Tag: 1950-1999

Elisa Kafritsas

Elisa Kafritsas

My name is Elisa, named after Beethoven's "Für Elise," a piece my mother loved. I started piano lessons at the age of 6, supported by my Korean mother and Sicilian father, and music has always been a big part of my life. After studying dentistry 🦷 and working as a dentist, I returned to the piano in 2020 after a 21-year hiatus.🎹🎵 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FsY9IvdUSI Elisa Kafritsas played her debut piano concerto at the age of 7, won prizes at the "Jugend musiziert" Read more [...]
Jürgen Jage

Jürgen Jage

Jürgen Jage comes from a musical family in Berlin; his father was a pianist. Most recently, he worked as a professor of anesthesiology at the University Medical Center Mainz. Since his retirement, he has devoted himself intensively to piano music. He continues his studies at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz and enjoys giving concerts, often in social institutions such as retirement homes. Jürgen Jage plays works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms, whose compositions Read more [...]
Peter Menger

Peter Menger

We are Deborah and Peter Menger, and we met in a choir in 1995. It's only fitting that we've been making music together for many years. We perform in choirs, bands, other vocal ensembles, and as a duo in Germany and internationally. For the past 12 years, we've enjoyed making music together, especially with our four children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxFTWGyYyN0 Since 2016, we have been leading the Hüttenberg Children's Choir together with a great team and a fantastic manager. Read more [...]
Horst Hildebrandt

Horst Hildebrandt

Horst Hildebrandt, born in Marburg (Germany), completed violin studies in Freiburg (Germany) and London, and studied medicine in Freiburg. He has furthered his training in movement therapy, dispokinesis, mental training, and pain therapy. He is a member of the German National Youth Orchestra and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. He has worked as a violinist in opera and radio orchestras. He is the first violinist of the Hilaros Quartet, the Ensemble Aisthesis, and various orchestras. From 1988, Read more [...]
André Lee

André Lee

He has been playing the violin since he was 6 years old and has studied with Prof. Michael Goldstein (Hamburg University of Music, First Concertmaster of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra), Prof. Wilfried Laatz (Lübeck University of Music), and Prof. Ingolf Turban (Munich University of Music), among others, and continues to be active in various orchestras and chamber music.Since November 2020, he has returned to the IMMM as a tenure-track junior professor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlaM8iWSTeQ https://dgfmm.org/die-gesellschaft/vorstand-beirat/dr-andre-lee https://www.akademie-fuer-handrehabilitation.de/handtherapeut/das-team/prof-dr-andre-lee.php#reloaded https://iabnetz.de/?author=48407 https://www.bundesakademie.de/akademie/dozent-innen/details/dozent/andre-lee https://www.immm.hmtm-hannover.de/de/institut/personen/andre-lee Read more [...]
Lukas Nowak

Lukas Nowak

Lukas Nowak began playing the piano at the age of 6. At 14, he switched to the organ and received church music training from Helmut Kickton. He also learned the piccolo and guitar and acquired basic proficiency in horn and percussion. As a student, he wrote, among other works, choral and poem settings, a four-movement symphony, and a tone poem for organ and large orchestra ("The Prophecy of the Messiah," premiered in 2004). He also worked as a choir director until he began his career. Since Read more [...]
Christoph Schreiber

Christoph Schreiber

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sv4YmSIWdg Founded in 1998, the Piano Salon Christophori in the listed Uferhallen in Berlin's Gesundbrunnen district is a gem for piano lovers and those who aspire to become one. Solo, chamber, and jazz concerts with exquisite programs take place almost daily in the former tram depot, which salon founder Christoph Schreiber also uses as a workshop for the restoration of historic grand pianos. Numerous individual parts from the instruments adorn the walls of Read more [...]
Carl Firle

Carl Firle

In addition to regular benefit concerts with piano solo programs, I am dedicated to musicians' medicine. Since 2019, I have been a board member of the German Society for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFqxj4FvM1c&list=PL9BqxpzYJAh4oraHi8ZIPRD5DpKqS-3jQ https://www.carl-firle.eu/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Q_zXF1QSU&list=PL9BqxpzYJAh7qJcBK7OKfCqyZQ9xytuBY&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/@carlf3940 Read more [...]
Alexander Schmidt

Alexander Schmidt

Alexander Schmidt (born January 15, 1977 in Kiel) is a German neurologist and musician. He has been Professor of Musician Medicine at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin since 2014, where he directs the Kurt Singer Institute for Music Physiology and Musician Medicine (KSI), and since 2015, Director of the Berlin Center for Musician Medicine (BCMM) at the Charité. He has been a board member of the German Society for Music Physiology and Musician Medicine (DGfMM) since 2017 and its president Read more [...]