A summery program with music from the early Renaissance to the present - on various recorders, with violin, violoncello and harpsichord
A summery program with music from the early Renaissance to the present - on various recorders, with violin, violoncello and harpsichord - awaits you on 6 June 2026. The ensemble around the young recorder virtuoso Julia Herzog plays works by Jacob van Eyck, Johann Sebastian Bach, Andrea Falconieri, Marco Uccellini, Georg Philipp Telemann and others. Let yourself be surprised by the variety of colors of chamber music in this delightful instrumentation.
Julia Herzog
Berlin native Julia Herzog studied recorder in Amsterdam with Erik Bosgraaf, in Vienna with Carsten Eckert and is now studying for a master's degree in recorder with Prof. Christoph Huntgeburth and Dr. art. Susanne Fröhlich at the University of the Arts. In addition to a busy concert schedule, she enjoys teaching at the Béla Bartók Music School in Berlin.
Ulrike Eschenburg
Ulrike Eschenburg received her first violin lessons from her father Wolfgang Engel. After winning several youth competitions, she studied with Eberhard Feltz at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin. During her studies, she took part in the International Bach Competition. After working as a substitute at the Staatskapelle Berlin, she became a regular member of the orchestra in the first violin section in 1988. For several years, she held the position of acting deputy concertmaster. Ulrike Eschenburg was principal 2nd violin in the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra and plays in several chamber music formations.
Christine Kessler
Christine Kessler began her musical career as a pianist. After her concert exam with Renate Schorler at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin, she specialized in the harpsichord at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden with Raphael Alpermann and Ludger Remy. Her concert activities include solo performances as well as continuo playing in chamber music ensembles and orchestras. She has also gained a wide range of experience in the field of baroque opera. With several chamber music ensembles, she also devotes herself specifically to 20th century music on period instruments.
Hans-Jakob Eschenburg
Hans-Jakob Eschenburg received his first cello lessons at the Rostock Conservatory. After studying with Josef Schwab at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin, he was principal cellist of the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1984 to 1988.
With the renowned Petersen Quartet, of which he was a founding member until 2000, he won several international competitions (Prague, Evian, Florence, Munich) and made guest appearances on the major concert stages and at numerous festivals in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia. Several of the Petersen Quartet's numerous CD recordings have been awarded international prizes.
Hans-Jakob Eschenburg has been principal cellist of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin since 1999. He held the same position in the "Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach" Chamber Orchestra. He frequently appears as a soloist and chamber musician, including as a member of various chamber music ensembles such as the Gideon Klein Trio. Hans-Jakob Eschenburg teaches as an honorary professor at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin. He is also a mentor to the Orchestra Academy of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
This season's exhibition features graphics by Helmut Müller, paintings and material pictures by Günther Hornig and turned objects made of green wood by Paolo Demartin.
