Ferschtman, Karizna en Pace met Brahms en het echtpaar Schumann

Ferschtman, Karizna and Pace

Three born storytellers at their instruments: Liza Ferschtman, Ivan Karizna, and Enrico Pace. Together, they form a lively and passionate piano trio of internationally acclaimed musicians. It is not that they play together every day, but all three are closely connected. The Concertgebouw feels like coming home to them. In the intimacy of the Small Hall, they evoke the atmosphere of the Schumann household, where Robert and Clara loved to invite the maverick Johannes Brahms.

Brahms and the Schumanns

In the early 1850s, life at the Schumanns' home was anything but dull. Brahms enjoyed visiting, and with good reason. Clara, a famous pianist with dormant compositional ambitions, developed deep feelings for the young Brahms, and these were mutual. Their works from that period illustrate the dynamics. Brahms writes a long, romantic trio that reveals him at his most exuberant, while Robert Schumann's dark violin sonata reflects his inner turmoil. Clara's Three Romances are intimate, lyrical pieces. Sixty years later, Janáček's fairy tale puts the emotional storms in the Schumann household into perspective.