Julius Asal - Hamburg

In the organizer's words:

"Julius Asal's piano playing immediately amazed me. It is a mystery to me how he was able to achieve his uniquely sonorous sound. The instrument seemed to tell him a secret."
MENAHEM PRESSLER

In recent years, German pianist Julius Asal has established himself as one of the outstanding performers of his generation through various solo and chamber music concert engagements.
Consequently, Deutsche Grammophon announced Julius Asal as the label's new exclusive artist in October 23.
In addition, he was selected by BBC Radio 3 for a two-year collaboration as a New Generation Artist in 2024, and the pianist was named a Rising Star 2024 by Classic FM.

Julius Asal's tour schedule has since included such internationally renowned venues as the Seoul Arts Center, the Ruhr Piano Festival, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Wigmore Hall in London, the Oxford Piano Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, the Davos Festival, the Vienna Musikverein and the Suntory Hall Tokyo.
In 2022, Julius Asal released his debut album with works by Sergei Prokofiev including his own transcriptions of the ballet Romeo and Juliet on the Spanish label IBS Classical, which has already received international acclaim.

His first album for Deutsche Grammophon Scriabin-Scarlatti was released in May 2024. At the same time, he was involved in the US campaign for World Sleep Day, for which he recorded an improvisation, and on the occasion of World Piano Day 2024, Deutsche Grammophon released Gustav Holst's Mars in a version by Julius Asal, for which he modified the composer's piano duo version and added a third piano part.

Improvisation and an almost native-speaker approach to the piano are also evident in his concerts, such as his debut at the Seoul Arts Center in 2024 and at the Yellow Lounge in October 2023, where Asal stepped in at short notice with a concept of classical works combined with improvisations.
The French newspaper Le Monde described his interpretations and the composition of his programs as "captivating strangeness" and titled "The secret and subtle alliances of Julius Asal".

On February 2, Julius Asal returns to Hamburg to present his album Scriabin-Scarlatti live in the Small Hall of the Elbphilharmonie.

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