Transformation Tobias Haunhorst

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Fantasie in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 "Wanderer-Fantasie":
• 1 Schubert: Fantasie in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 "Wanderer-Fantasie" 21:23
• Stefan Heucke (b. 1959): Piano Sonata, Op. 79 "Nun danket alle Gott":
• 2 Heucke: Piano Sonata, Op. 79 "Nun danket alle Gott" 22:01
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178:
• 3 Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178 27:29
• Total Runtime 01:10:53

Info for Transformation

Tobias Haunhorst, a philosopher among pianists, presents with his debut album a concept album that places three one-movement works in a new, insightful context. The young pianist combines Schubert's famous Wanderer Fantasy and Liszt's great B minor Sonata with Stefan Heucke's 2nd Piano Sonata, inspired by both composers and written in 2015. Haunhorst makes it audible that Heucke's independent, integrative-tonal tonal language, in addition to Bach's chorale "Nun danket alle Gott", takes not only the form but also the existential and emotional content of the works by Schubert and Liszt and continues them at the height of our time: "My programme is about emotional transformation. Each piece is based on a core idea that is actually only a few bars long. But from this one thought, the most diverse characters and facets then develop," Haunhorst remarks in the very informative and personal booklet text. And: "For me, pieces of music are actually like people".

In his playing, Tobias Haunhorst excitingly works out the "independent personality" of each composition and its existential meaning, the "transformation" it undergoes, and makes it possible to experience the "idea that everything is connected" and develops with and apart from each other, both in each individual work and with regard to the pieces presented on his album "Transformation".

Tobias Haunhorst, piano

Tobias Haunhorst
has been a guest in numerous venues including Philharmonie Essen, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Jahrhunderthalle Bochum, Stadthalle Wuppertal, and at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival. Concerts have brought him to numerous European cities including Amsterdam, Rotterdam (De Doelen), Lisbon (Palácio Nacional de Queluz), London (LSO St Luke’s), as well as Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. In 2020, he will make his debut appearances in China and California.

He regularly performs as a soloist with orchestras such as the Bergische Symphoniker, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Wernigerode, Bayer Philharmoniker and the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra. Tobias has collaborated with the Arch Sinfonia Orchestra for a performance of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto in London, and performed Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra under Christoph Poppen.

His Debut Recording of masterpieces by Schubert, Liszt and Stefan Heucke will shortly be published at GWK RECORDS label. Apart from the piano, Tobias is Artistic Director of International Summer Academy and Festival in Asolo, Northern Italy.

Booklet for Transformation