CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT
ACHTUNG!
OLIVER KERN
bringt Beethoven nach Jakarta
PROGRAM
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.3, Op. 37, in C minor
Choral Fantasy Op. 80, in C minor
with Gloriamus Philharmonia, Gloria Del Cantores & Jakarta Festival Chorus
VENUE
Teater Besar Jakarta, Taman
Ismail Marzuki (TIM)
THE JAKARTA ARTS CENTRE
THE JAKARTA ARTS CENTRE
Jln. Cikini Raya No. 73 – Jakarta Pusat
Sunday, 26thOctober 2014 - 7 PM
TICKET:
Gold – Rp 500.000
Silver – Rp 300.000
Bronze – Rp 100.000
Further Information & Ticket Box:
Michael – 0818288006
Every year the German embassy
in Indonesia works on great cultural art project. In 2011 they launched their
biggest project ever in Indonesia called JERIN.
The name is derived from the abbreviation of Germany and Indonesia is an
interactive project that is open for all musicians.
The JERIN project was
initiated in an amazing gala concert in October 2011, where 150 musicians from
Germany, Indonesia and Thailand participated and was lead by one of the most
renowned conductors in the world, Gudni
Emilsson.
In 2012, JERIN continued to
bring more quality cultural performances to Indonesia by bringing one of Germany’s
most reputable pianists, OLIVER KERN
in collaboration with the Indonesian violinist Iskandar Widjaja-Hadar. Studying
music since the tender age of five, Oliver Kern graduated with a first
class degree in piano, orchestra, and chorus conducting from Staatliche
Hochschule fur Musik in Stuttgart under the guidance of Wan Ing Ong.
This talented pianist has
won a great number of awards in international piano competitions including in
Peking and Paris. Oliver Kern is also known as the first German pianist ever to
win the Beethoven Award prize in Vienna in 2001. He’s much appreciated for his
performances of Beethoven and Brahms music. The critics recognize his merit of
possessing a technical virtuosity that isn’t an end to itself but it is
oriented to a thorough research of timbre and expression. So far, his profound
interpretations have led him to numerous important festivals in America, Asia
and Europe.
In 2014, Kern will present
his interpretations of classical music to audiences in Jakarta. The works of Ludwig
van Beethoven are especially dear to him with live orchestra and big choir. He
is looking forward to perform Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37 and Choral Fantasy
Op. 80 with collaboration of Gloriamus Phillharmonia (GDC), Gloria Dei Cantores,
and Jakarta Festival Chorus to bring the essential soul of the greatest composer
of all time, Ludwig van Beethoven to Jakarta.
Presented by PKJ-TIM (Pusat Kesenian Jakarta - Taman
Ismail Marzuki) and Jongky Goei
Impressario as the DKI Jakarta City Project. This collaboration would be a
gesture of an international culture exchange between Germany and Indonesia.
No doubt, it’s definitely going to be a great quality concert for sure.
PROFILE OF OLIVER KERN
"Kern let the natural beauty
be effortlessly absorbed by his attentive audience.
Stylistically, he knew just to do
with his scores. Kern played pure music."
- Jeff Manookian, The Salt Lake Tribune, Juni 1998
- Jeff Manookian, The Salt Lake Tribune, Juni 1998
Oliver Kern is an internationally world-class renowned
pianist and has won multiple awards. He was
born in 1970 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, and there he began studying piano at
the age of 5. His artistic activity started when he was very young, and he
stood out in the German musical scene for his brilliant results in
international piano contests.
He graduated with
a first-class degree in piano, orchestra conducting and chorus conducting from
the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart, under the guidance of Wan Ing
Ong. He went on to specialize in piano with Rudolf Buchbinder and Karl-Heinz
Kämmerling, at the Musik-Akademie in Basel and at the Mozarteum in
Salzburg.
He has won a
great number of awards in international piano competitions: first and second
prizes in the international competitions of Senigallia, Hamamatsu, Peking and
Paris.
He has drawn the
attention of critics by winning two prestigious competitions: the “ARD” award (prize) in Munich, in
1999, and the “Beethoven” award (prize)
in Vienna, in 2001, when he was the
first German pianist to have won this award; in the latter he also received
the special award for the best performance of Beethoven’s sonatas.
He is much appreciated for his performance of Beethoven’s and Brahms’
music; the critics recognise his merit of possessing a technical virtuosity
that is not an end in itself, but is oriented to a thorough research of timbre
and expression. His profound interpretation has led him to the
realisation of rare cultural projects such as the performance of Brahms’
complete operas for piano solo in the Classic Festival Braunschweig.
“With
great intensity and poetry Oliver Kern is modelling the Brahms cycle.”
(Braunschweiger Zeitung)
He has performed
in important festivals and in famous halls in America, Asia and Europe, and has
been acclaimed by all his audiences: Musikverein and Konzerthaus Wien,
Schauspielhaus Berlin, Musikhalle Hamburg, Herkulessaal Munich, Salle Gaveau
Paris, Auditorium St. Cecilia Rome, Century Hall Beijing , Saitama Arts Centre
Tokyo, Seoul Arts Center.
He has played
with famous orchestras including the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the
Seoul Symphony Orchestra, the China National Symphony Orchestra, the Radio
Symphony Orchestras of Berlin, Munich, Hannover and Vienna, conducted by Dennis
Russell Davies, Michael Stern, Lu Jia, Marc Soustrot, Gerard Oskamp and Dmitri
Yablonski.
He has recorded
for the German, Austrian, French, Italian and Japanese radio and television.
With the label “Realsound” he has published CD’s with solo works written by
Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Ravel, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Stravinsky.
After having
taught at the Hanyang University Seoul, College of Music, as professor for
piano since 2008 Oliver Kern is teaching at the Hochschule für Musik und
Theater Hamburg as professor for piano and endorsed by Blüthner Piano.
Oliver Kern and Mr. Joko Widodo in Solo, 2012
Oliver Kern has
ever been performed with Iskandar Widjaja-Hadar, the well-known violinist in
Jakarta, Surabaya, and Solo in front of Mr. Joko Widodo in JERIN Project (The name is
derived from the abbreviation of Germany and Indonesia) in 2012.
Source:
Oliver Kern and Ensemble Wien Helsinki
Oliver Kern & Iskandar Widjaja
PRIZES:
1995 - 1st Prize at the International Piano
Competition „Nueva Acrópolis“ in Madrid, Spain
1995 - 1st Prize at the International Piano
Competition „Serghej Rachmaninoff“ in Morcone, Italy
1995 - 1st Prize at the International Piano
Competition „Francesco Paolo Neglia“ in Enna, Italy
1996 - 1st Prize at the International Brahms
Competition in Pörtschach, Austria
1997 - 1st Prize
and Chamber Music Prize at the International Piano Competition „Città
di Senigallia,“ Italy
1997 - Scholarship
awarded by the „Deutscher Musikwettbewerb“ in Berlin, Germany including an
appearance in the „Bundesauswahl Konzerte Junger Künstler“
1997 - 2nd Prize at the International Piano
Competition in Hamamatsu, Japan
1998 - 1st Prize at the International Piano
Competition in Marsala, Italy
1999 - 1st Prize at the International Piano
Competition “Mauro Paolo Monopoli” in Barletta, Italy
1999 - 2nd Prize at the International “ARD
Competition” Munich, Germany (no 1st Prize)
1999 - 2nd Prize at the International Piano
Competition in Beijing, China
2000 - Premier Grand Prix at the Rencontre
Internationale des Jeunes Pianistes, Paris
2001 - 1st Prize
and « Gonda Weiner » Prize (for the Best Performance of a Late Beethoven
Sonata) at the International Beethoven Competition, Vienna, Austria