Interpretationsforum Musikwissen-Kooperationsprojekt

Im Rahmen des Kooperationsprojektes Musikwissen laden die Hochschule für Musik Basel / Klassik und das Musikwissenschaftliche Seminar der Universität Basel zu einem Interpretationsforum mit Prof. John Rink (Cambridge) ein.

The six pieces that Chopin composed for solo piano with orchestral accompaniment were of major importance in launching his artistic career, but they have had varied fates ever since. The two concertos are firmly ensconced in modern concert repertoire, as is the Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Op. 22, which is frequently played in both solo and orchestral versions. The fact that the other three works are rarely performed nowadays is regrettable: they are engaging and inspired pieces attesting to Chopin’s pianistic genius and his highly original musical style.

In this talk, John Rink reassesses the six works for piano and orchestra in the wake of the First International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments, when audiences had the opportunity to hear this music brought to life by young artists on pianos much closer to Chopin’s own than those on most concert stages today.

John Rink is Professor of Musical Performance Studies at the University of Cambridge, Fellow and Director of Studies in Music at St John’s College, and Director of the Cambridge Centre for Musical Performance Studies and Cambridge Digital Humanities. He works in the fields of Chopin studies, performance studies, music analysis, and digital musicology. He holds the Concert Recital Diploma and Premier Prix in piano from the Guildhall School. His books include The Practice of Performance (1995), Chopin: The Piano Concertos (1997), Musical Performance (2002) and Annotated Catalogue of Chopin’s First Editions (with Christophe Grabowski; 2010). He is Editor in Chief of The Complete Chopin – A New Critical Edition, which is published by Peters Edition London, in addition to directing the projects at Chopin Online (www.chopinonline.ac.uk). He holds several visiting professorships and performs regularly as a pianist and lecture-recitalist. He served on the jury of the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2015 and will have a similar role in the 18th Competition in 2020.

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