Bach highlights Yogyakarta music fest Nov 7, 2008
A small chamber orchestra, including Anna-Theresa Steckel on the violin (who is currently studying at the prestigious Hanns Eisler Music Academy in Berlin); Stephan Rahn, one of Germany's promising piano players and a lecturer at Hanns Eisler Music Academy; and Julian Steckel, prize winner of many international cello competitions. Others include Anton Isselhardt, Cambodia's country-director of the ART+ foundation and ex-flutist at the State Philharmonic Orchestra, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany;... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
When Hitler's Exiles Made Hollywood Shine, `Shadows' Shows Luck, Sadness Oct 7, 2008
Conlon spends a lot of time on the podium and in the recording studio promoting some of the half-forgotten composers in the show, people like Hanns Eisler, Ernst Toch and Eric Zeisl who rubbed shoulders with the more famous , and. With photographs, interviews, readings and music, ``Shadows'' makes for an engaging, sometimes startling collage as the unlikeliest people play tennis together (Schoenberg and Gershwin) or putter around in their tropical settings wondering if they've landed in a... (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Bass-Baritone Thomas Quasthoff Aug 19, 2008
At only 4'3", the German singer Thomas Quasthoff doesn't measure up to the so-called "normal" heights we've come to associate with lower registers of sound (after all, the deeper the sound you want, the longer the instrument must be). However, undaunted by "normal," Quasthoff has succeeded in achieving world-class status, with three Grammy awards under his belt and countless appearances on stage. He also currently teaches voice at the Hanns Eisler Music University in Berlin and is organizing a... (Suite101.com)
Europe on the cheap Jun 7, 2008
HANNS EISLER ACADEMY OF MUSIC KANTINE. The office A music school. (Globe and Mail)
* Events & Entertainment Jul 6, 2007
Recently, Liang won a Fulbright Award to study with Maria Graf at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule fur Musik in Berlin. Joined by pianist Grace Chung (C), Wu will present Bach's French Suite No. 6 in E Major, Guridi's Viejo Zortico (jJR), Tournier's Sonatine, Op. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
