JOEY CALDERAZZO

PETRONEL MALAN

ALEXANDER PALEY

CLEMENS UNTERREINER

OVIDIO DE FERRARI

MIKHAIL PLETNEV

 

 The program ranges from classical music to folk, jazz, latin, and hits from the current rock and pop scene - delivered with style. Stephan Weh and Marcel Dorn draw on over ten years of stage experience to the fullest with an inventive program, particularly for their famous “Center Court Blues”, played on the piano with tennis balls!

The pair became acquainted back in 1996 during military service. Both of them had been classically trained since early childhood, and quickly discovered their mutual appreciation for jazz and blues. Dreaming of a new kind of jazz piano performance, delivered with technical prowess and a good dose of humor, the Pianotainment show was born.

Together, they continue to enjoy premium international venues and fame. In China, they are known as “Dabao” & “Xiaobao”, and are the flagship piano team for Blüthner pianos. In Germany, the duo showcased at the 2006 World Cup and performed for the UNICEF Gala Concert benefiting the Tsunami victims. They have played in cities such as London, Paris, Shanghai, Leipzig and recently opened the new Goethe Institute in Abu Dhabi. They even gave a sensational concert on the slopes of an exclusive ski resort in Dubai.

Historical Composers & Artists

"After my coffee and cigar we went to one of the recording rooms where they had a Blüthner piano Well, this Blüthner had the most beautiful singing tone I had ever found. I became quite enthusiastic and decided to play my beloved Barcarolle of Chopin. The piano inspired me. I don’t think I ever played better in my life.“

Arthur Rubinstein 

„My Many Years“ (page 281)

 

„In das Exil nach Amerika begleiteten mich nur zwei Wesen von Bedeutung: meine Frau Natalja und mein kostbarer Blüthner.“

“There are only two important things which I took with me on my way to America. My wife Natalia and my precious Blüthner.”

Sergei Rachmaninoff

 

 “Almost in the middle of the room, the black Blüthner grand stood, free of music, book or photographs. Debussy was proud of his grand piano, and before I played he showed me a new device invented by Blüthner: an extra string set on top of the others. Although not touched by the hammers, it caught the overtones, thus increasing the vibrations and enriching the sonority. This was a piano he had rented during a stay in Bournemouth, and liked so well that he had bought it and had it shipped to Paris.” “He played a number of passages and the tone he extracted from the Blüthner was the loveliest, the most elusive and ethereal I have ever heard”. 

letter from Maurice Dumesnil, friend

Claude Debussy

Debussy's Blüthner at the Musée Labenche