Minimalist Szymon Nehring, Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw & Michal Klauza

• Philip Glass (b. 1937): Etude No. 4:
• 1 Glass: Etude No. 4 04:33
• Szymon Nehring (b. 1995): Bridge:
• 2 Nehring: Bridge 01:37
• Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (1933 - 2010): Concerto for piano and string orchestra Op. 40:
• 3 Górecki: Concerto for piano and string orchestra Op. 40: I. Allegro molto 04:29
• 4 Górecki: Concerto for piano and string orchestra Op. 40: II. Vivace marcatissimo 03:56
• Simeon ten Holt (1923 - 2012): Canto Ostinato:
• 5 Holt: Canto Ostinato 06:57
• Giya Kancheli (1935 - 2019): Valse boston:
• 6 Kancheli: Valse boston 24:59
• Arvo Pärt (b. 1935): Variationen zur gesundung von arinuschka:
• 7 Pärt: Variationen zur gesundung von arinuschka 05:05
• Für Anna Maria:
• 8 Pärt: Für Anna Maria 01:17
• Wojciech Kilar (1932 - 2013): Concerto for piano and orchestra:
• 9 Kilar: Concerto for piano and orchestra: I. Andante con moto 09:19
• 10 Kilar: Concerto for piano and orchestra: II. Corale 09:39
• 11 Kilar: Concerto for piano and orchestra: III. Toccata 06:39
• Total Runtime 01:18:30

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In the late 1960s, the composer Michael Nyman coined the term “minimalism” to describe a new musical aesthetic characterized by a certain simplicity and economy of means. One of the composers associated with this movement, La Monte Young, embraced the term with enthusiasm, while others like Steve Reich and Philip Glass nuanced it with terms such as “music without intention” or “music with a repetitive structure”. The term “hypnotic music” might also be appropriate for some works by Simeon ten Holt or Arvo Pärt, provided we are attuned to the monotonous hum of rain, have a fondness for grey—the languid greys of overcast days—or appreciate a certain suspension of the world.

Szymon Nehrin, piano
Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw
Michal Klauza, conductor

Szymon Nehrin
Considered to be the most gifted and promising pianist of his generation in Poland, Szymon Nehring is the only Pole to have won first prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv (2017). He was also a finalist at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw with only 19 years of age.

Szymon performes with orchestras such as Sinfonia Varsovia, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Hamburger Symphoniker, Orchester philharmonique de Marseille and Orchestre Paseloup in France and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, collaborating with conductors such as John Axelrod, Lukas Borowicz, Sylvain Cambreling, Karina Canellakis, Pablo Heras-Casado, Marzena Diakun, Lawrence Foster, Giancarlo Guerrero, Jacek Kaspszyk, Grzegorz Nowak, Pawel Przytocki, George Tchitchinadze, David Zinman and Omer Meir Wellber. He also performed and recorded with the late Krzysztof Penderecki, among other works Mr. Penderecki´s piano concerto.

Szymon Nehring has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Tonhalle Zürich, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, the Musikverein in Vienna, as well as the Herkulessaal and the Prinzregententheater in Munich.

Many recordings have already been released, in recital and with orchestra, including Chopin’s two piano concertos under the baton of K. Penderecki. During the 2024/25 season, a new minimalistic recording will be released, as well as the first Volume of a Chopin Solo Works Cycle for the Chopin Institute in Warsaw, a project meant to last several seasons. Amongst halls he will perform in this season are Bozar in Brussels, Laeiszhalle in Hamburg and La Seine Musicale in Paris. He will also perform Szymanowski´s 4th Symphony at home and on tour with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop.

He started his education as a student of the M. Karłowicz’s Primary School and then the F. Chopin’s Secondary Music School in Cracow (2008–2014), which he graduated with distinction, being in the piano class of Olga Łazarska. Then he graduated from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz under the guidance of prof. Stefan Wojtas and in the period of 2017–2019 he has completed the Artist Diploma program at the Yale University in New Haven in the class of prof. Boris Berman. Since 2020, he has been a PHD student at the Doctoral School of the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in the class of prof. Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń.

In 2015, he was awarded the Krystian Zimerman scholarship.

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