Pas de deux - Album Release
The joint album by Valerie Fritz and Nina Gurol is released by NEOS Music, featuring works by York Höller, Rebecca Clarke, and Claude Debussy.
Co-Production with BR
World premiere recordings of duo and solo works by composer York Höller, featuring cellist Valerie Fritz, took place in April 2025 in co-production with Bavarian Broadcast. The joint album release, featuring works by York Höller, Claude Debussy, and Rebecca Clarke, is planned under the NEOS Music label for October 2025.
Following the footsteps of Alfred Tokayer
In 2020, singer Derya Atakan, Folkert Uhde, and I held the manuscripts of the Jewish composer Alfred Tokayer in our hands — born in 1900 in Köthen, murdered in 1943 in Sobibor. After years of research and deep engagement with his music, we finally met his 97-year-old daughter and eyewitness Irene Tokayer-Curie in March 2025 — a profoundly moving encounter t
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„No time to die“ – Des Pudels Kern
"The crux of the matter" brings together various perspectives: Nina Gurol dedicates herself in her work as a pianist and death companion to death; she has long since lost her fear of it. Tobias Esch is a physician and neuroscientist researching our happiness. Where do we meet, what is at Des Pudels Kern?