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WDR 3 broadcast presentation: Norbert von Hannenheim (Aida-Carmen Soanea)
Aida-Carmen Soanea talked on WDR 3 about her latest release on Challenge Classics with viola pieces of nearly unknown Arnold Schoenberg student Norbert von Hannenheim. She recorded these word prèmiere recording together with the well-known pianist Igor Kamenz: Don't...
Debut recording of RedHerring Baroque Ensemble was „Record of the day“ (28.06.’16) on SWR 2
„CD-Tipp“ („Record of the day“) from the broadcast presentation during „SWR2 Cluster“ on June 28th, 2016 RedHerring baroque ensemble improvised solo piano music on extended instrumentsFine, tared music-making "La Muse et la Mise" is the title of the new CD of the...
Cappella Pratensis’ Hieronymus-Bosch-Hommage on Challenge Classics
For their new recording on Challenge Classics Cappella Pratensis have chosen the Missa Cum jocunditate by Pierre de la Rue (c.1452-1518), who was not only the most renowned composer of the Habsburg-Burgundian court but also an external member of the brotherhood from...
Discover Norbert von Hannenheim with Aida-Carmen Soanea & Igor Kamenz on Challenge Classics
After many years of research work appears now the new CD by Aida-Carmen Soanea and Igor Kamenz on Challenge Classics with works of Norbert von Hannenheim (1898-1945), a pupil of Arnold Schönberg, who died after the end of the war in a mental institution. These pieces...
Artist of the Moment
Aida Carmen SoaneaThe eclectic and charismatic violist Aida Carmen Soanea won second prize at the Bashmet Viola Competition. She already established her as one of the most formidable talents of her generation. Her most important musical influences came from studying with Kim Kashkashian at the Freiburg and at Berlin’s “Hanns Eisler” Musikhochschule.