Two exceptional musicians will join us for a residence in Weißenbrunn in September to prepare for a concert in the Concertgebouw in Brügge. Thus we will be able to enjoy a pre-concert.
They will perform a concert they entitled “Swan Song”, centred on Schubert’s popular work of this name, combining it with last works by some other composers of the Romantic era.
Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde has won awards at numerous international competitions and is a professor for historic cello in Amsterdam. Artem Belogurov was an Artist in Residence in Weißenbrunn in 2022, and he teaches fortepiano in Utrecht.

Franz Schubert
Sonata in A Major D 574 “Grand Duo”

Clara Schumann
3 Romances op. 22

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Fragment (sonata movement) in d minor
Sonata in F Major MWV Q26

The young Baroque violinist Yuki Serino was born in Rome in 2006. She won the prestigious Cremona violin competition in 2024. Martin Nöbauer was a finalist in the Chopin competition for historical piano. They both perform concerts on the international stage. In this concert, they will present a varied programme with works by Felix Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann as well as Franz Schubert. What makes this concert particularly appealing: they will be performing on various fortepianos from the collection.
The concert will be recorded on film.

After the concert, there will be a selection of savoury food inspired by the autumn season. Wine and non-alcoholic drinks are included in the price.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827, Cello Sonata No. 2 g minor, Op. 5 No. 2 (1796)
Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838), Fantasy on Schiller’s Resignation, Op. 109 (1821)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Cello Sonata No. 4 C Major, Op. 102 No. 1 (1815)

In the contect of a CD recording, we will be able to enjoy an exciting concert programme with two fantastic musicians.
The programme is a dialogue between generations: Beethoven, the master, and his highly talented pupil, Ferdinand Ries, who in recent years has, quite deservedly, come to the fore in festival and concert programmes.

The duo has won first prizes both in the Emerging Artist Competition 2025 of  Early Music Vancouver and the chamber music competition “À tre” 2024 in Trossingen, and they have been invited to important international festivals.

American pianist, Agata Sorotokin, is an award winner of this year’s Fanny Hensel Competition organised by the Schloss Weißbrunn Foundation. She is a multi-talented artist and studied Comparative Literature at Yale University, before going on to complete a PhD in piano and a Master’s degree in composition at Stony Brook University.

A piano solo recital with award-winning, renowned pianist Dmitry Ablogin. In this concert he will combine works from the early Romantic period which are very close to his heart and which he will present to the audience.

The saga of the “Waldminne” (Forest Nymph) is the founding story of the city of Bamberg. It describes how Philipp the Babenberger was inspired to establish this city on the “Seven Hills Countryside” near Bamberg when he had a vision in a dream and fell in love with the woodland nymph “Waldminne.”
The award-winning Lied duo will explore the borderline region between nature and dream in Lieder by Schubert, Hensel, Mendelssohn and Clara and Robert Schumann.  In their music the forest nymph will be present everywhere: in the wind, in the moonlight, in the forest and in the lovers’ voices.