Yes, I was very sad. I didn’t want to miss his last concert. So we played together – Mahler 7 with Barenboim at Salzburg Festival late August this year. Dieter on the 1st,…

I’m really looking very much forward to the upcoming concert at Musikverein Vienna next week. Sharon and I have some really nice plans and projects in the near future, including recording  a new…

NIEwollte da einersich wegschreiben, den Dingen den Abschied geben:sie verdienen ihnnicht. Die Ort nimmteiner dochmit sich? Wer er auch ist:gefragt wirdder nicht. Die Kluft, diesich auftut inZwischenzeiten: ihr Urhebermöchte ichnicht sein. Und selbstwenn…

After a Vienna Phil concert today in Livorno, Italy (Zubin Mehta, Beethoven 6 and 7) and Lohengrin tomorrow at Vienna State Opera I’m leaving to Japan on Wednesday. My concert schedule includes the…

        A colorful concert tour is done. We started in Paris and continued to Munich, Vienna, Budapest, New York City, Naples/Fl, Bogota and Sao Paolo. Many concerts and a lot…

          After returning from a truly intense fortnight in Japan, I enjoyed a lovely holiday with my even lovelier family in St. Anton. Just barely enough to build up…

We are on a almost 3 weeks tour through Asia with Christoph Eschenbach and a lot of Mozart. And sometimes very precious and unforgettable moments happen on the way. Like Maestro Seiji OZAWA…

  This is my view from the stage of our Summer Nights Concert in Schönbrunn. Impressive!  

This week, a few days before Easter and 1 1/2 weeks before my big day at the Vienna City Marathon, I visited Toyko for only two days. And so I can add Tokyo…

Some of you might be aware of the fact that the Musikverein houses an extensive collection of musical manuscripts, prints and so on, but that a sizable, impressive number of historic musical instruments…