Songs and duets by Schumann, Brahms, Chausson, Viardot and others

Duets are a rarity in recital programmes, as it is usually only one singer who performs a recital. So there is double the pleasure in this special programme, which features a reunion with the wonderful soprano Katharina Konradi and Ammiel Bushakevitz at the piano. The two of them are bringing the Scottish mezzo-soprano Catriona Morison to Stuttgart as the third member of the ensemble, so that the programme of this gallery concert will include not only solo songs but also duet repertoire that is performed far too rarely.

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Robert Schumann: Myrthen op. 25, Clara Schuman: selected songs

Esther Dierkes and Björn Bürger present a programme of songs at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, accompanied by Cornelius Meister on the piano.

Songs by Clara Schumann, Florence Price, Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms, George Crumb and others

Munich, Salzburg, Zurich, Milan, New York - these are just some of the stops on Golda Schultz's impressive CV. After joining the ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera, she embarked on an impressive international career. With her incomparable, shimmering golden soprano, Golda Schultz not only captures the hearts of opera audiences. She is particularly fond of Art song, especially repertoire that goes beyond the usual repertoire. This is also impressively demonstrated in her IHWA debut concert, for which pianist Jonathan Ware finally returns to Stuttgart.

Ticket information:
Students and persons with a severe disability card are eligible for reduced-price tickets. Please contact us directly at info@ihwa.de or +49 711 221177.
The card must be presented at the entrance.

Songs by Gustav Mahler, Erich Korngold und Richard Strauss

A long overdue debut at the IHWA: soprano Julia Kleiter is in demand all over the world as an opera and song interpreter with a correspondingly busy schedule. Consequently, it took a few attempts. But good things come to those who wait, and now we can finally welcome the charming singer from Limburg to Stuttgart! Art song at its finest awaits us at this gallery concert, which Julia Kleiter will perform with pianist Marcelo Amaral.

Songs by Robert Schumann, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Jean Sibelius

What a joy! At the beginning of 2025, the young bass-baritone Alexander Grassauer was honoured with the Emmerich Smola Award, making him the ‘SWR Young Opera Star 2025’. Congratulations - and we look forward to seeing and hearing the likeable Austrian again at the last gallery concert of the year on 23 November. Alexander Grassauer has not only mastered the grand gesture on the opera stage, but also knows how to impress as a Lied interpreter, as he demonstrated not least at the International Art Song Competition 2022, where he was awarded 2nd prize. In the gallery concert with pianist Marcelo Amaral, Alexander Grassauer will perform songs by Robert Schumann, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Jean Sibelius.

We eagerly await the publication of the book "Der ganze Hugo Wolf". This bilingual volume brings together 15 essays by American musicologist Susan Youens, which were written for the concert series of the same name. For the first time, Susan Youens' astute, incredibly knowledgeable and always charming and witty thoughts on all (!) of Hugo Wolf's songs are now available in German: a unique overview of Hugo Wolf's song oeuvre! For the presentation of the hot-off-the-press volume, author Susan Youens will be joining us via livestream from South Bend, Indiana (USA). Marcelo Amaral, curator of the concert series "Der ganze Hugo Wolf", on which the book is based, will be hosting this musical book presentation with young singing talents and presenting a cross-section of Hugo Wolf's rich song oeuvre.

Free admission

Ida Ränzlöv presents a song programme at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, accompanied by Cornelius Meister.

Songs by Claude Debussy, Henri Duparc, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms

After his brilliant debut as Papageno at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, the French baritone Stéphane Degout has made a name for himself on international opera stages from Paris to London, Salzburg and Berlin to Milan and New York. However, his heart also beats for French melodies and the German lied repertoire. With his warm baritone voice and deeply felt interpretations, he also knows how to captivate and inspire his audience from the Lied podium. You can now see this for yourself in Stuttgart when Stéphane Degout, together with French pianist Cédric Tiberghien, pays tribute to both his French homeland and his love of German-language song in songs by Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy and Henri Duparc.

Mörike settings by Hugo Wolf, Othmar Schoeck, Pauline Viardot, Felix Weingartner and others

2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the death of the Swabian poet Eduard Mörike, who is more closely associated with the musical oeuvre of our namesake Hugo Wolf than almost any other poet. And even though Mörike is always worth a performance, we are taking this anniversary as an opportunity to dedicate an entire Galeriekonzert.

Songs by Schumann, Mahler, Poulenc, Clarke, Eggert, Musto, Frances-Hoad, Reuter etc.

We are delighted to welcome back the winners of the 1st prize at the International Competition for Art Song 2018 – Mikhail Timoshenko and Elitsa Desseva! Their finely composed program takes us to old and new fairytale worlds.

Songs by Johannes Brahms, Alban Berg, Charles Ives, Modest Mussorgsky, Chen Yi, Toru Takemitsu, Charles Trenet, Cole Porter and others.

A concert programme in which British-Singaporean mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and pianist Julius Drake explore the personal connections and feelings of home, homeland and belonging. The program combines poetry and music from Eastern and Western creators around the themes of home, childhood and dreams and asks us all the question: Is the term "home" for you an inner state, a physical place, a geopolitical space?

Works by Franz Schubert, George Gershwin, György Ligeti, Leonard Bernstein, Georges Aperghis and others.

Sarah Maria Sun and Jan Philip Schulze are always a guarantee for original and unusual song programs. This time, together with clarinettist Kilian Herold, they embark on a search for the truth about love. Will they find it in this lively and varied program?