Selected Dates
2025
January 28 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
“SPARK: CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES” #9
Concert with Shanshan Yao, violin
Music by Sidney Corbett (Berlin premiere), Antonín Dvorák, Amy Beach
Panel discussion: “Focus: the long and short of it”
with the musicians, Dr. Michael Sigal, Daniel León-Periñán; hosted by SooJin Anjou and Dr. Nikolaus Rajewsky
May 20 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
“SPARK: CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES” #10
Concert with Miguel Perez-Iñesta, clarinet
Music by Cathy Milliken (world premiere), Luciano Berio, Maurice Ravel
Panel discussion: “The Future of Education”
with the musicians, Dr. Marcus Landthaler, Dr. Tanja Florin; hosted by SooJin Anjou and Dr. Nikolaus Rajewsky
September 2 The German Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Solo recital
Schubert, Chaminade, Liszt, Poulenc
September 6 Tertianum Berlin
Song recital with Julia Dawson, soprano
R. Strauss, Delibes, Bizet, Ravel, Piaf
November 5 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
“SPARK: CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES” #11
Special edition for Berlin Science Week 2025
Concert with Cicely Parnas, cello
Music by Wolfgang Köhler (world premiere), Sergei Rachmaninoff
Discussion: "Beauty is truth, truth beauty”? — on the correlation between aesthetics and science
Hosted by SooJin Anjou and Dr. Nikolaus Rajewsky
November 24 Schering Foundation, Berlin
Special performance for the Schering Prize ceremony
Schubert, Liszt, Rachmaninoff
2024
February 19 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
“SPARK: CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES” #5
Concert with Reggie Moore, jazz piano and composition
Music by Schulhoff, Debussy, Kapustin, Moore
Panel discussion: “Resilience and longevity in creative lives”
with the musicians, Dr. Annette Grüters-Kieslich, Dr. Claus Scheidereit, Elisa Fürst, Dr. Nikolaus Rajewsky
June 25 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
“SPARK: CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES” #6
Concert with Martin Smith, cello
Music by Nadia Boulanger, Ketan Bhatti (World premiere, commissioned work for Spark), Beethoven, Prokofiev
Panel discussion: “Between communication and self-promotion”
with the musicians and Dr. Marie Burns, Dr. Samantha Mendonsa, Dr. Michael Robson, Dr. Nikolaus Rajewsky
August 25 Opening concert of the Überschlag Festival / Pavilion Hannover
George Antheil: “Ballet Mécanique” for 4 pianists and 12 percussionists
Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer
September 5 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
“SPARK: CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES” #7
Concert with Marlene Ito, violin
Music by Schubert, Ravel, Reggie Moore (Presentation of the crowd-sourced composition from Spark #5)
Panel discussion: “A CV of Failures”
with the musicians, Dr. Melanie Stefan, Dr. Gabriel Victora, Dr. Nikolaus Rajewsky
November 1 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
“SPARK: CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES” #8
Special edition for Berlin Science Week 2024
Concert with David Friedman, vibraphone
Music by Händel/Anjou, Friedman, Debussy, plus jazz improvisation
Panel discussion: “Improvisation in Art, Science, Life”
with the musicians, Pablo Castagnola (photographer), Dr. Michela Virgilio, Dr. Fabian Coscia
2023
February 5 Zitadelle Spandau (Berlin)
Chamber music - Hommage à George Crumb
with immersive video by Lillevan
Chen Yi Night Thoughts
Philippe Gaubert Trois Aquarelles
C. Debussy Sonata for cello and piano
G. Crumb Vox Balaenae
March 14 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
“SPARK: CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES” #2
Duo recital and panel discussion
“The Future of music and science in the age of AI”
Sonatas by C. Franck and W. Köhler (world premiere)
With Sebastian Breuninger (violin), Wolfgang Köhler (composition)
Dr. Laleh Haghverdi, Daniel León Periñán, Dr. Nikolaus Rajewsky
June 9 Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
Honoring the recipients of the 2023 Eva Luise Köhler Research Prize
Charlotte Bray Bring Me All Your Dreams (German premiere)
Brahms Op. 119
June 27 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
“SPARK: CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES” #3
Concert and panel discussion
“Leaving the comfort zone”
J. Helgelson: Piano Trio, Violin Sonata, Tierpark (world premieres)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A, Op. 101
with Natalie Clein (cello), Wojciech Garbowski (violin), James Helgeson (composition)
Dr. Emanuel Wyler, Dr. Ana Pombo, Dr. Nikolaus Rajewsky
August 29 St. Petri Church (Benz, Germany)
Solo recital
Brahms Four Piano Pieces, Op.119
Bartók Three Rondos
Charlotte Seither red roots
Chopin Barcarolle, Op. 60
November 7 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
“SPARK: CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES” #4
Concert and panel discussion
“Discipline vs. Inspiration?”
with Charlotte Seither (composition), Robyn Shulkowsky (percussion)
Dr. Lieke Lotte van de Haar, Dr. Markus Mittnenzweig, Dr. Jan Philip Junker, Dr. Nikolaus Rajewsky
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2022
February 20 Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg)
Chamber music with principals of the Hamburg Philharmonic
(Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg)
Milhaud, Eisler, Hindemith
June 13 Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
Honoring the recipients of the 2022 Eva Luise Köhler Research Prize
Grieg, Scarlatti
August 16 St. Petri Church (Benz, Germany)
Solo recital
Charlotte Bray Off the Rails, All at Sea (German premiere)
J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations
September 5 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
OPENING CONCERT OF THE NEW SERIES
“SPARK: CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES”
Solo recital and panel discussion
(“Creative insights from the semi-lucid state”)
With Charlotte Bray, Dr. Ana Pombo, Dr. Nikolaus Rajewsky
November 18 Konzerthaus Berlin
With the Konzerthausorchester Berlin
(Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer )
Part of the festival “Aus den Fugen”
G. F. Haas “Limited Approximations“ for six microtonal pianos and orchestra
2021
August 17 St. Petri Church, Benz (Germany)
Multimedia concert with live video by Lillevan
Schönberg, Feldman
October 25 Film Festival Cologne
Premiere of the film “Monte Verità”
Soundtrack: selected solo works by Chopin
November 28 Kühlhaus (Berlin, Germany)
Concert with the Deutsches-Symphonie Orchester Berlin (Conductor: Robin Ticciati)
Music by Julian Anderson, William Walton
2019
April
5 Villa Elisabeth, Berlin
Chamber music with strings
(Debussy sonatas)
12-14, 17, 19, 21 Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
“Flying Pictures”
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, recomposed
May
10 - 12, 17 - 19 “Flying Pictures”
June
1, 2 “Flying Pictures”
July
31 “Flying Pictures” on tour
@ The Wolfsburg Summer Festival
August
1 - 4 “Flying Pictures” on tour
@ The Wolfsburg Summer Festival
20 St. Petri Church, Benz (Germany)
Solo recital
Scarlatti, Beethoven, Rameau-Godowsky, Chopin
October
29 Philharmonie, Berlin
Chamber music with flute & cello
Gaubert, Kapustin
November
2 Artist Homes (“Kunstbunker”), Berlin
Chamber music with flute & cello
(Haydn, Gaubert, Weber, Kapustin)
8 Museum Island / James Simon Gallery, Berlin
(Haydn, Gaubert, Weber, Kapustin)
12 Bayer Headquarters, Berlin
(Haydn, Gaubert, Weber, Kapustin)
24 Reichstag (The German Parliament), Berlin
(Haydn, Gaubert, Kapustin)
2018
June 3 Centre Bagatelle, Berlin
Duo recital with Mischa Meyer, cello
(Poulenc, Saint-Saens, plus 4 world-premieres of compositions by Wolfgang Köhler)
August 4 Bad Lauterberg (Germany)
Solo with the Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Wernigerode
(Beethoven Concerto No. 3 & Choral Fantasy)
December
29, 30, 31 Radialsystem, Berlin
Nico and the Navigators
A staging of Petite Messe Solennelle, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Rossini’s death
2017
May 6 Harare (Zimbabwe), The Standard Theater
Solo recital @ The Harare International Festival of the Arts
( Grieg Lyric Pieces, Medtner Fairy Tales, Chopin Sonata #3)
June 7 Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin
Concert series "Slow Listening"
with Clemens Goldberg, Tabea Zimmermann
works by George Benjamin
July 6 St. Petri Church, Benz (Germany)
Solo recital
Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Messiaen Preludes (complete)
August 23 The Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin
(Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
Solo recital
October
11 Soho House, Berlin
Solo performance
(Debussy, Satie, Schumann)
20 Artist Homes (“Kunstbunker”), Berlin -
Duo recital with Mischa Meyer, cello
( Saint-Saens Sonata #1, Chopin Sonata)
21 Kurhaus, Bad Lauterberg (Germany)
Duo recital with Mischa Meyer, cello
December
17 Clärchens Ballhaus, Berlin
Solo recital
(Scriabin, Messiaen, Chopin)
2016
February
4 Berlin (Germany), Kaiser-Wilhelm- Gedächtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church)
Benefit concert for refugees in Berlin (Moabit Hilft)
April
24 Malmö (Sweden), Inter Arts Center - Intonal Festival
Concert with Morton Subotnick
May
28-29 Berlin (Germany), Schloß Glienicke - Duo recital with violinist Ilja Sekler
Bartok Sonata No.2
Prokofiev Sonata No.2, Cinderella for solo piano (transcribed by S. Anjou)
June
10 Seongnam Arts Center (South Korea) - soloist with the Seongnam Philharmonic
Beethoven Concerto Nr. 2
July
3 "Salon in Falkensee" (Germany) - interview and concert, with hornist Michelle Perry
September
6-8 Recording with members of the Hamburg Philharmonic
Holst piano quintet
16 Berlin (Germany), Villa Elisabeth
Chamber music with Quintando
Piazzolla 4 Seasons, Yun "Espace I", Kapustin Piano Quintet
30 Berlin (Germany), Galerie Gondwana
Chamber music
Bernstein, A. Cooke, Chausson, Strauss
October
22 Bregenz (Austria) - Culinary concert, a multisensory evening
A collaboration with chef Josef Rupp
November
15 Philharmonie Berlin - chamber music with Quintando
Piazzolla 4 Seasons, Kapustin Piano Quintet
2015
January
18 Orléans (France), Salle de l'institut - solo recital
"Myths and Legends"
March
13 Pinneberg (Germany), Rathaussaal - chamber music
with Trio d'anches Hamburg (principal woodwinds of the Hamburg Philharmonic)
Magnard, Beethoven Quintets for woodwinds and piano
29 Perpignan (France), Théâtre de l'archipel - with Nico and the Navigators
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
April
7-8 Antibes (France), Anthéa - with Nico and the Navigators
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
10 Berlin (Germany), Villa Elisabeth - chamber music
with Olga Polonsky, Elsa Brown, Eve Wickert, Adele Bitter and Jana Kurucova
Chausson Chanson perpetuelle, Fauré 2nd Piano Quintet
20 Verona (Italy), Sala Maffeiana - solo recital
"Myths and Legends"
May
24 Berlin (Germany), Clärchens Ballhaus - solo / chamber music
with Olga Polonsky, Elsa Brown, Anne-Marie Moorcroft, Ben Hildner
Fauré, Borodin: Piano Quintets Medtner: Fairy Tales for solo piano
27 Berlin (Germany), Pianosalon Christophori - solo / chamber music
with Olga Polonsky, Elsa Brown, Anne-Marie Moorcroft, Ben Hildner
Fauré, Borodin: Piano Quintets Medtner: Fairy Tales for solo piano
June
21 Berlin, Reichstag (German Parliament) - solo / chamber music
with Quintando
Mozart: Piano Concerto K. 415 Schumann: Piano Quintet
July
8 Berlin, New Synagogue - contemporary music
The world premieres of 9 new pieces by the composition class of Samuel Adler
9 Berlin, HfM Hanns Eisler - chamber music
with Antonio Adriani, Elsa Brown, Steinunn Skjenstad
Brahms: Horn Trio Strauss: Alphorn Schubert: Auf dem Strom
September
6 Schloss Liebenberg (Germany) - Song recital
with Anna Molina, soprano
Brahms, Vivaldi, Stolz, Lincke
19 Bregenz (Austria) - Solo recital
Rachmaninoff, Medtner, Scriabin, Chopin
October
30 Berlin - Concert with Severin von Eckardstein, Georgy Tchaidze and others
Joseph Joachim Concert Hall of the University of Arts Berlin
An all-Medtner program
November
17 Berlin - Recording session for the Goethe-Institut
December
17 Cologne (Germany)
Second recording session for the CD "Morton Subotnick's Complete Piano Works"
28 Bregenz (Austria) - Holiday concert
2014
February
10-11 Nîmes (France) - with Nico and the Navigators
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
12-22 Tour "33 Variations" with Eurostudio
12 Plochingen (DE)
13 Frauenfeld (CH)
14 Bad Saulgau (DE)
16 Plettenberg (DE)
17 Bargteheide (DE)
18 Warburg (DE)
19 Ratingen (DE)
20 Lohne (DE)
21 Duisburg (DE)
22 Herford (DE)
April
1 Concert with the Incheon Philharmonic - Nanse Gum, conductor
(celebrating the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Incheon Cultural Center)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
30 Special performance of Ari Benjamin Meyers' "The New Empirical"
at the Hanje Cantz / Isabelle du Moulin pop-up gallery in Berlin
May
12-16 Recording session in New York City
The world-premiere recording of the complete works of Morton Subotnick for solo piano
with electronics performed by the composer
CD/DVD to be released in fall 2015 (Mode Records)
June
28 Bregenz (Austria) - solo recital
Schubert, Liszt, Ravel
September
17 Oslo (Norway) The opening concert of Ultima Festival / Nordic Music Days
with Ensemble Adapter
David Franzson's Longitude (world premiere)
23 Bolzano (Italy) TransArt Festival
with Ensemble Adapter
David Franzson's Longitude (Italian premiere)
October
18 Bregenz (Austria) - shared recital with Janja Vuletic (mezzo soprano)
Debussy, Liszt, Poulenc, Barber, Ravel
November
29, 30 Berlin, Schloß Glienicke (Germany) - duo recital with Ilja Sekler (violin)
Brahms, Shostakovich
December
20 Berlin, Schloß Friedrichsfelde (Germany) - with Quintando
Mozart Concerto Nr. 13, K. 415 in the version with string quartet
Also on the program: Ravel String Quartet, Beethoven "Eyeglasses" Duo