SCHUBERTIADE
-the timeless-piano-project-The Erl Festival dedicated a very special focus to Franz Schubert with a "Schubertiade": Paul Lewis played three Schubert sonatas on each of the four days. His faithful companion and friend at these very special concerts: our "353018"!
Faithful companion and friend at these very special concerts: "Op. 353018" at the Festspielhaus Erl
Our new piano duo artist was just as moved and happy as the fantastic (!) audience (only one single furtive cough in four concerts is a record!) about "353018": "I didn't have to do anything," confessed Paul Lewis after the concerts, "whenever I had a certain sound in my mind and touched the keys with my fingers, it was already there!"
"I didn't have to do anything." Paul Lewis on "353018"
The magnificent acoustics of the Festspielhaus Erl also proved to be a marvellous helper. The touching sound of the "353018" was able to unfold freely practically everywhere - even behind the curtain, where the scenery for "Mazeppa", an opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, were already waiting to be used:
