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13/04/2024 Invitation for my night concert in Esterházy Palace
I cordially invite you for my night recital on 27 April in Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt in Austria. I will play the Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by Johann Sebastian Bach and extracts of the Book of Stars by Wilfried Hiller.
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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!
24/10/2023 New Piano Festival »Keys To Heaven« in Eisenstadt
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
- 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.
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
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
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» show in map
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 » show in map07:00 pm: Piano evening „Goldberg Variations“
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Castle Kempfenhausen, Knights' Hall, Milchberg 11, 82335 Berg, Germany » show in map9:00 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 » show in map5:15–6:15 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 » show in map00:10-02:00 am: Harald Feller: Toccata
in the broadcast »Concerto bavarese« in Bayern 2 » further information
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
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
8:00 pm: Piano evening “Goldberg Variations”
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Bürgersaal beim Forstner, Kybergstraße 2, 82041 Oberhaching, Germany » show in map07:00 pm: Letters from the Loneliness - composer portrait Wilfried Hiller
Works by Wilfried Hiller
- Anna-Lena Elbert, soprano
- Franziska Strohmayr, violin
- Tanja Huppert, piano
6:00 pm: Muse Ukraine: A Journey through Time
Bank Austria Salon in Old Townhall, Wipplingerstraße 8, 1010 Vienna, Austria
» show in map
5:00 pm: Muse Ukraine: A Journey through Time
Ukrainian Free University, Barellistraße 9A, 80638 Munich, Germany
» show in map
6:00 pm: Muse Ukraine: A Journey through Time
Ammann Gallery, Feldafinger Straße 18, 82343 Pöcking, Germany
» show in map
Release of episode 88 of the “Backstage!” podcast, in which I was a guest of podcast host Leni Bohrmann.
» to the (German-language) episode
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
» show in map
20:00: interrogated? Wilfried Hiller on his 80th birthday
Seidlvilla, Nikolaiplatz 1b, 80802 Munich, Germany
» show in map
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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