Interview with Markus Poschner about Mathilde Wantenaar

Interview with conductor Markus Poschner on the occasion of the world premiere of Mathilde Wantenaar's Accordeon Concerto. After the final rehearsal, Mathilde Wantenaar was awarded the Buma Classical Award 2023, "an oeuvre prize for contemporary composers who have been active in the Dutch music sector for a long time. They connect modern movements with newly composed “serious” music, and his or her work comes to the attention of the bigger audience."

The world premiere of the Accordeon Concerto took place at the Konzerthaus Wien on 8 December 2023, performed by Vincent van Amsterdam and ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien conducted by Markus Poschner.

The Dutch premiere of the Accordeon Concerto will take place at the Muziekgebouw Amsterdam on 14 March 2024, performed by Vincent van Amsterdam and Het Residentie Orkest, conducted by Anja Bihlmaier.

Buma Classical Award

And this year the Buma Classical Award goes to… composer Mathilde Wantenaar! In its annual review of copyright income, BumaStemra sees that as a young woman, the 30-year-old Amsterdam woman stands out above a predominantly older and male field of composers and arrangers. A lot of work has been performed, written and on December 8 there was also a striking premiere of her accordion concert in Vienna. It is time to visit her in her apartment in East Amsterdam, where most of that music was written.

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Accordion Concerto premiere in Vienna

This Friday, 8 december, the world premiere of my Accordion Concerto written for Vincent van Amsterdam will take place in the Konzerthaus in Vienna performed by van Amsterdam and the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Markus Poschner.

"Lyrical, enchanting, eclectic - this is how one could describe the style of Mathilde Wantenaar, a composer born in the Netherlands in 1993. Her oeuvre includes operas, concertos, orchestral and vocal works. She wrote her most recent concerto for her compatriot Vincent van Amsterdam. The award-winning accordionist premieres the work in his Konzerthaus debut alongside the RSO Vienna. In the second half of the concert, the orchestra under Markus Poschner devotes itself to Bruckner's Seventh. With this symphony, Bruckner achieved his international breakthrough, and today it ranks among the classics of the concert repertoire. "At the end of a Bruckner symphony, we experience a feeling of perfection - the feeling of having gone through everything", says conductor Sergiu Celibidache."

More information and tickets: https://konzerthaus.at/concert/eventid/60716