FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION MARCH 2017 CONCERTS 26.02.2017
Holger Groschopp, Pianist and Adele Bitter, Cello are musicians from Berlin who will be giving 2 concerts to the Amigos de Música at Os Agostos. The concert on March 14 will feature music by Rachmaninov, Poulenc and Gershwin whilst the concert on March 16 will have music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Busoni and Saint-Saëns. Details of the 2 programmes will be available on the Amigos’ website (www.amigos-de-musica.org) shortly.
Adele Bitter did her early studies in Frankfurt and then continued at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin. She studied in Cincinnati with Lee Fisher (LaSalle Quartet). She played in the Ensemble Modern at festivals in Lucerne and Edinburgh, was a member of the Orchestra Academy of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra (from 1999 – 2001). She has since been First Cello in the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Adele regularly plays chamber music with piano or organ as well as with a string quartet. She is also active in the field of early music and completed doctoral studies in historical performance.
Holger Groschopp initially pursued his music studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in his hometown, Berlin. He also studied composition with Isang Yun and song interpretation with Aribert Reimann and late Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the renowned baritone and conductor. His extensive solo career has taken him to most European countries, the Middle and Far East and North and Central America. He has performed as a soloist and as a chamber music partner at major European festivals and is considered an expert for “New Music” (premieres and first performances of Henze, Yun, Rihm and others). He has received several awards such as the Brahms Competition in Hamburg. He has a very close collaboration with Sir Simon Rattle and members of the Berlin Philarmoniker. In the Philarmonie Berlin he also plays the organ, harpsichord, the celesta and the harmonium. His 6 CDs with Transcriptions and Paraphrases by Ferruccio Busoni attained the highest acclaim from audiences and international critics. It is said that whenever a symphonic work includes a keyboard part they call on Holger Groschopp!
For more information about the AMIGOS DE MÚSICA, membership and concert programs please see:
www.amigos-de-musica.org For concert bookings please send an e-mail to reservasconcertos@gmail.com or call Cristina at 914797980.
Amigos’ de Música concerts at Os Agostos begin at 7.00pm sharp. Doors open at 6.00pm and wine, fruit juices and canapés will be served. Entry donation is €25 per person for guests and non-members.
The AMIGOS DE MÚSICA is an international group of around 95 members who stage musical activities by internationally renowned musicians and also sponsor young Portuguese musicians. It is a non-profit organization and celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2015.
Os Agostos is an impressive XVlll century country estate located above Santa Bárbara de Nexe and near Bordeira. For navigation instructions go to: http://www.osagostos.com and then to “HOW TO GET THERE”.