Varvara Manukyan: Der Genius der Poesie (The Genius of Poetry)Born in 1770: Beethoven and Hölderlin – Works from the late 1790s
Varvara Manukyan, a specialist in historical performance practice, and Helmut Balk, Director of the Greifenberg Institute of Organology, will open the Beethoven Year by performing works on a scientifically reconstructed fortepiano from the Institute’s research collection.
Varvara Manukyan, a specialist in historical performance practice, and Helmut Balk, Director of the Greifenberg Institute of Organology, will open the Beethoven Year by performing works on a scientifically reconstructed fortepiano from the Institute’s research collection.
Alongside selected passages from Friedrich Hölderlin’s Hyperion (1797), the audience is given the wonderful, rare opportunity to experience music and literature within their historical context.
Programme
- 6.30 PM Helmut Balk (Greifenberg Institute of Organology): Pre-concert talk
- 7.30 PM Varvara Manukyan on the fortepiano: works by Beethoven from the late 1790s
Funded by the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich, with the kind support of the Greifenberg Institute of Organology
