Excited to perform Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem today with Vokalsystem, Enchore, and Sibelius Orchester under the direction of Simon Rössler in the Philharmonie Berlin! The concert is sold out, but you can join us on Feb 15, 6 pm, for a singalong concert at Martin-Luther-Kirche. www.t.ly/lv6Hs

I pondered over the relationship of #musicology and #musictheory, examining different aspects of collaboration, cooperation, and competition between the two fields and their protagonists. See my article »Along with, side by side, or past each other« in Die Musikforschung 77, no. 4 (2024): 332–343.

The first-ever complete recording of Nikolai Medtner's vocal music is finally finished. With this 5-CD series, Ekaterina Levental and Frank Peters have made a substantial contribution to the Medtner discography that can hardly be overestimated. Congratulations to everybody involved in this project!

Currently teaching a musicology seminar at RSH Düsseldorf on piano sonatas of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. After delving into music by Liszt, Grieg, Smyth, and Draeseke, I am now looking forward to Lysenko, Janáček, Chaminade, Pejačević, Bartók, Korngold, Ullmann, and others.

I am offering a preparatory workshop for #musictheory entrance exams at music universities, organised by the Tonkünstlerverband NRW, on 16–17 May. Please notify your students who consider an application in Cologne, Detmold, Düsseldorf, Essen, or Münster! Register here: t.ly/z4VJV

Some new promotional material available:
(1) A custom-tailored suit for multiple purposes
(2) Results from an inspirational photo shooting
(3) Handmade business cards in lead typesetting
Credits: Kuhn Maßkonfektion, Ania Sudbin, Druckgraphik Atelier