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Which instrument do you play at the Kölner Akademie and when did you start playing?At the Kölner Akademie I play the violin, the instrument that

He was a musical prodigy whose life was far too short. And at the same time, Michael Alexander Willens, director of the Kölner Akademie, says

A life for the flute – this should actually be the subtitle of a biography of today’s birthday child. Johann Joachim Quantz was a flutist,

E. T. A. Hoffmann – wasn’t that a writer? That is probably the question that comes to the mind of quite a few people when

Antonio, how long have you been with the Kölner Akademie and what brought you to it?I’ve been with it for a few years, since 2017

No, Kölner Akademie is not dedicating itself to contemporary music in one of its next major projects – Friedrich Witt was a ‘classic’ in the

Review of the year In these last days of the year, despite the still difficult circumstances in the cultural scene, we look back with satisfaction

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!