Duo Tal & Groethuysen
As Duo Tal & Groethuysen , the Israeli pianist Yaara Tal (born February 27, 1955 in Kfar Saba ) and the German pianist Andreas Groethuysen (born September 2, 1956 in Munich ) are among the most famous contemporary piano duos internationally .
biography
Yaara Tal trained in Israel with Ilona Vincze and Arie Vardi before moving to Germany to complete her studies with Hugo Steurer and Ludwig Hoffmann . Andreas Groethuysen, son of Herbert Groethuysen , studied with Ludwig Hoffmann and in London with Peter Feuchtwanger .
Since 1985, the two occur worldwide as a piano duo and were since then in the major centers of musical life (z. B. Concertgebouw Amsterdam , Philharmonie Berlin , Teatro alla Scala , Tonhalle Zurich ) and at prestigious festivals (such as the Ruhr Piano Festival , Piano Festival La Roque d´Anthéron , Salzburg Festival , Lucerne Festival ).
In addition, they have made a name for themselves internationally through numerous CD productions. With the Sony Classical label , they have not only released recordings of key works of the piano duo literature since the late 1980s, but have also devoted themselves to lesser-known composers. They have received numerous awards for their recordings, including nine times the German Record Critics' Prize , five times the Echo Klassik and the Cannes Classical Award . In 2018 they received the Schwabing Art Prize .
The duo has been teaching at the Mozarteum in Salzburg since the winter semester of 2014.
Discography
- Franz Xaver Mozart , Frédèrik Chopin - Polonaise, Yaara Valley 2017
- Claude Debussy , Richard Strauss - COLORS, Tal & Groethuysen 2017
- The Art of Tal & Groethuysen BOX - 10 CDs 2016
- Claude Debussy , Reynaldo Hahn - 1915 2015
- Joseph Haydn - Seven Last Words, Yaara Valley 2014
- Gioachino Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle, Duo Tal & Groethuysen 2014
- Mozart & Czerny - Concertos for two Pianists and Orchestra, Duo Tal & Groethuysen 2014
- Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung, Duo Tal & Groethuysen 2013
- DIE ZEIT - Pleasure Edition Piano [box set], Duo Tal & Groethuysen 2012
- Vaughan Williams - Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra, Duo Tal & Groethuysen 2012 - Echo Prize of the German Phono Academy 2013
- Romantic Piano Music - for Four Hands [Box-Set], Duo Tal & Groethuysen June 2012
- Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dances op.46, op.72, Duo Tal & Groethuysen 2011
- Brahms - Piano Concerts No. 1, Schubert - 20 Länders, Arranged for Piano 4 Hands by Brahms, Duo Tal & Groethuysen 2011
- Francis Poulenc - Concerto, Duo Tal & Groethuysen 2010
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg Variations (version for two pianos by J. Rheinberger and Max Reger) 2009
- Mendelssohn for 4 Hands - Octet Op. 20 & Symphony No. 1 op. 11, Duo Tal & Groethuysen 2009
- Johannes Brahms , Reinhard Febel , Max Reger - Choral préludes - Prize of the German Record Critics 2008
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Complete Works for 2 Pianists (3 Vol.) - Echo Prize of the German Phono Academy 2005 and 2007
- Max Reger - Suite Op. 16 / Six Pieces Op. 94 - Prize of the German Record Critics 2004
- Robert Schumann , Johannes Brahms - Inspiration & Adoration - Works for piano 4 hands 2003
- Children's Corner - Four-handed piano works by Georges Bizet , Jean Françaix , Ottorino Respighi , Walter Gieseking , Joseph Dichler 2002 - German Record Critics' Prize 2002
- Charles Koechlin - Works for Piano for 4 Hands - Echo Prize of the German Phono Academy 2001
- Richard Wagner - transcriptions for piano four hands 1997
- Franz Schubert - Complete Works for Piano Four Hands (7 Vol.) 1994 - Echo Prize of the German Phono Academy 1997 - Cannes Classical Award 1998
- Louis Théodore Gouvy 1994 - Works for piano 4 hands - Prize of the German Record Critics 1994
- Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances, Waltz 1992
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - piano music for 4 hands 1992 - Prize of the German Record Critics 1993
- Max Reger - Piano Music for Four Hands 1992 - German Record Critics' Prize 1992
- Antonín Dvořák , Anton Rubinstein , Sergej Rachmaninoff 1992 - Works for piano 4 hands 1992
- Carl Czerny - Works for piano for 4 hands 1991 - Prize of the German Record Critics' 1992
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Works for piano 4 hands - Label: Koch / Schwann 1988
literature
- Harald Eggebrecht : The scandal lies deeper . Interview, in: SZ, April 19, 2018, p. 9
Web links
- Homepage Duo Tal & Groethuysen
- Duo Tal & Groethuysen at Allmusic (English)