- This event has passed.
EVENT DESCRIPTION
Felix Klieser is a truly inspirational artist who focuses on the art of the possible. Born without arms, the horn virtuoso relies on his toes to master his instrument and perform beautiful classical music. He is featured in two cornerstone works of the solo horn repertoire by Mozart and Strauss. To round off the programme, Vahan Mardirossian conducts CCOHK in two rarely heard orchestral works: Butterworth’s Banks of Green Willow, a serenely beautiful English Idyll and Saint-Saëns expertly crafted Symphony No.2.
ARTISTS
Felix Klieser horn
Vahan Mardirossian chief conductor
PROGRAMME
Mozart | Horn Concerto No.4, K.495
Butterworth | The Banks of Green Willow
Strauss | Horn Concerto No.1
Saint Saëns | Symphony No.2
ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER
Born without arms, Felix Klieser's extraordinary career as a professional horn player proves that pursuing one's dreams against all odds can lead to success and happiness. In order to play the horn, Felix Klieser mounts the instrument on a stand and uses his toes to change notes. His interest in horn playing began at the age of 5 when he took his first horn lessons and entered the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media as a junior student. In 2014 he won the ECHO Klassik Award Young Artist of the Year. In the same year, Patmos Verlag published his life story entitled "Footnotes - A horn player without arms conquers the World".He has appeared as soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Festival Strings Lucerne, the Symphony Orchestra of Milan Giuseppe Verdi, the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra, the Antalya State Symphony Orchestra in Turkey and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada. Felix Klieser has performed as a soloist at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, the Ravenna Festival with Riccardo Muti, the BBC Proms with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and in 2016 he was the recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Musicianship Award at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. He also enjoys a highly successful recording career. Reveries, his debut CD, was awarded the ECHO Klassik Award. His other recordings include the complete Mozart horn concertos with Camerata Salzburg on the Berlin Classics label, works by Mozart and Joseph and Michael Haydn with the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronnn and Beyond Words, a CD of arias for horn and orchestra with the CHAARTS Chamber Artists. He has premiered works dedicated to him including, more recently, Rolf Martinsson’s Soundscape.
