has streamed works from this album.

You can listen to the album here.

Classical New Releases on 04/01/22
Streams by 08/01/22
Monthly listeners by 08/01/22

01/10/2021 Book of Stars

The two-and-a-half-hour piano cycle Book of Stars by Wilfried Hiller was re-recorded this year at the Munich Philharmony in the Gasteig. Here you can hear the last work Hercules from the Book of Stars in which all 88 keys of the piano are made to sound.

From 1 October 2021, you can listen to the Book of Stars on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music.

27/09/2021 radio klassik Stephansdom Logo von Radio Klassik Stephansdom

On 27 September 2021, together with Wilfried Hiller, I was a guest in the studio of the Viennese radio station radio klassik Stephansdom in the programme Rubato with the presenter Arabella Fenyves. Among other things, it was about the
Book of Stars.

You can listen to the Book of Stars here.

Bio

“Music is the deepest expression of my soul” says Munich-based pianist Tanja Huppert who sees her most important task in re-feeling the composer’s inner world - when writing their music - and conveying it to the listener. Her concern is to bring this music to the stage as a wonderfully beneficial force that enriches our lives and brings out the good in them.
Kirill Petrenko, chief conductor of Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, described her interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988 as “subtle” and “played with great musicality, creativity high technical ability”. Her recordings produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk (Public Bavarian Radio), among others with the Bamberg Symphonic Orchestra, are regularly broadcast on the radio, e.g. on BR-Klassik.
Her 2021 recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988 was set by Spotify on rank 2 in their editorial playlist “Classical New Releases” on Christmas 21 as well as her recording of Domenico Scarlatti’s Keyboard Sonata in C-Sharp Minor, K 247 in their edition of 18th February 22.

Last updated: 28 January 2024 (169 words)

Calendar

Next dates
Saturday, 27 April 2024
10:00 pm:  Night recital at the Piano Festival »Keys To Heaven« in Esterházy Palace

Johann Sebastian Bach »Goldberg-Variations« and excerpts from Wilfried Hiller's »Book of Stars«

Esterházy Palace, Empire Hall, Esterhazyplatz 1, 7000 Eisenstadt, Austria
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Tuesday, 2 July 2024
08:00 pm:  Hiller: Apocalypse

World première at the ION music festival in Nuremberg, Germany

Wilfried Hiller »Apocalypse – A Revelation«
Libretto: Stefan Ark Nitsche

The concert will be recorded by Bayerischer Rundfunk - BR Franken.

St. Sebald Church, Winklerstraße 26, 90403 Nuremberg, Germany
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Sunday, 13 October 2024
08:00 pm: Piano evening
Bürgersaal beim Forstner, Kybergstraße 2, 82041 Oberhaching, Germany
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Past dates
Saturday, 16 March 2024
07:00 pm: Piano evening „Goldberg Variations“

Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Castle Kempfenhausen, Knights' Hall, Milchberg 11, 82335 Berg, Germany
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Friday, 2 February 2024
9:00 pm:  Night recital in the »WinterBühne im Neuen Schloss Bad Muskau 2024«

Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988

New Castle Bad Muskau, Library, 02953 Bad Muskau, Germany
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Friday, 07 July 2023
5:15–6:15 pm: Wilfried Hiller: Book of Stars - 88 constellations for the 88 keys of the piano

A selection from the »Book of Stars«:

  • URSA MAIOR: Alkor, Star of Desire
  • CYGNUS: The swan in love
  • DRACO: The frozen dragon
  • HERCULES: Hercules
  • URSA MINOR: Lullaby for a little bear

as part of the celebration »75 Years Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts«

Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Max-Joseph-Platz 3, 80539 Munich, Germany
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Thursday, 06 July 2023
00:10-02:00 am: Harald Feller: Toccata
in the broadcast »Concerto bavarese« in Bayern 2
» further information
Saturday, 06 May 2023
02:03-04:00 am: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
in ARD night concert on all cultural radio programmes of the ARD, e.g. on hr2-kultur
» further information
Thursday, 30 March 2023
02:03-04:00 am: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
in ARD night concert on all cultural radio programmes of the ARD, e.g. on BR-Klassik.
At the time of the recording I was yet called Schermann.
» further information
Sunday, 19 March 2023
8:00 pm: Piano evening “Goldberg Variations”

Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Bürgersaal beim Forstner, Kybergstraße 2, 82041 Oberhaching, Germany
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Wednesday, 08 March 2023
07:00 pm: Letters from the Loneliness - composer portrait Wilfried Hiller

Works by Wilfried Hiller

  • Anna-Lena Elbert, soprano
  • Franziska Strohmayr, violin
  • Tanja Huppert, piano

Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Max-Joseph-Platz 3, 80539 Munich, Germany
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Donnerstag, 14 July 2022
6:00 pm:  Muse Ukraine: A Journey through Time
Bank Austria Salon in Old Townhall, Wipplingerstraße 8, 1010 Vienna, Austria
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Sunday, 10 July 2022
5:00 pm:  Muse Ukraine: A Journey through Time
Ukrainian Free University, Barellistraße 9A, 80638 Munich, Germany
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Saturday, 9 July 2022
6:00 pm:  Muse Ukraine: A Journey through Time
Ammann Gallery, Feldafinger Straße 18, 82343 Pöcking, Germany
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Monday, 21 March 2022
Release of episode 88 of the “Backstage!” podcast, in which I was a guest of podcast host Leni Bohrmann.
» to the (German-language) episode
Monday, 14 March 2022
Recording of the Ukrainian folk song Watching into the sky and thinking a thought in an arrangement by Wilfried Hiller in the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.
» to the recording
Friday, 18 February 2022
00:00 am
Release of my newest single Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C-sharp minor, K.247 on
Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Deezer and other streaming platforms
Saturday, 5 February 2022
betw. 1 and 3 pm: J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
The Canadian radio station »CKIA FM 88.3« will broadcast in the programme »Aubade« a work from my album of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations.
CKIA FM 88.3 (Québec, Kanada): CKIA FM 88.3
Sunday, 23 January 2022
betw. 1 and 3 pm: J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
The Canadian radio station »CKIA FM 88.3« will broadcast in the programme »Aubade« a work from my album of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations.
CKIA FM 88.3 (Québec, Kanada): CKIA FM 88.3
Saturday, 22 January 2022
betw. 1 and 3 pm: J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
The Canadian radio station »CKIA FM 88.3« will broadcast in the programme »Aubade« a work from my album of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations.
CKIA FM 88.3 (Québec, Kanada): CKIA FM 88.3
Sunday, 16 January 2022
betw. 1 and 3 pm: J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 26. a2 Clav.
The Canadian radio station »CKIA FM 88.3« broadcasts in the programme »Aubade«
Variatio 26. a2 Clav. from my album of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations.

CKIA FM 88.3 (Québec, Kanada): CKIA FM 88.3
Saturday, 15 January 2022
betw. 1 and 3 pm: J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 25. a2 Clav.: Adagio
The Canadian radio station »CKIA FM 88.3« broadcasts in the programme »Aubade«
Variatio 25. a2 Clav.: Adagio from my album of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations.

CKIA FM 88.3 (Québec, Kanada): CKIA FM 88.3
Monday, 27 September 2021
11:00-12:00 am: Book of Stars
Live interview on Radio Klassik Stephansdom with the composer Wilfried Hiller moderated by Arabella Fenyves as well as a selection of works from Wilfried Hiller's piano cycle Book of Stars.
Radio Klassik Stephansdom (Vienna, Austria): radioklassik.at
Friday, 24 September 2021
20:00:  Hilleriana – Ein Nach(t)konzert
as part of the festival week «75 Jahre Tonkünstler München e.V.»
Rubinstein-Saal, Landsberger Straße 336, 80687 Munich, Germany
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Thursday, 24 June 2021
20:00:  interrogated? Wilfried Hiller on his 80th birthday
Seidlvilla, Nikolaiplatz 1b, 80802 Munich, Germany
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Friday, 13 March 2021
ca. 11:33: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit - Ondine
in the broadcast Meine Musik on BR-Klassik.
Guest: the composer Wilfried Hiller, Moderation: Susanne Schmerda
At the time of the recording I was yet called Schermann.
» further information
Thursday, 18 February 2021
ca. 05:50: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata d minor, K 141
in ARD night concert on all cultural radio programmes of the ARD, e.g. on BR-Klassik
At the time of the recording I was yet called Schermann.
» further information
Friday, 25 September 2020
00:05-02:00: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
in ARD night concert on all cultural radio programmes of the ARD, e.g. on BR-Klassik
At the time of the recording I was yet called Schermann.
» further information
Sunday, 13 September 2020
06:05-07:00: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto E-flat Major, Rondeau, KV 271
with Bamberg Symphonic Orchestra
in the broadcast Auftakt on BR-Klassik.
At the time of the recording I was yet called Schermann.
» further information
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
ca. 05:50: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata d minor, K 141
in ARD night concert on all cultural radio programmes of the ARD, e.g. on BR-Klassik
At the time of the recording I was yet called Schermann.
» further information
Monday, 23 September 2019
07:16: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata d minor, K 141
in the broadcast Allegro on BR-Klassik
At the time of the recording I was yet called Schermann.
» further information
Friday, 25 January 2019
06:26: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata d minor, K 141
in the broadcast Allegro on BR-Klassik
At the time of the recording I was yet called Schermann.
» further information
Friday, 11 January 2019
00:00-02:00: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
in ARD night concert on all cultural radio programmes of the ARD, e.g. on kulturradio rbb
At the time of the recording I was yet called Schermann.
» further information (see page 11)

Reactions

Her subtle interpretation and a rich tone are evidence of a matured musical personality. Kirill Petrenko, Chief Conductor Berliner Philharmoniker
the wonderful pianist Tanja Huppert, ... with an unerring sense for the variety of elements used, an inspiring wealth of sounds and touch modifications and, last but not least, with a soothing calm that also represents the reflection of these pieces ... Michael Bastian Weiß, composer and music critic, in the (German) concert review of the concert on 08/03/2023 in the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
Tanja Huppert fetched the 88 star constellations from the sky. And placed them on the keyboard of the Steinway grand piano like precious pearls. Wilfried Hiller, Composer, in a report in the 2021 autumn issue of the magazine »crescendo« - one of the largest and most important cultural magazines in Europe
A wonderful balance between technical ability, musicality, inspiration and wit. Jonathan Nott, Chief Conductor Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Geneva, Switzerland)
A highly gifted pianist with an own musical profile. Prof. Joachim Kaiser, Music Critic
A fascinating, soft, sometimes introvert, then again feminine interpretation of wonderful beauty. Bernhard Kerres, Director of the Wiener Konzerthaus from 2007 until 2013

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