Classic in Advent

01st December to 23rd December 2024


Year after year, it is a pleasure to plan the new program for "Classic in Advent". Year after year, great classical artists enrich our "Spirit am Berg" program with small, fine house concerts after dinner. Rarely you have the opportunity to experience renowned artists in such a private, relaxed setting.

This year this very special pre-Christmas music festival will take place at the Feuerberg for the eleventh time. Pianist and conductor Prof. Manfred Schiebel will be a guest at the Feuerberg once again as mentor of our festival. As a well-knowen pianist, he has already worked with international stars such as Edita Gruberova, Grace Bumbry and Leo Nucci.

We look forward to Classic in Advent 2024.
Take a look at this year's program below.

Charity concerts

"Classic in Advent" – these are very special evenings at the Feuerberg.
Small, fine concerts to enjoy and for charity. Voluntary donations go to the "Kärntner in Not" (Carinthians in need) campaign.

Classic in Advent: Program 2024

Thursday, 05th December 2024: Domra Piano

Natalia Anchutina is considered one of the world's leading domristas. She won the most important international Domra Grand Prix in 2004. She performs worldwide with various orchestras and her permanent piano accompanist Lothar Freud, including at Carnegie Hall (New York).

The domra has a bulbous, round wooden body and is strung with three steel strings that are plucked or struck with a plectrum. In Russia , the domra is one of the classical concert instruments today.

At the start of Classic in Advent 2024, the concert will include works by Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Katshaturian.

Monday, 09th December 2024: Janez Gregoric & David Hojsak

On this evening you will be accompanied by the wonderful musical sounds of two special musicians. “Lasciatemi cantare / Let me sing”, stands for the singing solo guitar in the hands of Janez Gregorič as well as for the songs performed by tenor David Hojsak with guitar accompaniment. The musicians span a wide musical spectrum from art songs and folk songs to pop hits. 
As a versatile guitarist and sensitive chamber musician, Janez Gregorič is looking forward to this first collaboration with the young and promising singer David Hojsak.

Janez Gregoric studied guitar at the University of Music in Graz with Prof. Martin Mysliveček, where he graduated with distinction in 1994. In 1995, the Federal Ministry of Art granted him a working scholarship to study the “Carlevaro School” (Berlin) and the F.M. Alexander Technique (Vienna). From 1998 to 2001 he studied with Maestro Abel Carlevaro in Montevideo (Uruguay).
He performs as a soloist and chamber musician in many European countries and can look back on a lively musical collaboration. He is the founder and artistic director of the “International Chamber Music Workshop SONUS”, the new concert series “Sonusiade” and initiator of the interdisciplinary event “TRIVIUM | tri poti | drei wege”. 
As the author of the new guitar school “Agent Claro”, he continues the didactic path of his teacher Abel Carlevaro as a successful teacher and has several CDs to his name as a guitarist and composer. In 2023, he was awarded the Carinthian Appreciation Prize for his versatile musical work as a guitarist, composer and instrumental teacher.

David Hojsak accompanies as a tenor with his unmistakable voice. He began his artistic career at the age of 8 with the musical instrument guitar. In addition to singing, acting is also a great passion, which David Hojsak has already been able to combine perfectly in leading roles in musicals such as “Phantom of the Opera” as Raoul or in the musical “Sissi” as Emperor Franz Joseph. 

Wednesday, 11th December 2024: Alpine Symphony

Gerhard Kaufmann, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, presents Richard Strauss' masterpiece with musical examples in a fireside chat.

Thursday, 12th December 2024: Recital horn and piano

Peter Dorfmayr, principal horn of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and Manfred Schiebel on the piano will put us in the mood for the Christmas season with works from the classical and romantic periods.

Saturday, 14th December 2024: Duo Delirium

The Belgian-Swiss pianist Marie-Astrid Wybou and the German-Austrian pianist Bernhard Jan form the well-known “Duo Delirium”. They specialize in piano compositions for 4 hands and perform highlights from this genre.

Program details will follow soon!

Monday, 16th December 2024: The beautiful Magelone

A special kind of song cycle. With this romantic and exciting love story, the poet Ludwig Tieck created a perfect combination of prose and poetry, the poems of which were set to highly emotional music by Johannes Brahms. 

You will be accompanied through this evening by Max Müller (tenor), Florian Reiners (reading) and Manfred Schiebel on the piano. 

Wednesday, 18th December 2024: Rising Stars - Sounds of the opera

At this opera evening, Prof. Manfred Schiebel presents young singers who are rising stars at the beginning of their careers. The program includes well-known arias from the world's great operas.

This evening's rising stars are Maximilian Müller (tenor) and Ejnar Colak (baritone). They are already looking forward to enchanting you with their musical skills at this evening.

Friday, 20th December 2024: Brass ensemble "BlechReiz"

Five young professional musicians - engaged in various European orchestras - came together years ago to form the brass quintet “Blechreiz”. Since then, they have been thrilling audiences with rousing concerts featuring original works, their own arrangements and original compositions. Their performances are a pleasure for the ear, eye and heart, as they follow a very special choreography. You can look forward to a firework display of brass sounds as well as contemplative harmonies at Christmas time.

Monday, 23rd December 2024: Alpine Advent

The Carinthian "Stubensinger" and the Berger family choir organize this reflective evening with Carinthian and Alpine melodies and texts.

Friday, 03rd January 2025: Voces Angelicae

The Voces Angelicae ensemble consists of members of the Hungarian Youth Radio Choir. They give a concert with numerous a cappella hits from different eras.

You can look forward to one of the best youth choirs in Europe. The concert takes place in cooperation with the Trigonale music festival.

Program status: September 2024, subject to change.

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