LECTURE RECITAL
AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY AND AFRODIASPORIC PIANO MUSIC
Jan Gerdes plays and explains piano works by contemporary African and Afro-diasporic composers and thus draws attention to a hitherto almost completely unknown repertoire that has been almost completely ignored by concert organisers and university curricula.
SOUND AND SCIENCE - THE MYSTERY OF MUSIC AND TIME
Lecture recital at the Dresden Music Festival 2016
Pianist Jan Gerdes and music psychologist Dr Thomas Schäfer explore the mystery of music and time.
For example, what is an appropriate tempo? And why do slow pieces seem more emotional than fast ones?
As selected samples on the piano will show, music can make time pass faster or slower, banish boredom or completely override our sense of time. Whether in action or feeling - music can set the pace of our lives.
Reason enough to get to the bottom of this secret.
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LISTENING SESSION: PIANO CONCERTO NR. 1 BY JOHANNES BRAHMS
Nicolaisaal Potsdam November 2016
Brahms' PIANO CONCERTO Nr. 1 d-Moll op. 15
In this listening session, you can get to know Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 in a refreshing way and from a new perspective. The versatile pianist Jan Gerdes, lecturer in piano at the University of Potsdam, is a musical jack-of-all-trades, wandering between the worlds of classical music, new music and electronic music and preferring to combine piano music with theatre, dance, literature or visual art in his projects. Take a close-up look at his hands as he explores selected passages from Brahms' First Piano Concerto with you in an entertaining and informative way!