in the Mars-Venus Hall of the Bavarian National Museum from 6 October to 23 October 2022
The Munich Violin Days are fast approaching, with only two weeks to go!
I would like to cordially invite you to this unique event: 30 workshops, i.e. 28 violin makers and 4 bow makers, will present their current, handmade unique pieces. This extraordinary event is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and has become an integral part of Munich’s cultural life.
This year, 25 violins, 20 violas, 16 cellos and 16 bows can be played by expert visitors in the hands-on exhibition during exhibition hours.
Once again this year, many renowned artists have been recruited for the concerts, which will be played exclusively on the new instruments and with new bows.
The musicians change instruments and bows several times during the concert so that the audience can hear the instruments in comparison. Maximilian Hornung and Ingolf Turban have announced that they will play all instruments of their genre during their concerts.
Lectures on bow making, violin making, tone wood, dendrochronology, the golden ratio and the history of the violin will offer an interesting insight into the work of violin and bow makers.
Lectures on bow making, violin making, sound wood, dendrochronology, the golden ratio and the history of the violin offer an interesting insight into the work of violin and bow makers.
This year, for the first time, there will also be sound samples. Musicians will play all the instruments of a genre one after the other in short passages, each lasting approx. 1 minute in two rounds, whereby different demands on the instrument will be made audible. For example, a passage in which the response and balance can be heard clearly, in another passage the behaviour of the instrument in forte and piano can be compared.
The instruments are played anonymously behind a screen and at the end of the event it is announced who made which instrument.
Concerts
Opening concert
Diogenes Quartet
Thursday, 6 October 2022 at 7.30 pm
Programme:
Joseph Haydn, Quartet op. 76 No. 3 “Emperor Quartet”
Erwin Schulhoff, 5 pieces
Johannes Brahms, Quartet in A minor op. 51 No. 2
Concert 1
Youth Chamber Orchestra Violinissimo Erding
Saturday, 8 October 2022 at 7.30 pm
Programme:
W. A. Mozart, Salzburg Symphony No. 3 in F major, KV 138
Jean Sibelius, Impromptu for string orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven, Prelude and Fugue in E minor
W. A. Mozart, Cassation in G major, KV 63
Max Bruch, Octet in B flat major
Niccolo Paganini, “Io ti penso amore” for solo violin and string orchestra
Pablo de Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen op.20
Nikos Skalkottas, From Five Greek Dances – Epirotikos, Kleftikos
Concerto 2
Prof Ingolf Turban, violin
Thursday, 13 October 2022 at 7.30 pm
Programme:
A journey through the solo violin repertoire, played on 25 violins
Concerto 3
Prof Maximilian Hornung, violoncello
Saturday, 15 October 2022 at 7.30 pm
Programme:
J.S. Bach, Suites for violoncello solo No. 1-3
Concerto 4
Prof. Roland Glassl, viola
Cornelia Glassl, piano
Thursday, 20 October 2022 at 7.30 pm
Programme:
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Sonata for viola and piano, op. 5 No. 3 in E flat major
Benjamin Dale, Romance for viola and piano, op. 2
Paul Hindemith, Sonata for viola and piano, op. 11 no. 4
Max Meyer-Olbersleben, Sonata for viola and piano, op. 14
York Bowen, Phantasy for viola and piano, op. 54
Final concert
Schumann Quartet Munich
Saturday, 22 October 2022 at 7.30 pm
Programme:
J.S.Bach from “The Art of Fugue”, fugues 1,3 and 6
Mozart String Quartet, G major KV 387
Alexander Borodin, String Quartet No.2 in D major
The concerts will be played on the instruments and with the bows of the exhibition.
Advance ticket sales via München Ticket
Remaining tickets at €20 (€12 concessions) at the box office, admission from 7.00 pm, unnumbered seats.
You can find lots of additional information on the Munich Violin Days homepage.
I will also be there again this year with a violin, a viola and a cello.
If you would like to meet me there, please contact me and I will let you know when I am on duty. We luthiers take it in turns to supervise, there are only 2-3 colleagues on site at any one time during the day.
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