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— September 12, 2024
Opening concert
This year there is already a highlight for me at the beginning of the season: a few days ago I played Dvorak’s cello concerto at the Rudolfinum in Prague. With absolute dream partners, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under their conductor Jakub Hrusa. I played Martinu’s First Cello Concerto with Jakub many years ago – the first time for me at the time – and I was quite nervous and didn’t feel I could give my best. This time, years later, a bit calmer (and better prepared!), I could really appreciate and enjoy the moment. Thank you! Now for a contrasting programme: settling my kids into kindergarten in my new old home of Berlin.
About Julian Steckel
“As an interpreter, I’ve started trusting my inner life more and letting the audience in. It’s a kind of vulnerability that makes you stronger.”
Written music is potential energy that a performer must unleash. Audiences can tell if a musician really feels that energy, or if their expression is second-hand. When Julian plays, he is sharing something fragile and alive.
Upcoming concerts
8 Nov 2024 — 7:30 pm
Pohang, South-Korea Pohang Art Center, Grand Hall
George Enescu: String Octet in C major, Op.7
With Tobias Feldmann, Stella Chen, JaeYoung Kim, YoungUk Kim, Adrien La Marca, Hanna Lee and Yoosin Park
20 Nov 2024 — 7:30 pm
Berlin Boulezsaal
Franz Schubert: Adagio e Rondo concertante F major D 487
Guillaume Lekeu: Piano Quartet B minor
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartett G minor op. 25
With Carolin Widmann, Nils Mönkemeyer and William Youn
10 Jan 2025 — 8:00 pm
Neuss Zeughaus
Recital with Herbert Schuch
Works by Debussy, Saint-Saens, Schumann and Brahms