Cosmos: Beethoven Ragas

Diluka / Banerjee / Edouard / Festival »Lux aeterna«

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This concert has already taken place! 17
Shani Diluka
Shani Diluka © Balázs Böröcz
Sahana Banerjee
Sahana Banerjee © Sandeep Virdee
Prabhu Edouard
Prabhu Edouard © Remi Hostekind
  • Start 19:30

  • End ca. 20:45

Description

Beethoven and Indian music don’t really seem to go together at first glance. But a look at Beethoven’s notebooks confirms that he did indeed take an interest in Far Eastern art and culture, which were becoming better known in Europe at the time. The composer counted the leading Austrian Oriental scholar and translator Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall among his acquaintances.

French pianist Shani Diluka takes this remarkable connection as the basis for a very special evening. She joins forces with two outstanding Indian soloists and follows up concrete musical parallels: from the meditative, circling opening of the Moonlight Sonata, she glides over to traditional moonlight ragas – Indian pieces that are characterised by specific moods and tonal progressions. This works surprisingly well, showing once again that spirituality in music is not confined by national boundaries.

Performers

Shani Diluka piano

Sahana Banerjee sitar

Prabhu Edouard tabla

Programme

»Cosmos«

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Piano in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2 »Moonlight Sonata«
Sonate für Klavier f-Moll op. 57 »Appassionata«

Raga Improvisationen

Festival

Lux aeterna

Promoter: HamburgMusik

Supported by the Stiftung Elbphilharmonie