Tuba to the power of two
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| free admission |
| Please leave coats and large bags at the checkroom or lockers before the concert. The number of seats is limited, plus standing room. In the event of overcrowding, we will have to close the entrance temporarily. |
| Duration: 60 min |
| No language skills required |
| Treppenhalle, 2. OG |
| Part of: Micro Concerts of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin |
“The Silver Tubes” – two RSB musicians, Fabian Neckermann, bass tuba, and Hannes Hölzl, tenor tuba (euphonium) present the instrument of the year 2024 – Tuba total at the Humboldt Forum. The lowest of all wind instruments was developed in its modern form in Berlin in 1835 and has been used by composers in large orchestral pieces ever since. The euphonium plays in a higher register and is rarely heard, even though its name promises a “beautiful sound”. The micro-concert in the 2nd floor staircase hall and room 220 (Buildings from Oceania) will feature arrangements and tuba duos by Johann Sebastian Bach, Tommy Pederson, Brian E. Lynn and Steven Verhelst.
Fabian Neckermann
was born in 1995 in Ochsenfurt, Lower Franconia, has been principal tuba in the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin since 2018 and has also been a lecturer at the Anton Rubinstein International Music Academy since 2021.
After starting out in the local music association, he completed a two-year training course to become a state-certified ensemble leader at the vocational school for music in Bad Königshofen with instrumental teacher Udo Schneider. In 2013, he studied with Prof. Jens Bjørn-Larsen at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, where he completed his bachelor’s degree with top marks.
He gained his first orchestral experience as a member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and the European Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, as well as an academy member of the Nuremberg State Philharmonic and the Bavarian State Orchestra in Munich.
Guest appearances as an orchestral musician have also taken him to the opera houses in Würzburg, Saarbrücken, Bonn, Hamburg and Berlin, as well as to the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the hr-Sinfonieorchester and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Fabian Neckermann was a finalist in the 2016 German Music Competition, whereupon he received a special prize from the “Capriccio Kulturforum – Gesellschaft zur Förderung von klassischer Musik und Kultur e.V.” and was accepted as a scholarship holder in the 61st national selection of “Concerts of Young Artists”. In the final, he performed on stage as a soloist with the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn.
With his ensemble “Trio 21meter60”, consisting of three tubas, he was awarded the OPUS KLASSIK in 2022. He is also a regular guest in ensembles such as “Genesis Brass”, the “Blechbläserensemble Ludwig Güttler” and the “Brass Ensemble des Lucerne.
Hannes Hölzl
was born in 1987 in Bad Hofgastein in the Austrian province of Salzburg. After beginning his musical education playing the recorder, he switched to the tenor horn at the age of 5. At the age of 10, he also received trombone lessons from Goldegg music school teacher Gernot Pracher. He later studied at the renowned Mozarteum University in Salzburg with Prof. Dany Bonvin.
From 1998 to 2000, Hannes Hölzl completed the Austrian Wind Music Association’s bronze, silver and gold performance badges, all with “excellent success”. He has also been successful at numerous international competitions: he won the “Prima la musica” competition, was awarded 2nd prize in Córdoba (Argentina) and 1st prize at the “European Solo Champion” in Montreux, 4th prize at the International Brass Competition in Markneukirchen (Germany), 4th prize at the “Città dell’Alto” competition and 3rd prize at the “Città dell’Alto” competition. He also received the Gustav Mahler Prize as the youngest finalist in the entire competition and the City of Prague Prize as the most successful finalist in the trombone competition. He was also awarded 2nd prize at the International Trombone Competition in Budapest and received the Vienna Symphony Orchestra Sponsorship Award.
Hannes Hölzl is a member of various brass ensembles and performs as a soloist with various brass orchestras and symphony orchestras at home and abroad, including in China, America, Tunisia, the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and many other countries.
Hannes Hölzl began his career in the large symphony orchestra with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra at the age of 18. In the same year, he won a 2-year internship with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. During this time, Hannes Hölzl earned his first permanent position at the Mainfrankentheater Würzburg, which he took up as solo trombonist at the age of 21. He has been principal trombonist with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin since 2012.
The micro-concerts are part of a series of concerts in which musicians from the RSB enter into a dialog with the location and the exhibitions. The Humboldt Forum and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin are jointly organizing the micro-concerts as part of the 100th anniversary of the RSB.
