Schumanns Salon zum Bachfest Leipzig | Martin Stadtfeld

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Saturday, June 13, 2026, 7 p.m.
Schumann's Salon for the Leipzig Bach Festival | Martin Stadtfeld

PROGRAM:
Johann Sebastian Bach / Ferruccio Busoni: Organ chorale preludes
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 659
Now rejoice, dear Christians g' mine BWV 734
I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ BWV 639

Martin Stadtfeld: Choral pieces
Robert Schumann: Children's Scenes op. 15
Martin Stadtfeld: Sonata
Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A minor BWV 807

Tickets: 39/30 EUR (reduced) plus advance booking fee

A cooperation between Bachfest, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Mendelssohn-Haus and Schumann-Haus.

Martin Stadtfeld's career aspirations were already clear at the age of seven: concert pianist. He explores the rules and secrets of counterpoint and harmony at an early age; as a young student, he joins Lev Natochenny's class in Frankfurt and wins his first prizes - including at the Busoni Competition in Bolzano. His sensational victory at the Leipzig Bach Competition in 2002 was the starting point of a career that took Martin Stadtfeld to the most important festivals and major concert halls and orchestras.

Recitals of Bach's music, Beethoven's sonatas, German Romanticism and orchestral invitations to perform the piano concertos of Mozart to Rachmaninoff have taken Martin Stadtfeld all over the world in the last two decades.

During this time, he has recorded 26 CDs for Sony Classical, which have won prizes and been acclaimed by international critics. The music of Johann Sebastian Bach has repeatedly been the cornerstone of this impressive discography. He has recorded the Goldberg Variations, the Well-Tempered Clavier and the music of the young Bach. At the same time, this intensive work paved the way for recordings of Chopin's etudes, works by Mozart and Beethoven and German Romanticism, casting this music in a new light.

So it is almost inevitable that the courage for personal interpretation also leads to original compositions and free arrangements. Händel Variations, Piano Songbook, Homage to Bach, German Folk Songs, Genesis and Baroque Colours are titles that bring Martin Stadtfeld's very personal approach to music to life: On CDs, as a stream, but also as music booklets, which are published with great success by Schott Music.

Martin Stadtfeld has also been involved in music education for many years: Countless school visits, concerts for children and young people, CD radio plays designed to make it easier for children and adults to enter the world of classical music bear witness to this. Martin Stadtfeld will now put his broad experience to good use as a professor of piano: He has been appointed to the University of the Arts in Bremen for the winter semester 23/24.


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