News
Podcast: The Piano Pod
I am featured in a new episode of the podcast The Piano Pod, hosted by New York–based Yukimi Song. In the conversation, we talk about my album Perseus, my compositions for piano and the stories behind them, as well as my upbringing, my creative process and music more generally. A blog post accompanying the episode is available here.
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Premieres / Particular Performances
Premiere of PRIMES for piano solo
Thomas Stumpf will premiere my new piano cycle PRIMES at Tufts University (in the Greater Boston area) in the 26/27 season. The cycle comprises five movements for the numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, and 11. Movements "Five" and "Seven" have already been premiered and recorded. You can listen to them on the album "PERSEUS", available on CD and streaming services. |
Commissions / Invitations
MASTERCLASS CHORCOMPOSITION (Deutscher Musikrat)
Together with Charlotte Seither, I will give a masterclass in choral composition for the Deutscher Musikrat, taking place from 16 to 20 November 2026 at the Landesmusikakademie Schlitz, with Chorwerk Ruhr conducted by Howard Arman as the resident ensemble. | |
CHOR.COM 2026, LEIPZIG
At chor.com 2026 in Leipzig, I will contribute workshops on composing and arranging for choir, including sessions featuring my own compositions. | |
MENDOZA, ARGENTINA
I have been invited to the Universidad de Mendoza in Argentina, supported by the Sociedad Goetheana (Goethe Zentrum Mendoza), to conduct the Coro Universitario de Mendoza in concerts combining my own works with motets by J. S. Bach. The visit will include the premiere of a newly commissioned a cappella choral work and a masterclass in composition, and will take place in late November and early December 2026. | |
COMMISSION BY UNIVERSIDAD DE MENDOZA IN ARGENTINA
The Universidad de Mendoza has commissioned a new a cappella choral work from me, supported by the Sociedad Goetheana (Goethe Zentrum Mendoza). The work will be premiered by the Coro Universitario de Mendoza under my direction during my visit in late November and early December 2026. | |
NEW CHORAL WORK – GÖTTINGEN
The University of Göttingen has commissioned a new a cappella choral work from me, to be premiered in 2026 by the University Chamber Choir under the direction of Antonius Adamske. |
Chorus Master
The Lord of the Rings, live to picture
I will prepare the choruses (WDR Radio Choir, Choir of University of Cologne) for live to picture performances of Howard Shore's entire score for the The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring in december 2026. |
Publications
Bärenreiter to release my new version of Beethoven's Mass in C
Bärenreiter will publish my arrangement of Beethoven's Mass in C (op. 86) or four-hand piano, harmonium and original vocal parts this summer. |
Conducting
Collegium musicum at University of Cologne
See current event overview of Collegium musicum at University of Cologne for upcoming concerts I am conducting or involved in as Music Director at University of Cologne. |
