Danae Dörken
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“The discovery of the year”– Crescendo
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▶ Video Danae Dörken presenting her new album HELIKON on the national German TV show ZDF Morgenmagazin
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Successful debut together with the DSO (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester) at the Philharmonie of Berlin
Danae Dörken gave her debut with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester under Delyana Lazarova in the big hall of the Berlin Philharmonie. The concert was broadcast by Deutschlandradio Kultur.
„One could only marvel at the remarkable ease with which she played the highly virtuoso passages.“ – Berliner Morgenpost
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▶ Video Watch Danae Dörken play, talk and cook in the new show #TinyHouseConcerts
“From wonder child to star pianist: Danae Dörken at the Tiny House” – on Deutsche Welle
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New Single “Reverie” by Claude Debussy out now on all streaming platforms!
The first single “Reverie” by Claude Debussy from the new piano duo album titled “Apollo & Dionysus” (recorded on Berlin Classics) is out now. Click on the link to listen to it on the streaming platform of your choice:
https://bc.lnk.to/apolloanddionysusWE
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Successful piano concerto tour through South Africa
Danae Dörken just completed her successful piano concerto tour through South Africa together with the Johannesburg Philharmonic as well as the Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra playing Mendelssohn’s 1st piano concerto together with conductor Hossein Pishkar.
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Danae Dörken about to debut at The Gilmore in the US
Danae Dörken will give her debut at The Gilmore and appear in the “Gilmore Rising Star Series” with ODYSSEY in the Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo on 13th November 2022.
Get your tickets here: https://www.thegilmore.org/event/danae-dorken/
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Successful debut at La Roque d’Anthéron, France
Danae Dörken gives her highly successful debut at the Festival International de Piano de la Roque d’Anthéron with Mendelssohn’s 2nd piano concerto together with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris under Philipp von Steinaecker.
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Danae Dörken on why “we are all equal in music” as the cover story in this month’s “Fono Forum”
Danae Dörken’s latest album “Odyssey” is the cover story of this month’s edition of “Fono Forum”. Get your copy in order to read the full in-depth interview about why “we are all equal in music”, whether politics and music should be connected and what the Odyssey means to Danae Dörken personally.
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New Album “ODYSSEY” is out on all streaming platforms and available in all shops
Danae Dörken just released her new album “ODYSSEY” on Berlin Classics. Listen to it on the streaming platform of your choice by clicking on the link below:
https://bc.lnk.to/OdysseeWE
You can also purchase a signed copy of the CD through the shop on this website or get the album in your local shop.
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On tour in Poland with the Paris Mozart Orchestra and Claire Gibault playing Clara Schumann’s piano concerto
Danae Dörken toured Clara Schumann’s piano concerto together with the Paris Mozart Orchestra during “La Maestra” in the Philharmonie de Paris and in the NOSPR in Katowice, Poland. You can watch her performance on the TV channel ARTE where it was broadcast live.
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Successful debut with the Nordic Chamber Orchestra in Sundsvall, Sweden
Danae Dörken successfully debuts with the Nordic Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Niklas Willen in Tonhallen Sundsvall, Sweden, playing Mozart’s piano concerto no. 21 in C major on his birthday.
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Debut with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris in the Philharmonie de Paris
Danae Dörken successfully made her debut in the Pierre Boulez hall of the Philharmonie de Paris playing Bach’s D minor piano concerto together with the orchestre de chambre de Paris and Lars Vogt.
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Danae Dörken joins Grunau & Paulus Music Management
Danae Dörken has joined Grunau & Paulus Music Management as a general management for worldwide representation and is looking forward to this exciting new collaboration.
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SWR Classic documents the the production of the new Schumann album together with Philippe Tondre
In the midst of corona and lockdown, Danae Dörken is recording a new duo album for oboe and piano together with Philippe Tondre containing works by Robert Schumann in cooperation with the SWR and the French label Klarte.
Take a look at the recording process under these special circumstances in the short film produced by SWR Classic:
https://www.swr.de/swrclassic/symphonieorchester/philippe-tondre-nimmt-schumann-auf-100.html
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Launching “The Lockdown Diaries” in times of social distancing
In times of the corona crisis, social distancing goes hand in hand with a lot of concert cancellations and many events not taking place any more. In order to keep making music and still connect with their audience, Danae and Kiveli Dörken started a video blog, in which they stream concerts live from their living room as well as share thoughts on music and life in general.
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Japan tour – Danae Dörken successfully makes her debuts in Tokyo and Osaka
On her first tour through Japan, Danae Dörken successfully brings her current album “East and West” to Tokyo and plays Clara Schumann’s piano concerto in A minor together with the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Golo Berg.
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Danae Dörken returns to Wigmore Hall London
After her first concert in the prestigious Wigmore Hall London in 2017, Danae Dörken now returns to Wigmore, together with American violinist Caroline Goulding and a program of Fauré and Elgar sonatas.
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Yamaha Music releases Danae Dörken’s Artist Portrait
“Music as language, the piano as a diary” is the title of Yamaha Music’s new feature of Danae Dörken.
“Exceptional talent and unwavering passion have defined Danae Dörken’s musical career ever since her childhood and have already put her on the world’s big stages. concerti magazine counted the then 26-year-old Dörken among the elite of a new generation of international artists, Crescendo called her the “discovery of the year”. The artist considers her music a means to restore balance and grant her some peace and quiet in the often stressful touring routine.”
Check out more about this as well as the artist portrait video here:
https://europe.yamaha.com/en/news_events/2020/danae-dörken.html
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“A discovery!” – Danae Dörken plays her debut at the Lucerne Piano Festival
After her successful debut at the Lucerne Piano Festival, the “Luzerner Zeitung“ wrote:
“…Sie bot ein ebenso anforderungsreiches wie klug zusammengestelltes Programm mit einer solchen Überlegenheit und Ausdruckstiefe, dass man sich dieses Rezital durchaus auch im grossen Konzertsaal in den Rezitals der Berühmtheiten vorstellen könnte. Schon bei den drei Stücken der ersten Serie der «Images» von Claude Debussy bewunderte man ihre fein differenzierte Anschlagskultur und vor allem ihren Sinn für Farben.”
Read the entire article here:
https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/kultur/an-den-randern-des-piano-festivals-aber-oho-ld.1171177
(Copyright: Peter Fischlis / LUCERNE FESTIVAL)
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Nominated for the “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik” and the ICMA Award 2020!
Danae Dörken’s latest solo album “EAST and WEST” is nominated for the prestigious “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik”. Her latest chamber music recording together with cellist Benedict Klöckner is nominated for the ICMA award 2020.
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Debut with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in Canada
Standing ovations for Danae Dörken playing Felix Mendelssohn’s 2nd piano concerto together with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra under William Eddins!
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CD of the month in “Fonoforum”!
“EAST and WEST” has been chosen as CD of the month in Fonoforum!
“Man begegnet nur selten CDs, in denen der musikalische „Flow“ sich durch das Medium des Klaviers (dieses – Zitat Emil Gilels – „nicht leicht bezähmbaren Elefanten“) so frei, so uneingeschränkt und fantasievoll beweglich entfalten kann wie hier. Die zwölf Schubert-Ländler D 790 etwa sind kaum schöner, „gesungener“ und erfüllter zu spielen.”
Read the full review here:
https://fonoforum.de/rezensionen/rezension/danae-doerken-east-and-west/back/10727
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Danae Dörken on Lufthansa with her new album and her own playlist
Danae Dörken’s album “East and West” is featured as an Audio Highlight on all Lufthansa flights starting in October. She has also put together her own “Celebrity’s Choice” playlist, that you can listen to here:
https://www.lufthansa-inflightentertainment.com/de/audio/details/3466?id=37&page=1&pageSize=4&orderBy=titleasc&type=Undefined&bucketWidgetId=&previousPageId=
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▶ Video Danae Dörken appears as a guest on German TV show “Der Tag” (Deutsche Welle)
Danae Dörken visited the TV studio of Deutsche Welle to speak about the connecting power of music, her life and the combination of family and career and a lot more.
You can watch the entire interview here:
https://youtu.be/_xifCNip_Ek
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“Music is an expression of philosophy”
Danae Dörken is on the cover of the September and October issue of the classical music magazine “Crescendo”. In her portrait, she talks about music as an expression of philosophy, the strength of diversity and her new album “EAST and WEST”.
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5 stars in all categories for “EAST and WEST”
“The start of this recital is so passionately compelling that for a moment I thought that I’d put a disc of Martha Argerich in my player, only to discover that it was indeed the new ARS Produktion release of Danae Dörken playing the first of five preludes of Manolis Kalomiris: “Molto agitato ed appassionato”. Listening on I wondered if my ‘mistake’ was all that big. Both have an emotion rich background, giving their interpretations that extra zest; Argerich from Argentina, Dörken from Greece, a whole generation apart, but both having that rare pianistic feeling enabling them to adjust to different styles, and last but not least that phenomenal technique.”
Read the entire review here:
https://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=13823#reviews
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“A brilliant recording.” – KultKomplott
“Sie bringt die Poesie der Musik zum Ausdruck, macht die mitreißende Melodik fast spürbar und formuliert durchgehend mit kreativer Lust. Eine brillante Aufnahme.
KK:
Wen bzw. was möchten Sie mit Ihrer Arbeit erreichen?
DD:
Ich möchte alle Menschen erreichen, die klassische Musik lieben und auch diejenigen, die sie noch nicht kennen und noch überzeugt werden müssen. Also eigentlich jeden!
KK:
Wenn Sie eine Autobiographie schreiben würden, wie wäre der Titel?
DD:
Always look on the bright side of life!”
Read the whole interview here:
http://www.kultkomplott.de/Permalink/Artikel/1737/#article_anchor_1737
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“Disappointment turns into delight” – a last-minute replacement at the Schubertiade Hohenems
“Disappointment turns into delight” is what the Austrian newspaper titled its review of Danae Dörken’s last-minute replacement of sick Aaron Pilsan at the Schubertiade Hohenems in a duo recital together with cellist Kian Soltani.
Take a look at the entire article of her spontaneous debut at this festival here:
https://www.vn.at/kultur/2019/07/14/aus-enttaeuschung-wurde-entzuecken.vn
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Successful debut at the Rheingau Musikfestival
Danae Dörken just played her very successful solo debut at the prestigious Rheingau Musikfestival presenting her new recital programme “EAST and WEST”.
Take a look at the review here:
https://www.fr.de/kultur/musik/pianistin-danae-doerken-beim-rheingau-musik-festival-12761151.html
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“Doppelkopf – At the table with Danae Dörken” on hr2-Kultur
“”Nein, Kritiken nehme ich nicht so ernst”, sagt Danae Dörken.
Seit sie sich entschieden hat, ihr Leben als Musikerin zu bestreiten, ging es nur bergauf. Da war sie 17 und saß schon über zehn Jahre am Klavier. Das Talent blitzte aber genügend hervor, um vom seinerzeit berühmtesten Pianistenmacher Deutschlands, dem Professor Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hannover in Obhut genommen zu werden.
Danae Dörken hat einen deutschen Vater und eine griechische Mutter. In jugendlichem Überschwang fasste sie vor vier Jahren den Plan, auf Lesbos, ihrer Heimatinsel, ein Musikfestival zu gründen. Klassische europäische Kunstmusik war dort weitgehend unbekannt – umso aufmerksamer und unvoreingenommener hörten die Menschen unter dem südlichen Himmel zu. Los ging es zudem mitten in der Flüchtlingskrise – welche Rolle Musik bei ihrer Bewältigung spielte, erzählt die unbekümmerte und begeisterungsfähige Pianistin heute im “hr2-Doppelkopf”.
Gastgeber: Andreas Bomba“
Listen to the 40 minute interview here:
https://www.hr2.de/gespraech/doppelkopf/doppelkopf–am-tisch-mit-danae-doerken-deutsch-griechin,id-doppelkopf-1246.html
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EAST and WEST – new album out today!
Danae Dörken’s new album “EAST and WEST” is being released today. Danae Dörken has made it “her personal mission in this day and age to show that diversity is something that ultimately brings us together and gives us enormous strength.” Her choice to combine the works of a broad range of composers such as Schubert, de Falla and Bartók on her new album East and West reflects precisely the aforementioned sentiment. The compositions on the album all share the commonality of being heavily influenced by folk music traditions. Dörken explains that “the folkloristic character of these compositions highlight the individual elements of each culture which render the pieces unique and underscore the necessity for them to never get lost.”
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Bonn’s Schumannfest: Pianist Danae Dörken on the power of music
“Hailed as one of the rising stars of her generation, the 27-year-old German-Greek pianist is also a festival organizer. She tells DW why artistry fulfills an essential function in people’s lives.”
You can read Danae Dörken’s latest interview with Deutsche Welle here:
https://www.dw.com/en/bonns-schumannfest-pianist-danae-dörken-on-the-power-of-music/a-49231508
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Danae Dörken joins podcast “Kultur öffnet Welten”
Danae Dörken appeared as a guest on the podcast “Kultur öffnet Welten” and talked about how culture can open doors to different worlds and her favourite books.
Take a listen here:
Spotify:
https://sptfy.com/4Dse
Soundcloud:
http://bit.ly/2WlLfh9
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In the recording studio – making of the new album
Take a look at the making of Danae Dörken’s new piano solo album combining music from East and West with pieces inspired by folk tunes from eight different countries.
https://youtu.be/aoK-Ji9AeNg
This album highlights what makes us all unique, but also what connects us and brings us together.
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Educational programme “MO-TO Key” reaches over 300 children on the island of Lesbos
“MO-TO Key”, the educational programme of the Molyvos International Music Festival in cooperation with TONALi!, culminated in a sold-out final concert last week. After taking part in a 2 day workshop giving them all the tools that you need in cultural management, the children taking part in the project successfully organized all the concerts from start to finish, took care of the musicians, did all the PR and filled the hall for the final event.
(Photos by Ervis Zika)
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Courage in music – panel discussion in the UBS tower in Frankfurt
Danae Dörken joins a panel discussion in the UBS tower in Frankfurt together with Sarah Christian (concertmaster of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen), Saleem Ashkar, Timo Buckow from the Rheingau music festival and Lydia Grün to talk about the importance of courage in music and life in general nowadays.
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Danae Dörken speaks about Clara Schumann
Danae Dörken visited the studios of the “Bayrischer Rundfunk” in Munich to talk about Clara Schumann, her importance and relevance today and the significance of her piano concerto in particular, that she is performing together with the Munich Symphony this season.
Take a listen to the full interview here:
https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/klassik-aktuell/im-gespraech-mit-der-pianistin-danae-doerken/1495070
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Danae Dörken plays for German chancellor Angela Merkel
During the celebrations of “100 years of women’s right to vote”, Danae Dörken played for Germany’s leading politicians – amongst them German chancellor Angela Merkel and German president Wolfgang Schäuble.
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Danae Dörken joins artistic advisory board of “Festspiele Mark Brandenburg”
Starting this year, Danae Dörken will join the artistic advisory board of the newly founded music festival “Festspiele Mark Brandenburg”. Alongside violinist Tobias Feldmann and cellist Eckart Runge, as well as other internationally acclaimed artists, she will from now on be involved in the artistic planning of concerts all across the state of Brandenburg.
In June of 2019, she will go on tour with Beethoven’s triple concerto together with Tobias Feldmann and Gabriel Schwabe and the Residenzorchester Mark Brandenburg under the direction of Manuel Dengler. Check out the schedule for more details!
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Success in Tallinn, Estonia
Danae Dörken played her very successful debut in Tallinn, Estonia together with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kristiina Poska with Beethoven’s 5th piano concerto in E flat major in a completely sold out Estonia National Concert Hall.
You can re-listen to the concert here:
https://klassikaraadio.err.ee/886224/kontserdisaalis-erso-ja-kristiina-poska
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In the recording studio
Danae Dörken just finished recording a new duo programme together with cellist Benedict Klöckner consisting of Schumann’s “Adagio und Allegro”, his “Fantasiestücke op. 73” and “5 Stücke im Volkston”, as well as Shostakovich’s Sonata for cello and piano in D minor and Martinù’s “Variations on a Slovakian Theme”.
It will be released on GENUIN in May of 2019 – stay tuned!
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