Sontraud Speidel
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Moments


After a recital

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Sontraud Speidel together with her former teacher Irene Slavin after a piano recital in Haguenau/France.

In conversation ...

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… with the composer Eugen Werner Velte.

First performance

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Left: Sontraud Speidel; in the middle the conductor Harald Rummler; at the right the composer Violeta Dinescu.
… of the concerto "Cristal Play" for piano and string orchestra by Violeta Dinescu, dedicated to Sontraud Speidel, played by the strings of the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra in Solingen on November 8, 2009 (photograph by Christine Ehlers).


"Sontraud Speidel, to whom the concerto is dedicated, played the solo part in superior style with much expressiveness. This caused an impressive performance of the sophisticated music." (Solinger Tageblatt)

Piano duo

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Sontraud Speidel and Evelinde Trenkner performing "La Valse" by Maurice Ravel.

Gratulations

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With Hilde d'Albert, the last widow of the pianist Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932), on her 100th birthday in 1990 in Baden-Baden.

with Federal Chancellor

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After the house concert with Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt at Palais Schaumburg Bonn.

Opus Klassik Award 2019

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Sontraud Speidel (left) and Evelinde Trenkner
photo: ©Monique Wüstenhagen / Opus Klassik

After the concert ...

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... with the Russian pianist Leonid Brumberg and Larissa Schüle after his recital in Calw.

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… in December 2019 after the last sounds of the cycle "20 Fingers for Franz Schubert" with Franziska Lee and church music director Christian-Markus Raiser in the Small Church of Karlsruhe.

CD recording

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Photo: Tatjana Funk
Josef Rissin, Sontraud Speidel and Martin Ostertag in December 2009 recording Piano Trio in A Minor Op. 50 by Peter Tchaikovsky.

Presentation

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Sontraud Speidel and the composer Barbara Heller presenting the CD with piano music by Barbara Heller in Darmstadt (Germany), 11th Nov 2011.

New York

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Sontraud Speidel and Jerome Rose in New York at the International Keyboard Institute and Festival.

Trio

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Sontraud Speidel with Josef Rissin, violin, and Martin Ostertag, violoncello.

Sacramento

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In front of the steps of the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
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