Festivals
Festivals*
Wartburg Festival
Wartburg Festival (annual since 2004): concerts and events in the festival hall of the legendary Wartburg, where Martin Luther translated the Bible (UNESCO World Heritage Site), among others with Lucia Aliberti (soprano), Otto Sauter (trumpet), Justus Frantz (piano), Jochen Kowalski (altus), John Davis (vocal), Dominic Miller (STING guitarist), Mike Lindup (Level 42 keyboardist), Paul Kuhn, Mareike Carrière (actress), Klaus Mertens (bass-baritone), Christian Schmitt (organ/harpsichord/piano), Michael Schönheit (harpsichord), Matthias Eisenberg (harpsichord), Stuttgart Radio Brass Ensemble, Austrian Brass Consort, Spanish Brass, Cappella Istropolitana, Ten of the Best and many others. www.wartburg-festival.de
Playtime Live City Concert Tour for the FIFA Football World Cup 2006™
The official Germany-wide music festival during the FIFA Football World Cup 2006™ with large-scale event concerts in 16 German partner cities, sponsored by the Organizing Committee FIFA World Cup 2006™. Internationally renowned musicians presented themselves in 2 tour productions with the symphony orchestras of the partner cities: Ten of the Best plus One and The Power of Parsifal. Venues among others: Semperopera Dresden, Market place Halle/Saale, Arena Trier, Wartburg, Loreley, Ludwigshafen, Rügen, Norderney.
Musica Sacra a Roma
Musica Sacra a Roma - International Choir and Sacred Music Festival at the Vatican and in Rome. Concerts and musical performances in the most beautiful and important churches of Rome and the Vatican (St. Peter's Basilica, St. Paul Outside the Walls, Lateran Church, S. Maria in Trastevere, S. Maria sopra Minerva, S. Maria in Aracoeli, S. Sabina, etc.) with 32 choirs from 20 nations as well as Lucia Aliberti (soprano), Otto Sauter (trumpet), Michael Schönheit (organ), Christian Schmitt (organ), Franz Wagnermeyer (trumpet), Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Fulda Cathedral Choir, Kirill Karabits (conductor), Austrian Brass Consort, Paris Lodron Quintet and many more. In co-production with the Förderverein Interkultur e.V. and the Academia Musicae pro Mundo Uno, patronage Eminence Cardinal Paul Poupard, President Pontificium Consilium De Cultura, Vatican.
International Trumpet Days Bremen
1991 – 2000
The largest brass festival in the world with more than 200 concerts, 150 master classes, 5,000 course participants, competitions, instrument exhibitions, and much more. www.world-brass-association.com/founder/
- 1994: First big classical open air at the Weser Stadium with Montserrat Caballé, Maurice André, Gösta Winberg, Ten of the Best, Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra, 20,000 spectators
- 1996: First big open-air jazz event in the Weser Stadium with Ray Charles, 15,000 spectators
- 1998: Classic Open Air with Justus Frantz at the racecourse in Bremen, 6.000 spectators
- 2000: A Tribute to Satchmo, concert and 3 SAT TV productions for the 100th birthday of Louis Armstrong with Maynard Ferguson, Benny Baily, Roy Hargrove, Philip Harper and many more at the Glocke in Bremen
Classic Open Air at the Hohentwiel Festival
Classical Open Air at the Hohentwiel Festival (2001-2005) in the Hohentwiel castle ruins in Singen (annually) with Anna-Maria Kaufmann, Lucia Aliberti, Montserrat Caballé, Bobby McFerrin, Otto Sauter, Chamber Choir of Europe, Southwest German Philharmonic Orchestra to support the Otto Sauter Aid Fund, Singen.