Jubilee concerto with the BR Symphony Orchestra and Hartmann's 8th Symphony
23.10.25
The Bavarian Radio’s musica viva celebrates its 80th anniversary on Friday, 24 October, with a concert in honour of its founder Karl Amadeus Hartmann. The BR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Duncan Ward, will perform Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s 8th Symphony. In addition to ‘Al Icha’ by Benjamin Attahir, the programme will feature the ‘Königsberger Klavierkonzert’ by Alberto Posadas, winner of the Happy New Ears Prize. BR-KLASSIK will broadcast the concert live on radio.
Hartmanns Miserae in Lissabon, Kammerkonzert in Köln und Concerto funebre in Osnabrück
03.09.25
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the liberation from Nazi fascism, Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Miserae will be performed in Lisbon on 5 September 2025. The four-part concert will also feature compositions by Hindemith, Zemlinsky, Eisler, Ullmann and Prokofiev. The Sinfonietta de Lisboa will perform under the baton of Vasco Pearce de Azevedo. Further information about the event can be found at https://www.festadoavante.pcp.pt/2025/orquestra-sinfonietta-de-lisboa Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Under the title ‘The Masterpiece: A Symphonic Journey Through Time’, works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Chamber Concerto will be performed at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall on 12 October at 4 pm. Soloist Pablo Barragán (clarinet) will be accompanied by the Cologne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christoph Poppen. Further information and tickets for the concert can be found at https://www.koelner-kammerorchester.de/sinfonische-zeitreise/
Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Concerto funebre will be performed on 5 October 2025 as part of the Osnabrück concert series musica pro pace. The concert will take place at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of Osnabrück Castle/University. The Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra will perform under the baton of its new music director, Christopher Lichtenstein. The solo part will be played by concertmaster Dainis Medjaniks. The programme will also include Pavel Haas’s Study for String Orchestra and Arthur Honegger’s Symphony No. 2. The concert will be presented by Stefan Hanheide, professor at the Institute for Musicology and Music Education at the University of Osnabrück.
Karl Amadeus Hartmann im Jahr 1945 und die Anfänge der musica viva
14.05.25
Munich 1945 – real awakening or ‘business as usual’? A long-awaited moment for many in the resistance, some – including Erwin Schulhoff and Maria Luiko – were not to live to see it. Karl Amadeus Hartmann founded the musica viva concert series for young people. The exhibition focuses on the challenges of the new beginning, but also provides insights into disappointments, dashed hopes and his composition workshop.
A visit to the exhibition is possible during the upcoming events (9 July / 1 October / 29 October / 26 November) or by prior appointment (by e-mail/by telephone). Guided tours are available on request.
Auf Youtube finden Sie einen Stream von Karl Amadeus Hartmanns 3. Symphonie in einer Aufführung des SWR Symphonieorchester unter der Leitung von Ingo Metzmacher aus der Stuttgarter Liederhalle vom 14. Februar 2025.
Programm:
György Ligeti: Lontano
Dmitrij Schostakowitsch: Violinkonzert Nr. 1 a-Moll op. 77
György Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre (Fassung für Gesang und Kammerorchester)
Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Sinfonie Nr. 3
It is with great sadness that the Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Center bids farewell to its long-standing member and former Chairman of the GEMA Board of Directors, Prof. Dr Reinhold Kreile, who passed away on Friday, 30 August 2024, at the age of 94. Reinhold Kreile was not only a committed member of our society, but also deeply connected to the musical legacy of Karl Amadeus Hartmann and the Hartmann family. Music was always at the centre of his work, and with his death Munich’s cultural life has lost an important personality. The Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Centre will always honour Reinhold Kreile’s memory.
On 20 July 2024, the Kollegienkirche offered an extraordinary concert programme with works by Sofia Gubaidulina, Arvo Pärt and Karl Amadeus Hartmann as part of the Salzburg Festival. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, dressed in bright red, performed Hartmann’s ‘Concerto funebre’ together with the Camerata Salzburg with impressive vibrancy and energy. A detailed review of this special evening is linked below. In 2023, Kopatchinskaja was made an honorary member of the Hartmann Society for her services to Karl Amadeus Hartmann and his work. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/salzburger-festspiele-ouverture-spirituelle-102.html
Congratulations to the two speakers of this year’s hartmannforum Charlotte Steup and Johanna Bulitta! We are very much looking forward to the respective music-historical and music-analytical lectures on Hartmann’s Concerto funebre. When? 27th November 2024 at 6.30 pm Where? Premises of the Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Centre in Franz-Joseph-Str. 20 80801 Munich. Further information can be soon found on the homepage.
The Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society/Hartmann Center is hosting the hartmannforum, a platform for the promotion of young musicologists in German-speaking countries, for the second time on 27 November 2024 at 6.30 pm.
The hartmannforum scientific conference will be held in the premises of the Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society/Hartmann Centre in Franz-Joseph-Str. 20 80801 Munich. The overarching theme is Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Concerto funebre for solo violin and string orchestra (1939/rev. new version 1959). In addition to introductory thoughts by Andreas Hérm Baumgartner (Director of the Hartmann Centre) and a keynote speech by Prof. Dr Wolfgang Rathert (LMU Munich), the symposium will include two contributions. A music-historical and a music-analytical lecture on the Concerto funebre are therefore being organised. The presentation should last 45 to a maximum of 60 minutes.
The call for applications is specifically aimed at people who have already obtained a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Music degree in musicology or music studies and were born after 27 November 1994. All information on the hartmannforum can also be found in the announcement below.
The application deadline is 17 May 2024 at 23:59 CET (digital receipt). Applications received after this date cannot be considered. The winners will be notified by email by 15 July 2024 at the latest.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs Marion Lutsch (marion.lutsch@hartmann-gesellschaft.de)
It is with great sadness that the Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Centre bids farewell to one of the most important composers of the post-war period. Aribert Reimann died in Berlin at the age of 88. He was a founding member of the Hartmann Society and he and his works were welcome guests at our concerts.
The Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Centre will always honour Aribert Reimann’s memory.
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