8zehn30 – Kurzkonzert by Dvořák, Grieg, Kodály, Sat 24 Feb 2024, From (2024/2024), Conductor Joana Mallwitz, Konzerthaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany

In a nutshell - these are our short concerts. From 6.30 p.m. without a break. For everyone who wants a dose of culture right after the working day without planning the evening. As part of the "Homage to Elisabeth Leonskaja" the Konzerthausorchester and principal conductor Joana Mallwitz will be performing music from Bohemia, Norway and Hungary. It was extremely difficult for Edvard Grieg to simply say "I'll leave it like that - that's all good and done!". The Norwegian gave only one piano concerto to the public, and even then he worked on it for a long time. He wrote it in 1868 during a trip to Denmark with his bride Nina, but he was inspired by another woman: the famous pianist Clara Schumann, whom he had heard as a student in Leipzig playing the A minor Piano Concerto by her husband Robert, whom he greatly admired. Of course, Elisabeth Leonskaja can be heard as the Grieg soloist.