Trossingen University of Music Percussion Ensemble performs Kyoto

Deutschlandfunk will broadcast a live "listening sample" concert from the Trossingen University of Music. Ensemble highlights from the Romantic era to the present day can be heard and seen on Tuesday, June 2nd, starting at 8 p.m. in the concert hall of the Trossingen University of Music. Doors open at 7:45 p.m., admission is free.

Trossingen – In its radio series "Hörprobe" (Listening Sample), Deutschlandfunk Kultur regularly visits German music academies. On Tuesday, June 2nd, it will be visiting Trossingen for the third time. The station will broadcast a live, multifaceted "self-portrait" of the Trossingen University of Music, featuring outstanding ensembles and soloists. Starting at 7:45 p.m., the concert hall will be transformed into a recording studio with a live audience and works ranging from the Romantic era to the modern and contemporary periods. Highlights include, among many others, Edgar Varèse's innovative monumental work "Intégrales" and the septet version of Richard Strauss's late-Romantic "Metamorphosen." Deutschlandfunk presenter Elisabeth Hahn will guide listeners through the diverse concert evening, which will be interspersed with numerous short interviews with the performers. The program begins promptly at 8:00 p.m. after a professional warm-up – therefore, admission is only possible until 7:45 p.m.

Varèse, Strauss and Unhyun Ko

One hundred and one years ago, the music-historical milestone "Intégrales" for small orchestra and percussion premiered. The 15-member Windhoek Ensemble, conducted by Professor Nicholas Daniel, performs this masterpiece by Edgar Varèse. Twenty years later, in 1945, Richard Strauss composed his late-Romantic "Metamorphosen." These works will be performed by the Open Chamber Ensemble, comprised of faculty and selected students.

Two compositions by Trossingen students are special highlights of the program. Unhyun Ko (born 1996) will premiere his work "Punkt" for flute, trombone, piano, accordion, and cello. Music designer Johanna Klaus will present "From Dawn 'till Midnight" for flute and live electronics. Further works add additional stylistic facets to the concert evening. John Psathas' spectacular composition "Kyoto" for mallet quartet and percussion offers breathtaking percussion artistry. Piano works by Schubert and Nicolai Kapustin will delight keyboardists. And Anders Hillborg's "Hyper Exit" for clarinet and accordion will even feature Trossingen's traditional instrument, which, incidentally, is also Germany's "Instrument of the Year 2026."