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KONSTANZE EICKHORST
PROGRAMME:
Sonata in A Minor, K.310 - Mozart (1756-1791)
1 Allegro maestoso 2 Andante cantabile con espressione 3 Presto
Fantasy in C Major, Op.15, (D.760) “Wanderer” - Schubert (1797-1828)
Four movements played without a break:
1 Allegro con fuoco 2 Adagio 3 Presto 4 Allegro
Interval
Fantasia in C Minor, K.475 - Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata in C Minor, D.958 - Schubert (1797-1828)
1 Allegro 2 Adagio 3 Menuetto: Allegro 4 Allegro
BIO
Bremen-born Konstanze Eickhorst takes great pride in having three different professional faces: she is a much sought-after recital pianist, a chamber music performer, and a dedicated teacher.
As a solo pianist, Ms Eickhorst has a long list of awards and tributes that include first prizes in the highest-ranked competitions such as the Clara Haskil Competition and the Géza Anda Competition.
In addition to a very full live-performance career, she has recently made two CDs for the highly-rated CD label Genuin of Leipzig. The first of these concentrates entirely on music by Mozart, and the second on the music of Schubert. These are the two composers who will feature in her concert for the NZIPF, and her obvious command of the repertoire will make for an exciting and authoritative listening experience.
Konstanze Eickhorst does not by any means concentrate only on the Classical repertoire. She loves introducing new works by young composers, and her chamber-music career is often tied up with the Linos Ensemble, a much-praised group with a very wide-ranging repertoire.
Her performance-art appearances have included special recreations of literary scenes, in particular an ‘acted’ version of the Beethoven Op.111 Sonata, the way it is presented in Thomas Mann’s novel Doktor Faustus.
As a teacher, Konstanze Eickhorst was one of the youngest Faculty appointments ever made at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover, and she now has an illustrious teaching career at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck. She gives innumerable master classes for soloists and chamber music ensembles and is often to be seen as a distinguished jury-member for international competitions.
" ... Konstanze Eickhorst, however, is clearly an artist with an unusual depth of poetic response as well as a superb technician. Not only was her reading practically note-perfect, leonine in strength and convincingly thoughtful, it also exhibited a maturity of emotional conviction." (Richard Perry, The Whig Standard, Ontario)