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PROMINENT PERSONALITIES AND MUSICIANS CHOOSE BLUTHNER
Many of the 150,000 instruments made up to the present have been
purchased by prominent personalities or institutions. The very special
singing quality of the sound has found many admirers among singers,
as no other instrument mixes so well with the human voice.
Chamber musicians are enthusiastic about
the warm sound, which is often compared to the dark tonal characteristics
of the violincello.
Also in the concert hall the Blüthner
is a well loved instrument, which through its many shades of tone
gives the pianist opportunities to contrast with even a large orchestra.
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Many
members of royalty have played on a Blüthner. Besides the German
nobility, there are many other countries who have appointed Blüthner
as their official supplier.
But also many historical celebrities chose Blüthner.
In the house of Albert Einstein an instrument was used to accompany
his violin playing.
Other historical personalities include Pope Leo
XIII, Victoria Queen of Great Britain, Emperor Franz Josef of Austria,
Nikolaus II Tsar of Russia, Emperor Wilhelm II, Christian IX King
of Denmark, Georg King of Saxony, Ludwig II King of Bavaria, Makarios
III Archbishop of Cyprus.
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WELL-KNOWN
MUSICIANS HAVE CHOSEN BLUTHNER
Pianists: Arthur Rubinstein, Carl Reinecke, Ignaz Moscheles,
Conrad Ansorge, Moritz Rosenthal, Claudio Arrau, Wilhelm Kempff,
Julian V. Karolyi, Yaeko Yamane, Oliver Kern, Alexander Borowsky,
Josef Pembaur, Dieter Zechlin, Peter Katin, Issay Barmas, Ferruccio
Busoni, Robert Teichmüller, Maria Ivogün, Jean Gilberg,
Alexander Levy, Halina Cerny-Stefanska, Takahiro Sonoda, Alexander
Sung, Elfrun Gabriel, Hans Leygraff, Klaus Schilde, Ulrich Urban,
Christof Taubert, Oleg Maisenberg, Peter Serkin, Michael Kieran
Harvy, Poldi Mildner, Alexander Paley, Maria Ivanova, Florian Krumpöck, Elena Bezprozvannykh, Peter Meyer,
Jean-Paul Desomnair, Bella Davidovitch, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Pascal
Amoyel, Giovanni Belluci, Peirre Reach, Massimiliano Marali, Nikolai
Lugansky, Frank Braley, Marc Hambourg, Nelson Freire, Judith Cohen, Petronel Malan, Artur Pizarro, Mikhail Pletnev.
Composers:
Richard Wagner, Carl Orff, Peter Tschaikowsky, Dimitri Schostakovitsch,
Werner Egk, Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber,
Claude Debussy, Johannes Brahms, Hans-Christian Barthel, Max Reger,
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Franz Lehar, Franz Grothe, Dimitri Tiomkin,
Otmar Treibmann, Franz Liszt.
Directors:
Johann Strauss, Yehudi Menuhin, Arthur Nikisch, Igor Markevitch,
Vaclav Neumann, Paul Kempe, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Franz Konwitschny,
Hermann Abendroth.
"Blüthner
grand pianos can really sing, which is the most wonderful thing
you can say about a piano," —Wilhelm
Furtwangler.
Singers:
Jutta Vulpius, Theo Adam, Peter Schreyer, Mario del Monaco, Feodor
Schaljapin, Christine Schäfer.
Recording Artists: Marlene Dietrich, Wolfgang Sauer, Bibi Johns,
Neil Diamond, Gilbert O’Sullivan, The Beatles.
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FAMOUS CONCERT
HALLS, MUSIC FESTIVALS, AND UNIVERSITIES CHOOSE BLUTHNER
In Germany: Court of Kaiser Wilhelm, II; Gewandhaus Orchestra,
Leipzig; Concert Hall of Poling; City Hall of Velbert; City Hall
of Schneeberg; Opera of Leipzig; Komische Opera, Berlin; German
State Opera, Berlin; International Bach Festival, Leipzig; Blüthner
piano competition, Leipzig; MDR Musiksommer; Schleswig-Holstein
Music Festival; North German Music Festival; Bach Competition, Leipzig;
Philharmonic of Köln; Alte Börse, Leipzig; University
of Leipzig; University of Berlin; University of Stuttgart; University
of Weimar.
In France: Sale de Playel, Paris; Sale de Gaveu, Paris; Festival
de Musique de Menton; Festival International de Musique de Besacon
Franche – Comte; La Festival de Radio France et Montpellier;
Piano aux Pyrenees; Piano Competition Ecole de la Music Superiore,
Paris; University of Paris; University of Lyon.
In the United States of America: Skywalker Sound Studio,
Nicasio, CA; Great Hall and Residence of the German Embassy,
Washington D.C.; Kennedy Center of Washington D.C.; Ernst Block
Music Festival Newport, OR; Music and Piano Festival of Richmond,
VA; Flagstaff Festival of the Arts (Arizona); Saugatuck Summer Music
Fest (Michigan); Aspen Music Festival (Colorado).
In Great Britain: Court of Queen Victoria of England; Royal
Albert Hall, London; Hampton Court, London; London Piano Competition.
In Russia: Court of Nicolas II, Tsar of Russia; Philharmonic
Orchestra of Moscow; Philharmonic Orchestra of St. Petersburg; Tchaikovsky
Piano Competition, Moscow; Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow; Conservatory
of Vladivostok; Music College, Kaliningrad; University of Belgrad.
In Austria: Court of Kaiser Franz Josef; International Competition, “Franz Schubert and the Modern Music”.
In Denmark: Court of King Christian IX; Tivoli, Copenhagen.
In Switzerland: Schumann Cycle of St. Gallen; Spain: University
of Barcelona; University of Vilnius;
Sweden: Great Concert Hall of Götebourgh;
Italy: La Scala of Milan;
Scotland: International Piano Competition of Scotland;
Hungary: University of Budapest;
Canada: International Piano Competition of Calgary;
South Africa: Piano Competition of Cape Town;
Brazil: Great Concert Hall of Buenos Aires;
Japan: Iwata Headquarters of Hamamatsu Piano Centre;
India: Poona Music Society. |
