Das Jahr : Four Centuries Music by Women Composers (Lunchtime Concert)

proudly presents for Das Jahr / The Year: Four Centuries Music by Women Composers, a free lunchtime concert. The concert theme "Das Jahr" is based on the ongoing project #365daysofperformance and references Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's iconic work for solo piano. Fidan's programme features works by brilliant women of both past and present.

All are welcome at this performance, which is set in a relaxed and intimate environment.

Fidan is appearing thanks to the kind support of Berlin's Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.

Amy Beach - Hermit Thrush at Eve, Op. 92 Nr. 1 (1921)

Anna Bon di Venezia - Piano Sonatas Op. 2 (1757): Sonata V H-Minor

Mel Bonis - Mélisande Op. 109 (1925) & Salomé (1909)

Ruth Crawford - Preludes 1 & 5 (1924)

Jobina Tinnemans - Seven Sisters (2021): Electra, Taygete, Merope

Fanny Mendelssohn (Hensel) - Das Jahr (1841): Juli (Serenade), September (Am Flusse)

is a pianist based in Berlin, Germany, currently focused on performance of music by women composers. She is active in Berlin's contemporary music scene and works closely with composers. Her innovative work is supported by various grants and scholarships from Musikfonds Berlin, Deutsche Orchester-Stiftung, Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Fonds Darstellende Künste, GVL-Stipendium, the Norwegian Quota Scholarship, the Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Foundation, CeskoNemecky fond budoucnosti, inm.

During the corona pandemic, she carried out various projects and developed new concert formats, such as livestream concerts with numerous world premieres, shop window concerts and virtual duo improvisations. Her actual project for 2024 is #365daysofperformance which includes a daily livestreamed performance of solo piano pieces, mainly by female and forgotten composers.

Her recordings were broadcasted by the Bayerischen Rundfunk, RBB Kultur, Klassikcast of the Goethe Institut, MDR Figaro, KAN Israel, Radio France, Český rozhlas etc. Here solo albums include "Verbotene Klänge: Sechs Suiten" (2019), released by Kreuzberg Records, with the music of persecuted composers, and “Fenster” (2022), released by GENUIN, with the works of seven contemporary female composers, which got nominated for the Preis der Deutschen Schalplattenkritik and ECHO Klassik. Her further collaborative projects include CDs and albums "Klavierwerke" (2016), "Twenty for piano" (2020), "The Black Garden" (2020).

As a soloist and with an ensemble, she has performed in various venues across Europe, such as Philharmonie Berlin, Grieghallen Bergen, and became part of the “musica reanimata” concert series at Konzerthaus Berlin, Impuls Festival, Borealis Festival, NUNC! 5, I Baku Contemporary Days Festival, Bergen Festspillene, akademie kontemporär at HfMT Hamburg, Junge Akademie Exhibition AdK Berlin, Klangteppich among others. She works closely with the Ensemble Berlin PianoPercussion and with soprano/composer Margarete Huber, with whom she performs regularly.

Her focus lies on the rediscovery of music by persecuted composers. She strives for gender equality in all her concert programs. She is constantly discovering new musical spheres, such as improvised performances (solo or in an ensemble) with extended piano techniques, realizing interdisciplinary projects (including poetry and dance), exploring instruments and genres. She gives contemporary piano techniques workshops at music high schools and festivals across Germany and Europe. As a pianist and performer she appears in theatre and film; her recent works include roles in "Fabian" by Dominik Graf, „Berlin.Babylon“ IV season; chamber opera “Wir” in Deutsches Theater Berlin, “vis-á-vis” at Ackerstadtpalast, "Amazon Rising" by Heinrich Horwitz and "Ich heb' dir die Welt aus den Angeln" in Neuköllner Oper.

Fidan's performance takes place with the kind support of the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion (Berlin).

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