Nora Emödy, Klavier – Claus Rosenfelder, Klarinette und Michael Schneider, Cello und Kontrabass spielen “ Olga Magidenko “ im Musikhaus Hochstein am 24.9.2014 um 20 Uhr

Nora Emödy – Flügel (The Horus Piano Duo & Ahmed Abou-Zahra ).
arkestra convolt ist stolz auf die Pianistin dieses Konzertes. Dass so ein international gefragter Star sich die Zeit nimmt, mit Weltmusikern Neue Musik von Olga Magidenko aufzuführen, gereicht uns zur Ehre. Wenn Claus Rosenfelder zuvor mit Rockbands auf der Bühne stand, dann gerät seine Interpretation von Klassischer und Neuer Musik anders als die Aufführungspraxis von “ reinen “ Klassikern. Michael Schneider geht mit seinem “ präpariertem “ Cello vielen Klassikern auf die Nerven, weil es ewig lange nachklingt und nicht aufhören will. Aber er liebt diese “ Sound Maschine “ und lässt sich das auch für die Cello Musik von Johann Sebastian Bach und schon gar nicht für die Neue Musik von Olga Magidenko nehmen. Falls Sie am Mittwoch die Wahl haben zwischen einem Rockkonzert und dem Porträtkonzert im Musikhaus Hochstein, dann gehen Sie unbedingt in das letztere. Was Nora Emödy Ihnen dort auf dem Flügel präsentieren wird ist das “ Heavy Metal Steinweg-Magidenko “ Event des Heidelberger Herbstes, also Mittwoch 24.9.2014 !
Zwei Uraufführungen stehen auf dem Programm: Einatmen – Ausatmen op.58f für Klarinette, Violoncello und Klavier, sowie die Kontrabass Sonate op.9 von 1976 für Bass und Klavier.

The sensational international concert career of the Horus Piano duo began with winning all the major piano duo competitions including, the Dranoff International Two Piano Competition (Miami, 1999), International Chamber Music Competition (Pavia, 2000), Ibla Grand Prize (Sicily, 2000), S. Pintacuda International Competition for Piano Four Hands (Palermo, 2000), International Two Piano Competition (Caltanissetta, 2000), International W. Jacobi Competition for Contemporary Chamber Music (Munich, 2001), Max Reger Institute (Germany, 2002) and the Gaetano Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition (Verona, 2003)

Since then the duo has performed to great public and critical acclaim at many of the major concert halls of Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa. Festival appearances include e.g. the Schleswig-Holstein, Schwetzingen, the Radio WDR Cologne concerts, The Banff Summer Piano Festival (Canada), Heidelberg Spring Music Festival (Germany), Szeged Chamber Music Festival (Hungary), Ljubljana Music Festival (Slovenia), the International Piano Duo Festival in Bad-Herrenalb, Germany and the Cervantino International Festival (Mexico).

In addition, the artists have appeared with orchestras, among others, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of England, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony Orchestra, Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Heidelberg Philharmonic, Magdeburg Philharmonic, Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra and the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester. They have performed under the baton of conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, Enrique Batiz and Thomas Kalb. In 2006 the duo was invited to play with the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Prague at the prestigious Rudolfinum. This concert was broadcast live on all major European radio stations.

Having made five tours of China since 2003, they have had the opportunity to play in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing and the Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai as well as in the cities of Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shenzhen, Liuzhou, Shangsha, and Shenyang. Their six tours to Mexico have included concerts in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Teatro Juarez in Guanajuato, Matamoros and in Ciudad Victoria, Neuvo Laredo, Tampico, St. Miguell Dallenda. Other tours have taken them to Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, England, Namibia and Slovenia, and they are invited to play every season at the Cairo Opera House.

The Hungarian pianist Nóra Emödy first met Egyptian pianist Ahmed Abou-Zahra in Freiburg where they both studied and in 1996 they formed the Horus Piano Duo. Nóra studied piano with Katalin Schweitzer, Tibor Hazay and James Avery, Ferenc Rados, Ahmed studied with Marcelle Matta, James Avery, András Schiff and Ferenc Rados. The Horus Duo has explored the duo repertoire with Paul Dan, György Kurtág, Ferenc Rados and András Schiff.

In 1997 and 1999 they were invited for a three-month stay as artists in residence by the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada culminating in a tour throughout the country. In 2000 the duo was granted a scholarship from the city of Baden-Baden for a four-week stay at the Brahms House.

Many of their concerts have been transmitted live on the South German Radio, Bavarian Radio, BBC, Canadian Radio, Mexican Television and Egyptian Radio and Television.