Tübinger Hammerklavier Tage: International Fortepiano Symposium

The Tübinger Hammerklavier Tage: an international symposium on the fortepiano accompanying the exhibition The Pianoforte Age: Music and Modernity Before the Modern Piano, curated by Anders Muskens with students of the Musicology Institute of the University of Tübingen. Two days of concerts, lecture-recitals, performances by students and alumni of the HMDK Stuttgart, and a round table on the future of the fortepiano, on instruments from Anders Muskens’s collection and the Institute’s.

Programme

Friday, 19 June 2026
18:00 – Opening addresses: Dr Gundula Schäfer-Vogel (Mayor for Culture, Tübingen), Prof. Dr Stefan Morent (Head of the Musicology Institute), Anders Muskens
18:30 – Short opening recital: Anders Muskens, harpsichord and fortepiano
19:00 – Lecture: Atmospheres and the Aesthetics of Musical Style. Hong Yu Wong, Krisztina Orbán, Anders Muskens
20:00 – Recital by HMDK Stuttgart students and alumni: Pedro Sperandio (fortepiano), Luise Kallmeyer (violin), Angie Agudelo (violin and viola), Violeta Mur (cello). Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756–1791): Sonatas for Piano and Violin K. 379 and K. 454, Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478; Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2

Saturday, 20 June 2026
10:00 – Lecture-recital: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Keyboard Instruments and the Affectivity of the Sturm und Drang. Anders Muskens
11:00 – Lecture-recital: Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata. Julio Pasquali
13:30 – Recital: Haydn, Mozart and Clementi. Andrew Willis (Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
15:00 – Lecture-recital. Stefania Neonato (Professor of Fortepiano, HMDK Stuttgart)
16:00 – Round table: The Future of the Fortepiano. Anders Muskens, Stefania Neonato, Andrew Willis

Guided tours of the exhibition with Anders Muskens on Wednesday 17 June (17:30) and Sunday 21 June (12:00, 13:30, 15:00).

Venue
Musikwissenschaftliches Institut, Bebenhäuser Pfleghof, Schulberg 2, 72070 Tübingen

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