Patricia Kop ERIC MELZER
©Photo: ERIC MELZER
Gautier Capuçon
François Leleux
©Photo: Jean-Baptiste Millot
Francesco Tristano
Marco Borggreve
®Philippe-Porter
©Photo: Philippe-Porter
Gill Shaham
©Photo: Luke Ratray
Martin Grubinger

HarrisonParrott Artists in Music Never Sleeps DMF & special award for Barbara Hannigan

11/5/2020

The Dresden Music Festival is turning the Internet into a concert hall this year. Director Jan Vogler invites the audience in Dresden and around the world to a 24-hour livestream Festival on 16 May from 6 p.m. (CET) under the motto ​“Music Never Sleeps DMF”. The online Festival is presented in cooperation with Jan Vogler’s initiative ​“Music Never Sleeps NYC”.

50 artists of the current year, together with artists who have been closely associated with the Dresden Music Festival for years, bring a lively festival atmosphere into the living room of the audience and stream short programmes from their own living and rehearsal rooms all over the world.

Barbara Hannigan will receive the 17th Glashütte Original Music Festival Award during the 24-hour-Livestream-Festival. She will donate the EUR 25,000 award money to the Equilibrium Foundation which is a mentoring initiative for young professional artists founded by Barbara Hannigan. After the ceremony, Hannigan will be take part in the online festival by performing Barber’s Sure on this Shining Night, Ligeti’s Der Sommer and Les Heures by Chausson.

Marco Borggreve
Barbara Hannigan

“It is a very important time to support our younger colleagues, to encourage them and to mentor them. This year, as the Glashütte Original Music Festival Award happens, I am happy to say it goes directly to young artists in the first phase of their career. It is a sign of hope and a sign of encouragement for them. We are saying: we want to hear you, to hear your voices, your interpretations, we want to work with you and witness the development of your projects and your dreams. It is a time when we embrace our community, and we help each other. I am extremely grateful, and I am very hopeful”

Barbara Hannigan

HarrisonParrott artists taking part include:

Patricia Kopatchinskaja who performs in a programme created especially for the Festival, a mixture of solo and duet works with clarinettist Reto Bieri.

Gautier Capuçon performs works by Rachmaninov – including Vocalise and Sonata for cello and piano in G minor (1st movement) – with regular recital pianist Jerome Ducros.

Lise de la Salle begins with Bach Toccata in D Major, then plays Liszt Legend No.2 ​“St Francis walking on the waters”, finishing with Meditation from Thaïs for piano by Massenet.

François Leleux performs Poulenc’s Sonata and Schumann’s Romance with pianist Silke Avenhaus.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard presents an intimate programme of Webern variations and Schoenberg’s Op.19, ​“Six Little Piano Pieces”. Pierre-Laurent performs at 3:40 am CET.

Violinist Gil Shaham, pianist Francesco Tristano, and percussionist Martin Grubinger are also participating in the event.

The Festival will be broadcast on the Dresden Music Festival​’s website, Youtube and Facebook channels, along with the channels of Music Never Sleeps NYC.