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BIOGRAPHY

"Aris Alexander Blettenberg is an exceptionally versatile full-blooded musician who plays the piano, conducts and composes excellently. He internalizes the most diverse spheres of musical expression and shapes them in an extremely differentiated and impressive manner. With his colorful, present and intelligent piano playing, he always acts in the service of the cause, the soloist or the ensemble playing with him. His virtuosity and musical prudence show themselves to be excellent prerequisites for a promising career."

(From the laudatory speech for the Bavarian Arts Promotion Prize).

In October 2021, he won the 16th International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna. He has already performed at the Vienna Musikverein, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the Konzerthaus Berlin, and London's Wigmore Hall, and is a welcome guest at the Kissinger Sommer, the Festspiele Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, and the SPANNUNGEN Heimbach, to name a few.

In the spring of 2023, Blettenberg made his debut as conductor and pianist with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in a tour that was highly praised by audiences and the press: "The undisputed star of the evening was, of course, Aris Alexander Blettenberg. Energetic and with youthful verve, the German-Greek conductor had his disciplined symphony orchestra firmly under control and ensured [...] that nothing could get out of hand. Even when he took over the part of the soloist and gave the cues from the grand piano, he showed himself fully up to this demanding task." (Die Rheinpfalz)

In another collaboration with Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra as conductor he took over the musical direction in place of the late Lars Vogt. In May 2023, Blettenberg opened the Sächsisches Mozartfest as pianist and conductor. As a 2023 scholarship recipient, he will appear twice at the Klavierfestival Ruhr. He will also make his debut at the Schwetzinger Festspiele with the Trio Neo and will be a guest at the Vienna Musikverein with the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock and Tchaikovsky's 2nd Piano Concerto. Blettenberg is closely associated with the Munich Chamber Opera; a CD (Genuin) of Beethoven piano concertos and his own arrangement for twelve musicians was recorded in April 2023. In May 2023, his first solo album entitled "Hommage à Beethoven" (including his own transcription) was released on the AVI/Deutsche Grammophon label.

In the 2023/24 season, Blettenberg will follow his third invitation to the Festspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern, make his debut at the Festival der Nationen, with KlangKollektiv Wien and the Museumsorchester Frankfurt at the Alte Oper.

Aris Alexander Blettenberg was born in 1994 in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He studied piano, chamber music and conducting with Antti Siirala, Lars Vogt (†), Silke Avenhaus and Bruno Weil in Munich, Hanover and Salzburg. Blettenberg received further impulses through master classes with Rudolf Buchbinder, Gerhard Oppitz, Cyprien Katsaris, Imogen Cooper and Vladimir Jurowski.

Among the musicians with whom Blettenberg has collaborated are Julia Fischer, Arabella Steinbacher, Julian Rachlin, Christian Tetzlaff, Sharon Kam and Maximilian Hornung; ensembles include the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt and the Duisburg Philharmonic. In 2015, Blettenberg won the International Hans von Bülow Competition in Meiningen in the category "Conducting from the Piano." He made his debut as an opera conductor at the Staatstheater there in 2019 with Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio."

His published compositions are performed worldwide, recorded on CD and broadcast on radio. He presented his composition "Sarkastina" with bassoonist Theo Plath at Wigmore Hall in March 2022. Blettenberg has been organizing his own concert series, the "Kapellenkonzerte" in cooperation with the non-profit company MÜNCHENSTIFT in Munich, since March 2022.

Aris Alexander Blettenberg is the recipient of the Steinway Förderpreis 2019 and the Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis 2020. From 2015 to 2021 he was a scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes and has been a Bösendorfer Artist since 2022.

BIOGRAPHY
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CONCERTS

CONCERTS

April 12-15 2023

Vienna (A) - Casino Zögernitz

CD recording

Works by Beethoven

April 22, 2023 - 19:30

Sinsheim - Stiftskirche 

Trio recital with Nemorino Scheliga (clarinet) and Theo Plath (bassoon)

Works by Mendelssohn, Bruch & Schumann

April 23, 2023 - 15:00

Essen - Funke Hauptzentrale 

Klavier-Festival Ruhr

Works by Schubert & Gershwin

April 23, 2023 - 18:00

Moers - Martinstift, Chamber Music Hall 

Duo recital with Theo Plath (bassoon)

Works by Debussy, Franck, Saint-Saëns & Boulanger

April 28, 2023 - 15:00

Nuremberg - Meistersingerhalle, Small Hall

Concert with Anna Reszniak (violin) and Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

Works by Mozart, Strauss & Mendelssohn 

May 12, 2023 - 20:00

Chemnitz - Kreuzkirche 

Opening concert of Sächsisches Mozartfest

Works by Gluck, Mozart & Gustavo Strauss

May 16, 2023 - 20:00

Schwelm - LEO Theater im Ibach-Haus 

Debut recital Klavier-Festival Ruhr

Works by Schubert & Gershwin

May 25, 2023 - 20:00

Viersen - Festhalle 

Symphony concert with The Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock and Florian Krumpöck (conductor)

Works by Tchaikovsky

May 28, 2023 - 19:30

Überlingen - St. Jodok

 

Trio recital with Nemorino Scheliga (clarinet) and Theo Plath (bassoon)

Works by Mendelssohn, Bruch, Schumann & Beethoven

May 30, 2023 - 19:30
Vienna (A) - Musikverein

 

Symphony concert with The Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock & Florian Krumpöck (conductor)

Works by Tchaikovsky

June 30, 2023 - 19:30

Munich - Konzertkapelle Nymphenburg

 

Haydn - Die wüste Insel (opera in two acts)
Marie Maidowski (soprano), Katarina Morfa (mezzo soprano), Eric Price (tenor) and Jakob Schad (bass baritone)
 

July 2, 2023 - 17:00

Munich - Konzertkapelle Nymphenburg

 

Haydn - Die wüste Insel (opera in two acts)
Marie Maidowski (soprano), Katarina Morfa (mezzo soprano), Eric Price (tenor) and Jakob Schad (bass baritone)

July 8, 2023 - 17:00
Bornsdorf - Drauschemühle

 

Internationales Kammermusikfestival Fliessen

Chamber music concert with Antje Weithaas (violin), Tobias Feldmann (violin), Pauline Sachse (viola), Harriet Krijgh (violoncello)

and Pirmin Grehl (flute)
Works by Dvořák & Messiaen

July 9, 2023 - 17:00
Schloss Lübbenau - Festsaal

 

Internationales Kammermusikfestival Fliessen

Chamber music concert with Martin Helmchen (piano)
Works by Brahms

July 11, 2023 - 19:30
Baruth - Glashütte

Internationales Kammermusikfestival Fliessen

Chamber music concert with Tobias Feldmann (violin), Stephen Waarts (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola) and Julian Steckel (violoncello)
Works by Schostakowitsch

July 28,  2023 - 15:00
Munich - Hofspielhaus

 

​Children's opera Der eingebildete Krake (Premiere)

Staging: Dominik Wilgenbus, Music: Aris Alexander Blettenberg

July 30, 2023 - 16:00
Prerow - Seemannskirche

 

Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Trio recital with Daniela Koch (flute) and Theo Plath (bassoon)
Works by Beethoven, Reinecke & Mendelssohn

August 2, 2023 - 19:30
Graz - Energie Steiermark Zentrale

 

Steirisches Kammermusikfestival Graz

Duo recital with Philipp Scheucher (piano)
Works by Mozart, Schubert & Debussy

August 8, 2023 - 21:00

Samos - Ancient Theatre Pythagorion

 

Samos Young Artists Festival

Solo recital
Works by Schubert & Gershwin

August 23, 2023 - 19:30
Mani - Sonnenlink Biohotel

 

Duo recital with Philipp Scheucher (piano)

Works by Brahms, Dvořák and Grieg

September 6, 2023 - 20:30
Kalamata - Dance Megaron Hall

 

Symphony concert with Graz' University Orchestra and Andrej Skorobogatko (conductor)

Werks by Beethoven, Mozart and J.Strauss

September 82023 - 19:30
Mani - Sonnenlink Biohotel

 

Symphony concert with Graz' University Orchestra and Andrej Skorobogatko (conductor)

Works by Beethoven, Mozart and J.Strauss

September 24, 2023 - 15:00
Bad Wörishofen - Kurhaus

 

Concert with wind quintet of Kammeroper München

Werke von Vivaldi, Mozart and Rossini

October 12, 2023
Merano - Kurhaus

 

Symphony concert with Klangkollektiv Wien and Rémy Ballot (conductor)

Works by Mozart 

October 13, 2023 - 20:00
Vienna - Kulturhaus Brotfabrik

 

Symphony concert with Klangkollektiv Wien and Rémy Ballot (conductor)

Works by Mozart 

October 19, 2023
Munich - Allerheiligen-Hofkirche

 

Concert with the orchestra of Kammeroper München

Piano concertos no. 3 & 5 by Beethoven

October 20, 2023
Munich - Allerheiligen-Hofkirche

 

Concert with the orchestra of Kammeroper München

Piano concertos no. 3 & 5 by Beethoven

October 21, 2023 - 15:00
Munich - Hofspielhaus

​Children's opera Der eingebildete Krake (Premiere)

Staging: Dominik Wilgenbus, Music: Aris Alexander Blettenberg

October 21, 2023 - 15:00
Munich - Hofspielhaus

Children's opera Der eingebildete Krake (Premiere)

Staging: Dominik Wilgenbus, Music: Aris Alexander Blettenberg

November 12, 2023 - 11:00
Frankfurt - Alte Oper

 

Symphony concert with Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester and Thomas Guggeis (conductor)

Works by Mayer, Beethoven and Sibelius

November 13, 2023 - 20:00
Frankfurt - Alte Oper

Symphony concert with Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester and Thomas Guggeis (conductor)

Works by Mayer, Beethoven and Sibelius

November 17-21, 2023

Dreieich-Buchschlag

Buchschlager Hauskonzerte

Duo recitals with Veriko Tschomburidze (violin) and Kristian Katzenberger (horn)

November 24, 2023 - 20:00

Ismaning - Schloss

Schlosskonzerte

Solo recital

Works by Schubert & Gershwin

December 12023, 19:00h
Munich - Salon Luitpold

Chamber music concert with Fabian Jüngling (violin), Louis Vandory (viola) and Nicola Pfeffer (violoncello)
Works by Mozart

December 22023, 19:00h
Munich - Salon Luitpold

Chamber music concert with Fabian Jüngling (violin), Louis Vandory (viola) and Nicola Pfeffer (violoncello)
Works by Mozart

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