Happy birthday, Carl Friedrich & Johann Heinrich!
December 20, 2022
We will be celebrating two birthdays in the coming days – on 22 December, Carl Friedrich Abel will be celebrating his 299th birthday, and the
We will be celebrating two birthdays in the coming days – on 22 December, Carl Friedrich Abel will be celebrating his 299th birthday, and the
It is not known exactly when Ludwig van Beethoven saw the light of day, because in the Bonn registers one only finds his date of baptism, which is dated December 17, 1770, but due to the customs of the time, one assumes the day before as his birthday.
Give someone close to you a special gift this year: Choose from exceptionally sacral works by Francesco Durante, Johann Schelle or Ernst Wilhelm Wolf.
Fancy some Christmas cantatas, but perhaps for once not Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio”? The Kölner Akademie under its director Michael Alexander Willens now offers a beautiful and almost unknown alternative!
World Premiere Recording: Klavierkonzerte by Wilms Vol. 2 out now!
The flutist Barbara Ferraz Balboa can be heard as a soloist at the concerts of the Kölner Akademie.
Who was Johann Wilhelm Wilms? Interview with conductor Michael Alexander Willens about Johann Wilhelm Wilms and the works he chose for the Wilms concert tour.
Kölner Akademie will give several concerts in NRW, on occasion of the 250th birthday anniversary of Johann Wilhelm Wilms. Be part of our musical celebration for an outstanding composer and artist!
At this years festival Shalom-Musik.Koeln conductor Michael Alexander Willens performs melodies from Yiddish musicals written by his grandfathers. Read the complete article of the Kölnische Rundschau!
In the coming weeks we will be making several extraordinary CD recordings!
We are very happy about the great reviews of our current recordings – check it out!
We are excited to release our world premiere recording of 3 piano concertos by Johann Wilhelm Wilms in honor of his 250th Birthday!