Hanke Brothers
Founded in 2017, the Hanke Brothers is a chamber music ensemble, which moves between the music genres minimal music, Neue Musik, classical and pop music.
The members are four brothers from Sindelfingen: David Hanke (recorder), Lukas Hanke (viola, percussion), Jonathan Hanke (piano, composition, percussion, melodica) and Fabian Hanke (tuba, violin). They come from a musical family, the father Matthias Hanke is Landeskirchenmusikdirektor , the mother Theresia is a professional violinist.
Career
[edit]- 2014: First CD recording of the Hanke family (Matthias, Theresia, David, Lukas, Jonathan and Fabian) together with the cellist and academic teacher Gerhart Darmstadt
- 2015: Biennale Sindelfingen, first appearance as "Hanke & friends"
- 2016: "HANKE IN CONCERT" in der Martinskirche Sindelfingen, premiere "4#David" by Jonathan Hanke for recorder and piano
- 2016: "Pinocchio und der Flötenspieler" world premiere, musical children's fairy tale in a new version for the Hanke family by the Graz composer Viktor Fortin
- 2016: Erste Colourful Concerts (Jubiläumskonzert Stadtkirche Backnang, Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart)
- 2017: Biennale Sindelfingen: Hanke Brothers – Moonlight Serenade (First appearance under the name "Hanke Brothers")
- Summer 2017: 5 concerts in Wittenberg at the World Reformation Exhibition.
- September 2017: Premiere of THE BIG BROJECT, Stadthalle Sindelfingen, with world premieres by Aleksey Igudesman, Juri de Marco, Stephan Boehme and Jonathan Hanke
- January 2018: Theaterhaus Stuttgart
- January 2019: Release of the first CD "Elements" on the label H-Factory Records with compositions by Aleksey Igudesman, Oliver Davis, Juri de Marco, Stephan Boehme, Roland Szentpali and Jonathan Hanke.
- Further performances in 2019: Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik Schwäbisch Gmünd, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Konzerthaus Dortmund (as part of the German Protestant Kirchentag), u.v.m.
- 2020: 70th anniversary Sozialverband VdK Deutschland Deutschland Berlin, Premiere "Heimspiel 2020", Weihnachtsliederstreamen[1] among others the Stuttgarter Kickers together with Patrick Bopp from the Füenf .
Other special performances by the Hanke Brothers took place at galas such as "10 Years of the MSOE Grohmann Museum Milwaukee" and the Vienna Red Cross Ball.[2]
Aleksey Igudesman has composed the full-length work Seven Continents exclusively for the Hanke Brothers. Here he tries to convey each continent, above all, emotionally.[3]
In the meantime, over 30 original compositions have been composed for the Hanke Brothers, including Stephan Boehme, Oliver Davis, Jonathan Hanke, Jan-Benjamin Homolka, Aleksey Igudesman, Nicolas Kok, Christoph Reuter and Sören Sieg.
Recordings
[edit]- Familie Hanke Von Barock bis Sakro-Pop, 2014.[4]
- Hanke Brothers: Elements, bei H-Factory Records, 2019.[5]
- Arcadia: Oliver Davis, Signum Classics, 2019.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ ejwadmin. "Home" (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ Homepage of the Vienna Red Cross Ball Review Vienna Red Cross Ball 2017".
- ^ Hanke Brothers website - 7 continents Aleksey Igudesman on his composition for the Hanke Brothers.
- ^ Familien CD Das Album "Familie Hanke".
- ^ "Hanke Brothers CD Elements" (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Arcadia". Signum Records. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- Literature by and about Hanke Brothers in the German National Library catalogue
- Official website
- Hanke Brothers at IMDb