Leipzig takes soloists clubbing
mainA viola player in the Gewandhaus orchestra, Tahlia Petrossian, had the cool idea of picking up soloists after the concert and taking them down to the Moritzbastei Club next to the concert hall for a jam session.
She calls it Klassik Underground. So far, Leif Ove Andsnes, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Kirill Gerstein have followed her down to the club. Joshua Bell is next.
Sometimes, she posts the performances on social media.
Her experiment has worked so well that the Gewandhaus are planning to make it official in the next few days, with funding provided by the Eliette and Herbert von Karajan Institute and Blüthner Pianos.
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Here’s one we made earlier.
Having eclectic chamber music sessions, post concert,in excellent venues is a great thing. I think, a jam session implies improvisation, though.