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The "dialogue concerts at the University of Oldenburg are organised by the" are organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen am Fach Musik der University of Oldenburg e. V. and the Kulturbüro der Stadt Oldenburg; apl. Prof. Dr. Kadja Grönke is solely responsible for the scientific conception and implementation.

The series offers content-oriented concept programmes in the field of classical music, which are divided roughly 1:2 into moderation/information and music/concert programme. The no-budget events last around 100 minutes and are suitable for experienced music lovers as well as concert novices of all ages. They take place free of charge (but for a donation) at various venues in Oldenburg and support the links between university teaching and the city's cultural life.

To ensure that the dialogue concerts can continue to be offered free of charge, they are supported by a network of cooperation partners and sponsors. One-off donations in the form of tax-deductible bank transfers are also very welcome and go 100% towards the financing of the next concerts:
Donation account at the LZO (account holder: University of Oldenburg)
IBAN: DE46 2805 0100 0001 9881 12 / BIC: SLZODE22
Purpose of use (very important!): FST 53 402 225 80: Dialogue concerts
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In 2025, the "dialogue concerts at the University of Oldenburg" could look back on ten active years. To mark the occasion, a comprehensive flyerwhich contains general information about the concert series, the programmes from the first 10 years as well as dates and artist bios for the anniversary year.

All programme booklets can be downloaded as full-text PDFs from the "Archive" menu item.

"... thank you very much for sending us the programme booklet for the theme day "Carl von Ossietzky
today" on 30 June 2024, which we are happy to include in the University Archive's collection.
For us as the University Archives, there is no question of collecting the materials relating to the concerts
. As an archivist, but above all as a science and university historian
, I have a good understanding of what constitutes a university. This goes
beyond the fields of research, teaching and administration. I find the exchange relationships between actors from the university and
the surrounding fields of politics, business, society and culture particularly exciting
. From this
perspective, the dialogue concerts are an important element in the history
of our university."
(Dr Gunnar Zimmermann, University Archives of the University of Oldenburg, 22.7.2024)

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By the way: The dialogue concerts also have an Instagram account...

Mon, 2 March 2026, 7.30 pm at the PFL:
"In the protective circle of sounds".
Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz (piano), Aida López-Borrego (violin) and Paula Sagastibelza (cello), all from Bremen, play piano trios by Maurice Ravel and Georgi Sviridov.
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions and the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg.

2 December 2025, 7.30 pm, event hall of the PFL:
"Connections. Musical images".
Pianist Werner Barho (Weener) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and Violeta Dinescu as well as solo piano music by Sergei Rachmaninov, Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt and two world premieres by Oldenburg composers Violeta Dinescu and Christoph Keller.
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen and the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg.
Review by by Horst Hollmann, NWZ 6 December 2025

8 November 2025, 7.30 pm, auditorium of the Altes Gymnasium (Theaterwall 11):
"Die Tanzbüchlein von Friedrich Gottlieb Nagel (1766 & 1767) als lebendige Gegenwart".
Lecture by Birte Hoffmann-Cabenda; concept for the dance performance: Iris-Michaela Schmidtmann. Music by Friedrich Gottlieb Nagel, Arcangelo Corelli, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Violeta Dinescu (world première). With the Schlosstanzerey zu Oldenburg (Iris-Michaela Schmidtmann, Birte Hoffmann-Cabenda, Sonja Bayerlein, Sarah Lea Hofmann, Kenichi Ikei, Roy Cabenda) and Ulla Levens (Oldenburg; violin) and Tammo Falkenberg-Wilken (Oldenburg; harpsichord by Dietrich Hein/Oldenburg and Steinway grand piano).
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen and the Kulturbüro der Stadt Oldenburg as well as the Altes Gymnasium Oldenburg.

27 October 2025, 7.30 pm, Forum St. Peter (Peterstraße 22-26):
"Creativity as a path to freedom: didactic children's piano music from Eastern Europe".
With piano music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Elena Gnessina, Dmitri Shostakovich, Aram Khachaturian, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Josef Achron, György Kurtág and Violeta Dinescu, among others.
Lecture by apl. prof. dr. Kadja Grönke (Oldenburg), live piano music followed by a concert by Paul Mertens (Berlin; Yamha grand piano).
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions and the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg as well as the Forum St. Peter.

15 August 2025, 7.30 pm, event hall of the PFL:
"Carl Baermann - Father and Son. A musical journey of discovery through the 19th century."
Clarinettist Emily Worthington (York; replica of a Baermann-Ottensteiner clarinet from 1875) and pianist Daniel Grimwood (Kent; French Érard concert grand piano from 1850) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music for clarinet and piano by Carl Baermann sen. and jun, Franz Schubert/Baermann, Carl Maria von Weber/Baermann and Violeta Dinescu.
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions and the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg.

2 July .2025, 1930 hrs, Holy Trinity Church:
"Like the birds of the sky". French baroque music and related works by Oldenburg composers.
Luisa Klaus (Bremen), recorders, and Michael Tsalka (Shenzhen), harpsichord, play works by Jean-Baptiste Drouart de Bousset, Francois Couperin, Christoph Keller, Roberto Reale, Paul Mertens-Pavlowsky and Violeta Dinescu. (Repeat of the programme from 4 July 2023.)
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions, the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg and the Church Music of the Holy Trinity Church.

1 July 2025, 7.30 pm, Holy Trinity Church:
"Über die Tellerränder".
Diana Weston (Sydney) and Michael Tsalka (Shenzhen), harpsichord, Angelika Bönisch (Oldenburg), baroque cello, and Simone Bielefeld (Oldenburg), voice and frame drum, play works by Georg Philipp Telmann, Christoph Keller, Johann Christian Bach, Elena Kats Chernin, Leonardo Coral, Padre José Gallés, Reena Esmail, Diana Blom and Violeta Dinescu.
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions, the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg and the Church Music of the Holy Trinity Church.
Review by Horst Hollmann: NWZ, 4.7.2025

29 June 2025, 11.15 a.m., auditorium of the Altes Gymnasium:
"Vergnügt zu dritt":
Marcia Hadjimarkos (Cluny), Diana Weston (Sydney) and Michael Tsalka (Shenzhen) play works for two to six hands by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Violeta Dinescu, Padre Rafael Anglés, Padre Antonio Soler, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach and Yann Tiersen on harpsichords, clavichords and toy pianos.
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions and the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg

28 June 2025, 5.00 pm, auditorium of the Altes Gymnasium:
You only hear what you know. Clavichord, harpsichord, toy piano and baroque cello explained in conversation and music.
Moderated discussion concert with Marcia Hadjimarkos (Cluny), Diana Weston (Sydney), Christiane Abt (Oldenburg), Angelika Bönisch (Oldenburg), Michael Tsalka (Shenzhen) and the instrument maker Dietrich Hein (Oldenburg); moderator: Kadja Grönke (Oldenburg). With music by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Padre Rafael Anglés, Elena Kats-Chernin, Violeta Dinescu, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod and Markus Hansen. and Markus Hansen.
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions and the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg.

25 June 2025, 7.30 pm, auditorium of the Altes Gymnasium:
Music for clavichord - yesterday and today.
Marcia Hadjimarkos (Cluny) plays works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Anton Webern, John Harbison, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Violet Dinescu and Graham Lynch on clavichords by Christoph Friedrich Schmal and Dietrich Hein (Oldenburg) as well as music by Alexander Tansman, Guy Klucevsek, Isida Kazue Rockzaemon, Diana Blom, Sonia Markiewicz, Markus Hansen and Violeta Dinescu on toy pianos from the collection of Christiane Abt (Oldenburg). As guest: Christiane Abt (Oldenburg).
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions and the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg.

23 June 2025, 7.30 pm, auditorium of the Altes Gymnasium:
Fantasia, evening music and fairy tales. Works for one and two harpsichords from Johann Sebastian Bach to Christoph Keller.
Harpsichordists Diana Weston (Sydney) and Michael Tsalka (Shenzhen) play works for one and two harpsichords by Padre Vicente Rodrigez, Johann Sebastian Bach, Christoph Keller, Violeta Dinescu and Diana Blom on instruments by Dietrich Hein (Oldenburg).
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions and the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg.

6 June 2025, 7.30 pm, Lambertussaal in St. Lamberti:
"Cello solo through the ages".
Cellist Sergei Istomin (Ghent) plays works for solo cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, Julius Klengel, Paul Hindemith and Violeta Dinescu.
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions, the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg and the Church Music of St. Lambert's Church.

5 June 2025, 7.30 pm, St. Lamberti Church:
"The instrument makes the music".
Pianist Ziad Kreidy (Paris) and cellist Sergei Istomin (Ghent) play works by Frédéric Chopin, Peter Tchaikovsky, Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, Ziad Kreidy (world première) and Violeta Dinescu.
Instruments: historical concert grand piano by Pleyel (Paris) from 1857, restored by Piano Rosenkranz (Oldenburg); historical cello from Bohemia, circa 1800.
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions, the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg and the Church Music at St. Lamberti.
Review of by Volkmar Stickan: NWZ, 11 June 2025.

3 June 2025, 7.30 pm, St. Lamberti Church:
"Music for a historic Pleyel grand piano".
Pianist Ziad Kreidy (Paris) plays piano music by Frédéric Chopin, Déodat de Séverac, Edvard Grieg, Modest Mussorgsky, Ziad Kreidy and Violeta Dinescu.
Instrument: historical concert grand piano by Pleyel (Paris) from 1857, restored by Piano Rosenkranz (Oldenburg).
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions, the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg and the Church Music at St. Lamberti.
Excerpts from the concert can be found on social media.

7 April 2025, 7.30 pm, event hall of the PFL:
"Hungarian Fantasy."
Pianist Erik Breer genannt Nottebohm (Dresden) plays and explains piano music on Hungarian themes by Ernő Dohnányi, Béla Bartók, Amy Beach and Violeta Dinescu.
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions and the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg.
Review by Horst Hollmann: NWZ,10.4.2025.

16 March 2025, 5.00 pm, St. Gertruden Chapel (corner of Nadorster Str./Alexanderstr.):
"Hildegard von Bingen: Medieval and contemporary sounds for Gertrudisnacht."
The musician Gaby Bultmann (Berlin) sings and plays music by Hildegard von Bingen and related new compositions by Andreina Constantini (world premiere), Violeta Dinescu and Mayako Kubo for voice, recorders, fiddle, sounding glasses, percussion and loops.
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions, the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg and the Church Music of St. Lamberti Church.
All donations went to the fund for the restoration of the medieval frescoes in the Gertruden Chapel.
Re-registering student from Pastor Tom Oliver Brok: "Dear Ms Grönke [...]. That was a musically wonderful and moving evening. [...] Thank you for finding the [Mariann Steegmann] Foundation as a sponsor, so that the proceeds [of the hat donations] will go to the chapel . [...] Kind regards, Tom Brok".
re-registering student Mayako Kubo under the subject line "It was an unforgettable concert": "Thank you very much for yesterday's concert at the Gertrudenkapelle. It will remain one of my unforgettable concerts."

2 March 2025, 5.00 pm, Jochen-Klepper-Haus of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Bremer Str. 28):
"Georg Philipp Telemann - a biography in sound".
Scenic concert for young and old with the Duo ChiaroScuro (Berlin).
Johanne Braun and Gaby Bultmann (recorders, transverse flute, baroque oboe, humming pot, baroque violin, harpsichord, vocals) play music by Georg Philipp Telemann and bring episodes from his autobiography to life.
Organised by the Institute of Music in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions, the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg and the Church Music of the Holy Trinity Church.

15 February 2025, event hall of the PFL:
"History of the harp in word and sound".
Moderated discussion concert with Eva Bäuerle-Gölz (Münster), harp, and Barbara Overbeck (Münster), moderated by Barbara Overbeck, as well as works for solo harp by Guillaume de Machaut, Trad. Irish, Turlough O'Carolan, François-Joseph Nadermann, Michail Glinka, Pjotr Tschaikowsky, Alphonse Hasselmans, Marcel Tournier, Claude Debussy, Carlos Salzedo, Henry Mancini, Susann McDonald/Linda Wood, Gertraud Gorter, Deborah Henson Conant and Violeta Dinescu.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen and the Kulturbüro der Stadt Oldenburg.
Review by by Andreas R. Schweiberer: NZWZ, 19.02.2025

30 November 2024, event hall of the PFL:
"Of searching and finding: A musical research trip to the Liszt pupil Charlotte Blume-Arends."
Lecture talk and book presentation with music.
Music researcher Helmut Brenner (Meerbusch) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and piano music by Franz Liszt, played by Erik Breer (Dresden).
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions and the Cultural Office of the City of Oldenburg.

4 July 2024, Jochen-Klepper-Haus of the Holy Trinity Church:
"Bridge Arch."
Pianist Jascha Nemtsov plays and explains piano music from Poland and Ukraine by Frédéric Chopin, Władysław Szpilman, Jewgenia Jachnina, Matwej Gosenpud and Nikolaj Silwanski.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen and the Kirchenmusik der Dreifaltigkeitskirche.
Review by by Christoph Keller: NWZ, 5 July 2024.

30 June 2024, event hall of the PFL:
"Carl von Ossietzky today and composing at and for the Institute of Music". Final seminar presentation.
Students of the seminar of the same name by Kadja Grönke and Werner Barho will premiere nine new works created for the seminar (by Violeta Dinescu, Krystoffer Dreps, Christoph Keller, Paul Mertens-Pavlowsky, Rucsandra Popescu, Roberto Reale, Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz, Friedemann Schmidt-Mechau, Leon Łukasiewicz); Werner Barho and Christiane Abt play piano music by Gustavo-Becerra-Schmidt, Violeta Dinescu and Gertrud Meyer-Denkmann (UA).
Concert in the context of the university anniversary "50 years open for new paths".
Organised by the Institute of Music (Seminar Grönke/Barho) in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen.
Review by Horst Hollmann: NWZ, 1 July 2024
Interview with Ralf Eismann and Kadja Grönke about the concert on Oldenburg's local radio station OEins on 24 June 2024 in the "KlassikKultur" series, edited by Ralf Eismann.
Re-registering student: "Before we meet at the next concert in Osternburg on Thursday, I would like to thank you once again for the wonderful event last Sunday at the PFL. I was very impressed by the whole project that you put together with your students. I was able to follow the various compositions very well, found the performances interesting and, above all, was really impressed by the young people, to whom Ch. Keller's piece at the end was a perfect match. This is the first time I have seen you present your work to the students and I can well understand and sympathise with your joy and commitment." (M. Möck)

22 June 2024, Aula of the University of Oldenburg:
Students of the seminar "Carl von Ossietzky heute" (Grönke/Barho) present compositions by Paul Mertens-Pavlowsky and Rucsandra Popescu as a pre-premiere for the dialogue concert on 30 June 2024.
Performance as part of the Institute concert as part of the university's anniversary "50 Jahre offen für neue Wege".
See https://uol.de/musik/50jahre.

2 March 2024, Jochen-Klepper-Haus of the Holy Trinity Church:
"Music in the Word: Schubert and Pushkin."
Paul Mertens (Berlin) plays piano music by Franz Schubert, and Kadja Grönke (Oldenburg) recites the first chapter of Alexander Pushkin's "novel in verse" Eugene Onegin in the adaptation by Ulrich Busch.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions and the Church Music of the Holy Trinity Church.

2 March 2024, Jochen-Klepper-Haus of the Holy Trinity Church:
"Musical childhoods: Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei and Johann Joachim Quantz."
Scenic (family) concert for young and old between the ages of 7 and 99 with the duo ChiaroScuro (Johanne Braun and Gaby Bultmann), Berlin.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions and the Church Music of the Holy Trinity Church.

9 January 2024, event hall of the PFL:
"In West and East: Prince Peter of Oldenburg as a composer".
Pianist Daniel Grimwood (Kent) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and piano music by Prince Peter von Oldenburg, Adolph von Henselt and Peter Tchaikovsky/Paul Pabst on a modern Steinway grand piano.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions, the Department for Study Affairs/Research-based Learning at the University of Oldenburg and the Lower Saxony State Archive/Oldenburg Department.
Review by by Andreas Schweiberer, NWZ 12.1.2024
Particularly nice re-registering student after the concert: "Hello Prof Grönke, that was a really great concert last night! My husband was delighted that I came home so radiant."
And better than any review are alert ears: "Dear Mr Grimwood, thank you so much for your concert in Oldenburg. I was very happy to be there and I was especially delighted by your first bis you gave, which is called, if I got it correctly, Intermezzo [by Conor Linehan]. [...] let me describe you what I saw in front of my eyes when I heard this music. I am not a musician myself, just somebody who has a liking for playing the piano, and it always helps me to imagine something, to have some visual ideas to get in touch with the music being heart. And this is what unfolded in my brain listening to the intermezzo: I saw an open landscape in winter, bright with scattered waters in between, and temperature slowly falling below cero until everything which before was moving, shaking, flowing was now coming to a standstill, gradually freezing into not moving any longer, not in depressed mood or foreshadowing upcoming dark events however, but lit by glorious and glittering and optimistic sunshine. So thank you again - even if this is totally subjective - for this new music you presented in Oldenburg! With great respect, Yours Gudrun Gleba (a happy listener)"

21 November 2023, Forum St. Peter:
"Grete Wehmeyer: musicologist, pianist, power woman." Panel discussion with live music.
The musicologist Anna Schneider (M.A., Cologne) and contemporary witness Brigitte Schulten (Bad Zwischenahn) in conversation with Kadja Grönke, lecture by Anna Schneider and piano music by Paul Hindemith, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Béla Bartók and Erik Satie, played by Werner Barho (Oldenburg).
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen and the Department for Study Affairs/Research-based Learning at the University of Oldenburg.

30 October 2023, event hall of the PFL:
"From Oldenburg's music history. Piano music of the 19th century from and for Oldenburg on a historical grand piano by Érard from 1850".
The pianist and musicologist Thomas Synofzik (Zwickau) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and piano music by Clara and Robert Schumann, Aloyse Pott, Albert Dietrich, Heinrich von Sahr, Prince Peter von Oldenburg and Johannes Brahms; on a historical Érard grand piano from 1850.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions and the Lower Saxony State Archive/Oldenburg Department.
Review by by Horst Hollmann, NWZ 1 November 2023, p. 13.
Interview with Ralf Eismann and Kadja Grönke about the concert on Oldenburg local radio station OEins on 23 October 2023 in the "KlassikKultur" series, edited by Ralf Eismann.
Particularly nice re-registering student after the concert: "Good evening, Ms Grönke, thank you once again for the successful evening. It is a real treasure that you have unearthed once again.The
begins with the programme: all very interesting pieces and composers. I noticed in this context that most of the pieces were genuinely youthful works: 24 years, 29 years, 26 years, 21 years! (Brahms) and so on. That alone was exciting enough to listen to the emotional world of thought. All these piecesmay
nothave hadthe virtuosity of a Chopin, but I think that's very appropriate when you consider who the pieces were written for: Performers as well as listeners. I think it was very well targeted, and with Clara Schumann (Arabeske 1868) I had to remember that she had already been a widow for 12 years at the time of the performance in Oldenburg - but was still able to take her husband with her between the music covers. A
somewhat wistful but also enchanting performance.
The Allegretto by Heinrich von Sahr reminded me of a composition by my father. It was very emotional for me, but perhaps more about that on another occasion...
Then the interpreter: Thomas Synofzik performed his interpretations in a wonderfully timely manner. I asked him whether the arpeggios were his trademark or whether they were due to the performance technique of the 19th century. He then told me about the recording rolls of the century before last (I had already seen and heard such rolls in Bruchsal), on which you can follow the development of piano performances very nicely. Another "shining star" of the evening.
And finally, Érard's grand piano. There's not much more to say about it. Simply brilliant in sound. And in combination with the performance technique, the differences and characteristics of tone colour and dynamics came out particularly clearly.
I experienced this evening intensively on several levels at the same time. And there are certainly a few more things that could be added. I wish the other listeners that the eveningwasalso a special
experiencefor them.
I look forward to the next dialogue concert,
Your
Carl-Mathias Wilke"

15 August 2023, event hall of the PFL:
"Lisztiana".
Pianist Daniel Grimwood (Kent) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and piano music by Franz Liszt, Adolph von Henselt, Sophie Menter, William Sterndale Bennett and Juliusz Zarebski; on a historical Érard grand piano from 1850.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen, the Adolph-Henselt-Gesellschaft e. V., the Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft e. V. and Piano Rosenkranz.
Review by Volker Stickan, NWZ 16 August 2023.
Advance notice in several newspapers and on Oldenburg local radio station OEins on 14 August 2023 in the "KlassikKultur" series, edited by Ralf Eismann.
Recordings of the works by Liszt and Henselt on YouTube.

4 July 2023, Holy Trinity Church:
"Like the birds of the sky" (Double programme booklet together with the composers' colloquium on 2 July 2023).
Recorder player Luisa Klaus (Bremen) and harpsichordist Michael Tsalka (Shenzhen/The Chinese University of Hong Kong) with solo and duo works by Jean-Baptiste de Bousset and François Couperin as well as world premières based on Bousset's work by Violeta Dinescu (Oldenburg), Christoph Keller (Oldenburg), Paul Mertens-Pavlowsky (Berlin) and Roberto Reale (Hanover).
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen and the Kirchenmusik der Dreifaltigkeitskirche.
Advance notice of the three concerts on 2 and 4 July 2023 in the NWZ.
Review by Volkmar Stickan, NWZ 5 July 2023.
Interviews with Ralf Eismann, Christoph Keller and Kadja Grönke about the three events on 2 and 4 July 2024 on Oldenburg local radio station OEins on 26 and 29 June 2023 in the "KlassikKultur" series, edited by Ralf Eismann.

2 July 2023, event hall of the PFL:
"Birds over Oldenburg. New music for recorder and harpsichord."
Composer colloquium/concert talk for the dialogue concert "Like the birds of the sky" on 4 July 2023.
Recorder player Luisa Klaus (Bremen), harpsichordist Michael Tsalka (Shenzhen/The Chinese University of Hong Kong) as well as Violeta Dinescu and Christoph Keller (composition) and Dietrich Hein (instrument maker) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen.

2 July 2023, event hall of the PFL:
"From nightingale to night owl". A children's and family concert on the theme of "birds" for young and old from 4 to 99 years.
The recorder player Luisa Klaus (Bremen) and the harpsichordist Michael Tsalka (Shenzhen/The Chinese University of Hong Kong) with music by François Couperin, Violeta Dinescu and Paul Mertens-Pavlowsky. Moderation: Johannes Dörr (University of Oldenburg/Seminar Grönke) and Kadja Grönke.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen.

21 and 22 January 2023, 19:30 and 16:00 in the Jochen-Klepper-Haus of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche:
"'My sister was at the harpsichord all day'". Scenic concert for young and old on the childhood and life of the composers Hildegard von Bingen, Francesca Caccini, Wilhelmine von Bayreuth and Anna Amalie von Preußen.
The Duo ChiaroScuro (Johanne Braun and Gaby Bultmann, Berlin) as guests at the dialogue concerts.
The programme was recorded on 21 January 2023 as a 90-minute concert. January 2023 as a 90-minute version (for everyone, including families) and on 22 January 2023 as a 60-minute version (mainly for children).
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen and the Kirchenmusik der Dreifaltigkeitskirche.
Review by by Horst Hollmann, NWZ 23 January 2023, p. 12

25 October 2022, event hall of the PFL:
"Facets of love".
Mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor (Glasgow) and pianist Marcia Hadjimarkos (Cluny) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and songs by Ludwig van Beethoven, Alma Mahler, Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie and Marguerite Monnot.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen.

17 October 2022, event hall of the PFL:
"An evening for Violeta Dinescu. Romanian music for soprano and piano".
Soprano Elisabeta Laura Tătulescu (Bucharest) and pianist Ana Giurgiu Bondue (Lille) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music by Myriam Marbe, Violeta Dinescu and other composers from Romania.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen.
Review by by Horst Hollmann, NWZ, 19 October 2022, p. 13.
Poster of the CD release tour Paris, Oldenburg, Iași, Bucharest.
> The CD created for the project was awarded the National Romanian Cultural Fund Prize on 15 May 2023. As one of 43 projects submitted, 10 of which were honoured, the CD won in the "International Cultural Cooperation" category! Here is a photo of the award ceremony broadcast live on the Romanian cultural TV channel TVR Cultural. From left to right: Ștefan Costache (communication specialist), Monica Isăcescu (project manager) and Laura Tătulescu (soprano).

13 June 2022, event hall of the PFL:
"Roots and wings. Piano music by composing pianists".
Pianist Daniel Grimwood (Kent) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music by Felix Blumenfeld, Frédéric Chopin, John Field, Michail Glinka, Adolph von Henselt, Sofie Menter, Sergei Rachmaninov, Anton Rubinstein and Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke/Barho ("History of Russian Piano Music"), in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen, the Forum St. Peter, Der Henselt-Gesellschaft e. V. and the Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft e. V.
Review by hristoph Keller, NWZ, 15 (online) and 16 (print) June 2022.

8 June 2022, Forum St. Peter:
"Tchaikovsky 2022 - André Parfenov in dialogue with scores by Tchaikovsky". Workshop concert.
Tchaikovsky arrangements and adaptations by André Parfenov in dialogue with original works by Tchaikovsky.
The Duo Parfenov (Mönchengladbach; Iuliana Münch, violin, and André Parfenov, piano) with music by Peter Tchaikovsky and André Parfenov.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke/Barho ("History of Russian piano music"), in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen, the Forum St. Peter and the Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft e. V.

19 May 2022, Forum St. Peter:
"Children's worlds. Eastern European piano music for children from Joseph Achron to Mieczysław Weinberg - and Tchaikovsky is there too".
The pianist and musicologist Prof. Jascha Nemtsov (Berlin/Weimar) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music by Elena Gnessina, Joseph Achron, Lazare Saminsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, Mieczysław Weinberg and Peter Tchaikovsky. Concept: Kadja Grönke.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke/Barho ("History of Russian Piano Music"), in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen, the Forum St. Peter and the Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft e. V.
Review by Horst Hollmann, NZW 21 May 2022.

24 February 2022, St. Lamberti Church Oldenburg:
"Romantic nature".
Ziad Kreidy (Paris) plays piano music from the Romantic period by Robert Schumann, Hermann Goetz and Stephen Heller on a historically accurate grand piano made by the French piano manufacturer Pleyel in 1847.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen, the Kirchenmusik der St. Lamberti-Kirche and Piano Rosenkranz.
Reviewby Volker Stickan, NWZ 26 Feburary 2022 .
And the musical part in full length on Youtube!

11 February 2020, Holy Trinity Church:
"A dieu & mon amour".
Axel Weidenfeld (baroque lute and theorbo; Oldenburg) and Luisa Klaus (recorders; Bremen) with French baroque music by François Couperin, Bénigne de Bacilly, Michel Lambert, Charles Dieupart, Ennemond Gaultier le vieux, Charles Mouton, Jean-Baptiste Drouart de Bousset and Robert de Visée.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen and the Kirchenmusik der Dreifaltigkeitskirche.

4 February 2020, Forum St. Peter, Oldenburg:
"Melodrama and related genres". Moderated final seminar concert.
Students of the University of Oldenburg, Christoph Keller (piano; Oldenburg), Paul Mertens (piano; Berlin), Kadja Grönke (concept and moderation) and music by Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, etc. Concept: Kadja Grönke.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Forum St.Peter (as a final presentation of the seminar "Melodrama" at the University of Oldenburg).

28 January 2020, Marble Hall of the castle:
"The magic of the clavichord: keyboard music of the 18th century on three historical instruments".
The pianist Marcia Hadjimarkos (Cluny/France) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music of the 18th century, played on instruments by Tieffenbrunn (Copenhagen 1796), Schmahl (Regensburg 1794) and Friedrici (copy Oldenburg 2019).
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen and with the instrument maker Dietrich Hein (as the final concert of the "Clavichord" workshop at the University of Oldenburg).
Review by Hort Hollmann, NWZ 31 January 2020
Preliminary report, NWZ 25 January 2020.

5 November 2019, Marble Hall of the castle:
"A dieu & mon amour".
Axel Weidenfeld (baroque lute and theorbo; Oldenburg) and Luisa Klaus (recorders; Bremen) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and French baroque music by François Couperin, Bénigne de Bacilly, Michel Lambert, Charles Dieupart, Ennemond Gaultier le vieux, Charles Mouton, Jean-Baptiste Drouart de Bousset and Robert de Visée.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen.

1 July 2019, Library Hall of the University, Oldenburg:
"Jewish musical worlds". Discussion concert.
The pianist and musicologist Prof. Jascha Nemtsov (Weimar/Berlin) and music by Juliusz Wolfsohn, Joseph Achron, Lazare Saminsky, Alexander Weprik, Joachim Stutschewsky, Jakob Schönberg and Viktor Ullmann.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions.

23 June 2019, auditorium of the Altes Gymnasium Oldenburg:
"Tchaikovsky's cellists".
Concert with the pianist Michael Tsalka (Valencia) and the cellist Sergei Istomin (Ghent) and music by Peter Tchaikovsky, Karl Davydov, Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, Anatoli Brandukov and Carl Eduard Schuberth.
Organised by the Tchaikovsky Society in co-operation with the University/Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke (as part of the 26th Annual Conference of the Tchaikovsky Society e. V.). Concept: Kadja Grönke.

22 June 2019, auditorium of the Altes Gymnasium Oldenburg:
"An evening for Tchaikovsky's patron Mrs von Meck". Concert with reading.
Concert with the pianists Michael Tsalka (Valencia) and Paul Mertens (Berlin), the cellist Sergei Istomin (Ghent), the soprano Stephanie Kühne (Oldenburg) and recitations by Valérie Guillaume (Hamburg), Ronald de Vet (Netherlands) and Kadja Grönke (Oldenburg) and music by Peter Tchaikovsky, Anton and Nikolai Rubinstein, Claude Debussy, Adolph Henselt, Adele aus der Ohe, Sophie Menter, Władysław Pachulski and Karl Davydov as well as verses by Alexander Pushkin in various languages.
Organised by the Tchaikovsky Society in co-operation with the University/Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke (as part of the 26th Annual Conference of the Tchaikovsky Society e. V.). Concept: Kadja Grönke.

14 May 2019, Library Hall of the University of Oldenburg:
"In dialogue with Bach: composing in the camp".
Discussion concert by pianist and musicologist Prof. Jascha Nemtsov (Weimar/Berlin) with music by Wsewolod Saderazki, Viktor Ullmann and Gideon Klein.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions (as part of the conference "Music in Soviet Prison Camps (GULag)" on 13 and 14 May 2019 at the University of Oldenburg).

29 January 2019, Forum St. Peter:
"Fugue Games".
The pianist Daniel Herscovitch (Australia) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and the cycle "Ludus tonalis" by Paul Hindemith as well as fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach and Robert Schumann; on a modern Yamaha grand piano.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke and Seminar Abt, in co-operation with the Forum St. Peter (as the final concert of the workshop "Paul Hindemith's piano cycle 'Ludus tonalis'" at the University of Oldenburg).

12 November 1918, auditorium of the Altes Gymnasium Oldenburg:
"On the road. Between Leipzig and Haifa. Music for mandolin and piano".
Mandolinist Alon Sariel (Hanover) and pianist Michael Tsalka (Valencia) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music by Ignaz Moscheles, Yehezkel Braun, Paul Ben Haim, Menachem Zur and Marc Lavri; on a modern Steinway grand piano.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Composers' Colloquium, in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions.

7 November 2018, Marble Hall in Oldenburg Castle:
"The glass harmonica. Dennis James (USA) presents his instrument". Talk concert.
The glass harmonica player Dennis James (USA) and music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Aloys Schmittbaur, Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven and others.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Composers' Colloquium, in co-operation with the Association for Music Theatre Productions.

6 November 2018, Library Hall of the University of Oldenburg:
"Attention curiosity! Music for glass harmonica and harpsichord through the ages".
Harpsichordist Michael Tsalka (Valencia) and glass harmonica player Dennis James (USA) with music by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, John Baptist Vanhal, Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonardo Coral, Gabriele Toia (world premiere), Ann Carr-Boayd, Apasia Nasopoulou.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke, in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen (in conjunction with the workshop "Cembalo und Glasharmonika" at the University of Oldenburg). Concept: Kadja Grönke.

5 November 2018, library hall of the University of Oldenburg:
"Women composing - from the Baroque to the present day".
Pianist Michael Tsalka (Valencia) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Marianne Martinez, Elena Katz-Chernin, Aloise Pott (world premiere), Aspasia Nasopoulou, Clara Schumann, Lili Boulanger, Cécile Chaminade and Violeta Dinescu; on a modern Steinway grand piano.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Colloquium of Composers, in co-operation with the Verein für Musiktheaterproduktionen.

15 October 2018, concert hall of Piano-Rosenkranz:
"Night pieces".
Pianist Kristian Nyquist (Mannheim/Karlsruhe) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and nocturnes by Frédéric Chopin, John Field and Carl Czerny; on two historically appropriate instruments made by the French piano manufacturer Pleyel in 1832 and 1857.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Composers' Colloquium, in co-operation with Piano-Rosenkranz.

27 August 2018, auditorium of the Altes Gymnasium Oldenburg:
"Jeux à deux. French piano music for four hands".
The piano duo Ines Bartha and Gianfranco Sannicandro (Salzburg) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Cécile Chaminade, Francis Poulenc and Igor Stravinsky; on a modern Steinway grand piano.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Composers' Colloquium, in co-operation with the German Tonkünstlerverband.

28 May 2018, concert hall of Piano-Rosenkranz:
"Claude Debussy, musicien français". On the 100th anniversary of the death of the composer Claude Debussy".
Pianist Werner Barho (Bremen/Oldenburg) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Lili Boulanger, Francis Poulenc and Olivier Messiaen; on a historically appropriate Steinway grand piano from 1917.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Composers' Colloquium, in co-operation with Piano-Rosenkranz (as part of the seminar "French Piano Music" at the University of Oldenburg).

16 January 2018, concert hall of Piano-Rosenkranz:
"Autour d'Erik Satie - all about Erik Satie".
Pianist Marcia Hadjimarcos (France/USA) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke on piano music by Erik Satie, Philip Glass, John Cage, Chick Corea, Francis Poulenc, Igor Stravinsky and Claude Debussy; on a Steinway grand piano from 1917.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Colloquium of Composers, in co-operation with Piano-Rosenkranz.

15 January 2018, concert hall of Piano-Rosenkranz:
"Schumann Scenes".
Marcia Hadjimarkos (France/USA) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music by Robert Schumann and Hélène de Montgeroult; on a historically accurate grand piano by the French piano manufacturer Pleyel from 1857.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Composers' Colloquium, in co-operation with Piano-Rosenkranz.

20 November 2017, concert hall of Piano-Rosenkranz:
"Sevilla, Granada, Aragon: Spanish music for mandolin and piano".
Pianist Michael Tsalka (Valencia) and mandolinist Alon Sariel (Hanover) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music by Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, Pauline Viardot-Garcia, Francisco Tárrega, Manuel de Falla and Paul Ben Haim; on a historical grand piano from the French piano manufacturer Érard from 1850.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Colloquium of Composers, in co-operation with Piano-Rosenkranz.

23 October 2017, concert hall of Piano-Rosenkranz:
"New piano music for children".
Werner Barho (Bremen/Oldenburg) and students from the University of Oldenburg in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and piano music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Bela Bartók, György Kurtág, Violeta Dinescu and others on a Steinway grand piano from 1917. Concept: Kadja Grönke, Werner Barho.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Seminar Grönke&Barho, in co-operation with Piano-Rosenkranz (final presentation of the seminar "New Piano Music for Children" at the University of Oldenburg).

4 July 2017, concert hall of Piano-Rosenkranz:
"Piano music and letters by (and with) Claude Debussy".
Pianist Bernd Goetzke (Hanover) reads from his translation of Debussy's letters and performs piano music by Claude Debussy with Jung Eun Séverine Kim (Hanover) on a historically accurate Steinway grand piano from 1917.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Colloquium of Composers, in co-operation with Piano-Rosenkranz.
Review by by Andreas Schweiberer, NWZ, 7 July 2017.

27 February 2017, Library Hall of the University of Oldenburg.
"Rarities: Music for baritone and piano trio".
The composers Paul Mertens-Pavlowsky (Berlin) and Christoph Keller (Oldenburg) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and the piano trio Panta rhei (Cologne), the baritone Volker Mertens (Niederkrüchten) and music by Paul Mertens-Pavlowsky (world premiere), Christoph Keller (world premiere) and Dmitri Shostakovich. Concept: Kadja Grönke.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Colloquium of Composers, in co-operation with the German Tonkünstler-Verband.
Review by by Horst Hollmann, NWZ, 1 March 2017.

28 November 2016, concert hall of Piano-Rosenkranz:
"Friends - Colleagues - Rivals".
Pianist Michael Tsalka (Israel/Spain) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music by Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Ferdinand Ries, Clara Wieck-Schumann and Pauline Viardot-Garcia; on a historically accurate grand piano by the French firm Érard from 1850.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Composers' Colloquium, in co-operation with Piano-Rosenkranz.

17 October 2016, concert hall of Piano-Rosenkranz:
"Tchaikovsky - Reflections à la russe".
Pianist Erik Breer (Neuss) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music by Peter Tchaikovsky, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Sergei Rachmaninov and György Ligeti; on a Steinway grand piano from 1917. Concept: Kadja Grönke.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Composers' Colloquium, in co-operation with Piano-Rosenkranz and the Tchaikovsky-Gesellschaft e. V.

4 July 2016, Library Hall of the University of Oldenburg:
"Hommage à Franz Schubert".
The pianist Julia Vaisberg (Cologne), the baritone Volker Mertens (Niederkrüchten) and the pianist and composer Paul Mertens-Pavlowsky (Berlin) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and music by Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, Anselm Hüttenbrenner, Peter Tchaikovsky, Gabriel Fauré, Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms and Paul Mertens-Pavlowsky (world premiere); on a modern Steinway grand piano. Concept: Kadja Grönke.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Colloquium of Composers.

1 March 2016, concert hall of Piano-Rosenkranz:
"Fantasy pieces".
The pianist Dana Ciocarlie (Paris) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and piano music by Robert Schumann and Jörg Widmann; on a Steinway grand piano from 1917.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Composers' Colloquium, in co-operation with Piano-Rosenkranz.

21 January 2016, auditorium of the Altes Gymnasium Oldenburg.
"On the threshold of modernity. On the 100th anniversary of the death of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin."
The pianists Christoph Keller (Oldenburg) and Werner Barho (Bremen/Oldenburg) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and piano music by Alexander Scriabin; on a modern Steinway grand piano. Concept: Kadja Grönke.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Colloquium of Composers, in co-operation with the German Tonkünstlerverband.

23 November 2015, concert hall of Piano-Rosenkranz:
"Fire".
Pianist Werner Barho (Bremen/Oldenburg) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke and piano music by Alexander Scriabin, Luciano Berio, Arthur Lourié and Claude Debussy; on a historically accurate Steinway grand piano from 1917.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Composers' Colloquium, in co-operation with Piano-Rosenkranz.

9 November 2015, concert hall of Piano-Rosenkranz:
"Sonare".
The pianist Raluca Stirbat (Vienna) in dialogue with Kadja Grönke on piano music by George Enescu; on a historically accurate Steinway grand piano from 1917.
Organised by the Institute of Music/Composers' Colloquium (as a celebratory concert to mark the 20th anniversary of the Composers' Colloquium at the University of Oldenburg).