«Gassenhauer» – Beethoven 250 Andreas Ottensamer I

He has not missed an edition since his first visit in 2016, together with his father and brother, also leading clarinettists. A star soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Deutsche Grammophon, Andreas Ottensamer, who has also been Menuhin's Heritage Artist since 2017 and won the Neeme Järvi Prize (for conducting!) in 2021, will stay for four concerts this summer in a residency that he has tailored to his personality: decisively open and multicoloured. The first “classical” part will feature Beethoven's “Gassenhauer” Trio (whose name evokes the melodies whistled by passers-by in the streets) and Brahms' sublime Trio (which was inspired in his later life by the spellbinding playing of the German composer’s friend Richard Mühlfeld).