City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Lukas Sternath
EXPERIENCE CLASSICAL WORLD STARS IN NUREMBERG
Hörtnagel Konzerte Nürnberg - Master Concerts Season 2026/27
2nd Master Concert: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Lukas Sternath
Curiosity and enthusiasm. Many careers have started with the famous Vienna Boys' Choir. When Lukas Sternath became a member there, his music-loving parents had long had a piano in the house – on which the son, born in 2001, initially played jazz enthusiastically. But the spark for classical music also caught on sustainably, prompting the music world to take notice in 2022 when Sternath won first prize and seven special awards at the ARD Music Competition. Despite the remarkable successes and a steadily growing number of prestigious collaborators, the pianist, a master student of Igor Levit, consciously sees himself at the beginning of his journey. His artistic curiosity serves as both a compass and a motor. "I want to spend my whole life with these works," Sternath stated when he performed both piano concertos by Johannes Brahms for the first time in 2024.
The Westdeutsche Zeitung praised his interpretation for preserving "the explorative, playfully concentrated search for the right sound" – at once virtuosic, powerful, and carried by tender lightness. With Brahms, the young exceptional pianist makes his debut with the Hörtnagel Concerts. Chief conductor Kazuki Yamada and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra demonstrate the qualities of their renowned ensemble not only in Béla Bartók's masterful "Concerto for Orchestra" but also as ideal partners in the symphonic second piano concerto by Brahms, whose mature serenity and orchestral richness place the highest demands on soloist and ensemble.
Cast:
Lukas Sternath, piano
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Program:
Johannes Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Béla Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra Sz 116
Main Sponsor: Rohm Music Foundation
EUR 109,- / 103,- / 93,- / 79,- / 65,- / 54,- / 43,-
Opening of the house: 6:30 PM
Entry into the Great Hall: 7:00 PM
Photo credit: Lukas Sternath | Photo © Julia Wesely
Entry 6:30 PM
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