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abFRACKt: Piano to the power of two

88 keys times two. The Jussen brothers play a concerto for 2 pianos - with orchestra

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Friday | 2/07/2025
7:30 pm Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
Floor Plan
22 | 12 €
9 € for young people
6 € for Dresden-Pass
6 € for SB ab GdB80 (+ggf. Begleitung)

About the Concert

Tickets for this event will be available from 12.06.2024 from 10 am.

Felix was only 14 years old when he performed his first concerto for two pianos with his sister, who was five years older. And as there was no orchestra available at the time, they played the orchestral parts on the two pianos. Lucas and Arthur Jussen, the Dutch brothers who have regularly caused a sensation in concert halls for more than ten years, are likely to be similarly virtuosic: not only with their highly skillful playing, but also with their profound interpretations. Incidentally, they don't want to be described as prodigies: "We're just normal guys. We just love playing music." As always, you can get information about the music directly on your smartphone via the Wolfgang app.

Program

Fazil Say
"Night" for two pianos, four hands

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in E major

Contributer

Nicholas Collon
Conductor
Lucas und Arthur Jussen
Klavier
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Nicholas Collon

British conductor Nicholas Collon is chief conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, with which he won the Gramophone Award for the best contemporary recording of works by Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski in 2023. He is generally enthusiastic about new music and has already conducted more than 250 premieres. He is also the founder and chief conductor of the Aurora Orchestra, a British chamber orchestra that specialises in playing its concertos from memory.

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Lucas und Arthur Jussen

Lucas & Artur Jussen are among the most sought-after piano duos of our time, exclusive artists of Deutsche Grammophon and Holland's best-known classical music ambassadors with a flourishing international career. With their energetic, almost symbiotic playing, their great refinement of sound and their gripping interpretations, they are celebrated everywhere. They performed together as children and received important inspiration from the Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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