Piano Salon Christophori
The Piano Salon Christophori is a collection of historical concert grand pianos and at the same time a venue for piano evenings, chamber music and jazz in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen .
history
The Piano Salon Christophori was founded by the doctor Christoph Schreiber and is located in the Uferhallen , a former tram depot, on Uferstraße. The tram depot is part of an ensemble of buildings by the architect Jean Krämer from 1926.
The piano salon's collection includes around 120 concert grand pianos from 1799 ( Domenico Perotta ) to 1987, with a focus on French instruments.
The concert room holds 199 spectators and is decorated with numerous parts of historical grand pianos. About ten grand pianos from different eras are ready on stage. Including an August Förster Quattrocord (1943), Érard grand pianos from 1854, 1850 and 1880, two Challen from 1935 and 1940, a Steinway D from 1950 and two Bösendorfer , an earlier one from 1901 and a modern Imperial. Numerous other instruments are waiting to be restored.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Piano Salon Christophori. In: konzertfluegel.com. Retrieved October 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Super User: History of the terrain. (No longer available online.) In: www.uferhallen.ag. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016 ; Retrieved October 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Tillmann Prüfer: Historical musical instruments: The super wing of Berlin . In: The time . July 8, 2010, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed October 5, 2016]).
Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′ 9.4 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 27 ″ E