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“It is the best thing I have written in my life”, declared Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1784 of his piano quintet. Many of his most famous works had not yet been written, but the quintet remains a Mozartian jewel, with its melodic beauty and charming dialogues between the instruments. It is no wonder that the young Ludwig van Beethoven was inspired by Mozart’s example to write an equally enchanting quintet. Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker play both works with pianist Kit Armstrong. Contemporary counterpoints are provided in the form of wind quintets by Hans Werner Henze and Wolfgang Rihm.
Artists
Jelka Weber flute
Dominik Wollenweber oboe
Andraž Golob clarinet
Stefan Schweigert bassoon
Johannes Lamotke french horn
Kit Armstrong piano
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon in E flat major, op. 16
Wolfgang Rihm
Wind Quintet
Interval
Hans Werner Henze
L’autunno. Music for five wind players
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon in E flat major, K. 452
Chamber Music Hall
11 to 29 €
Introduction
19:30
Series Q: Philharmonic Chamber Music
Biografien
Jelka Weber
Jelka Weber, who received her first flute lessons at the age of eight, began her studies at the Munich Academy of Music with Hermann Klemeyer in 1990 and already played as a substitute in the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra during this time. From 1994 to 1996, she was a scholarship holder of the Karajan Akademie under Andreas Blau, then principal flute of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
In 1996 she was engaged by the Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra as principal flautist, and the following year she joined the Berliner Philharmoniker. In addition to her work in the orchestra, Jelka Weber is also active as a soloist and chamber musician. She was a member of the Ensemble Berlin from 1996 to 2006. Since 1997, the multiple prizewinner of renowned competitions has been a regular guest of the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin and the Davos Festival. She has also been a lecturer at the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Karajan Akademie since 2008.
Dominik Wollenweber
Dominik Wollenweber studied with Hagen Wangenheim at the Munich Musikhochschule and with Simon Dent at the Richard Strauss Conservatory there. From 1991 to 1993, he was a student of Hansjörg Schellenberger at the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Karajan Akademie – at a time when he was also principal oboist in the European Union Youth Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Claudio Abbado.
In 1992, Dominik Wollenweber was awarded the Bavarian Ministry of Culture Prize, and a year later he joined the Berliner Philharmoniker as an English horn player. In addition to his work in the orchestra and numerous chamber music activities, he has been a guest professor of oboe at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music since 2000. He also teaches at the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Karajan Akademie.
Andraž Golob
Andraž Golob studied clarinet at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz with Gerald Pachinger and Bertram Egger. He has won prizes at numerous competitions and completed masterclasses and further studies with Matthias Schorn, Kilian Herold, Harri Mäki, Andreas Schablas, Johann Hindler and Mate Bekavac. Andraž Golob gained his first orchestral experience through temporary work with the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra, the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera.
He was also a member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and an academy member of the Vienna Philharmonic. Making music together with others and his fascination for orchestral literature confirmed his decision to pursue a career as an orchestral musician. Andraž Golob has been a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker since October 2021.
Stefan Schweigert
Stefan Schweigert began his regular bassoon studies with Klaus Thunemann at the Hanover University of Music in 1981 and was already playing in the German National Youth Orchestra at that time. After graduating in 1985, the Kaiserslautern-born musician was immediately engaged as principal bassoonist with the Berliner Philharmoniker, in whose concerts he can often be heard as a soloist. Stefan Schweigert was a member of the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin for twelve years.
In addition to his orchestral work, he is also a guest performer with András Schiff’s soloist ensemble Cappella Andrea Barca and the Sabine Meyer wind ensemble. Schweigert, who teaches at the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Karajan Akademie, was also a professor at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg and is committed to promoting young musicians through masterclasses in Germany, Spain, Japan and the USA.
Johannes Lamotke
Johannes Lamotke, 1985 in Köln geboren, hatte seinen ersten Hornunterricht bei Miklós Varsányí in Bonn. Nach dem Jungstudium bei Sibylle Mahni-Haas in Frankfurt studierte er in Berlin bei Christian-Friedrich Dallmann, in Leipzig bei Thomas Hauschild und in Köln bei Paul van Zelm. Außerdem besuchte er Meisterkurse von Ferenc Tarjáni, Pálma Szilágyi, Christian Lampert, Marie-Luise Neunecker, Erich Penzel und Frøydis Ree Wekre.
Der Preisträger beim Bundeswettbewerb »Jugend Musiziert« und beim Internationalen Hornwettbewerb in Békés begann seine Laufbahn als Orchestermusiker bei den Bremer Philharmonikern, bevor er im September 2014 als Solohornist in das Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin wechselte. Seit August 2020 ist Johannes Lamotke, der auch als Aushilfe beim Deutschen Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, bei der Staatskapelle Berlin und beim Bayerischen Staatsorchester München spielte, Mitglied der Berliner Philharmoniker.
Kit Armstrong
1992 in Los Angeles geboren, begann Kit Armstrong bereits im Alter von fünf Jahren mit dem Komponieren und erhielt kurz darauf seinen ersten Klavierunterricht. Parallel zeigte er außergewöhnliche Begabungen in den Bereichen Mathematik, Naturwissenschaften und Sprachen. Nach dem Klavierstudium am Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia vervollständigte er seine musikalische Ausbildung an der Royal Academy of Music in London.
An der Pariser Universität Pierre und Marie Curie absolvierte er zudem ein Mathematikstudium, das er mit dem Master abschloss. Wichtige Impulse erhielt Kit Armstrong von Alfred Brendel, der ihn als Lehrer und Mentor prägte. Heute konzertiert er in den renommiertesten Konzertsälen der Welt. Von der ASCAP Foundation in New York wurde er bislang sechs Mal mit dem Morton Gould Young Composers Award ausgezeichnet.
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