DA CAPO - Music for seniors
Music café at Kraftwerk e.V. on 5 October 2017
"DA CAPO - Music for Seniors" invites you to another edition of the DA CAPO music café next Thursday, 5 October 2017, 3 pm, in the large hall of Kraftwerk e.V. at Kaßbergstraße 36. Admission is six euros including coffee and cake. Barrier-free access for wheelchair users is available at the signposted side entrance.
Guests include Andreas Grohmann, conductor and artistic director of the Saxon Symphony Orchestra Chemnitz, and pianist Emi Suzuki.
Andreas Grohmann studied violin at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden. In the 1980s, he gained experience as concertmaster and conductor at the Görlitz Music Theatre. In 1991, he successfully completed an additional degree in orchestral conducting at the Dresden University of Music. After moving to the Pirna Symphony Orchestra, he was appointed chief conductor in 1992 and music director in 1998. He has worked as a freelance conductor and musician since 2000. In autumn 2002, he took over the artistic direction of the Saxon Symphony Orchestra Chemnitz and in 2006 he took over the direction of the Haydn Orchestra Dresden. The conductor's repertoire is very varied. Andreas Grohmann is not only a conductor, he also teaches, e.g. at the Chemnitz Municipal Music School.
Emi Suzuki also teaches piano at the Chemnitz Municipal Music School. She will support Andreas Grohmann musically as a pianist. There will also be an exciting and informative discussion between Nancy Gibson, Andreas Grohmann and Emi Suzuki, in which the audience will learn many interesting things.