Interviews
-the timeless-piano-project-
"And you get the feeling that a real person is making real music."
In his capacity as sound engineer for Fabian Müller's CDs "Passionato" and "31", Johannes Kammann was responsible for much more than just the good sound...
"Sound can ruin everything quite easily!"
Fabian Müller, professor at the Hochschule für Musik Köln, has already recorded several CDs on our piano duo "353018". With him I dive into a world of old colors and sounds and learn about the similarities between a grand piano and a tennis racket. And I marvel at his feeling that it never sounds quite the way he wants it to...
"Now it's time to cook!"
Till Dönch has been working in the music management business in Vienna for four decades. I learn unknown facts from him about his “secret service” activities and I uncover mysterious parallels to his famous agent colleague James Bond...
"We must learn to marvel again!"
Heide Braun, my colleague of many years in Vienna, was significantly involved in the repair of our piano duo main character "353018".
I talk to her all about stage fright and a good memory, about goose bumps inside the concert hall and the life expectancy of concert grand pianos - as well as about a species that is becoming extinct...
"Two seconds – and we could all be ruined!"
Andreas Faranski was one of the world's best transporters of concert grand pianos. The piano duo project relied exclusively on his incomparable expertise. Completely unexpectedly, he died in May 2022 shortly before his 50th birthday. A few months earlier, I had this very personal conversation with Andreas...
"It would have been worth it to have lived for this moment alone!"
For many years Annemarie Schindler organised her concert series in the "Villa Schindler". Today, her concert grand piano is one of the principal actors of piano duo.
I spoke to her of childhood dreams, stellar performances, the curse of CD recordings, the blessings of performing for an audience and of tunes that make one happy...
