Delphine & Felix - a rediscovered love

Delphine von Schauroth was Felix Mendelssohn's muse and one of the most brilliant musicians of her time: alongside Clara Schumann, Delphine von Schauroth was once the talk of the town as a virtuoso. Specialist Els Biesemans revives Schauroth's virtuoso works on a historic Erard grand piano. Laura Sophia Becker reads from poems, letters and biographical notes. The artists bring the forgotten composer out of the shadows of time and allow the love story of two musical geniuses to blossom once again: together with the diary entries, a portrait of the composer emerges in an approachable way, who on her journey achieves an autonomy beyond bourgeois constraints.

About the performers:

Els Biesemans is a pianist, organist, chamber musician, initiator and director of the Zurich Fortepiano Festival "Flügelschläge". Els Biesemans' musical biography has many facets. After studying in Leuven, the Belgian artist specialized in the keyboard variety of the 18th and 19th centuries at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. With a repertoire ranging from medieval to modern, Els Biesemans has won numerous international awards. She won the Ciurlionis Competition in Vilnius and the Arp Schnitger Prize at the Bremen Music Festival. She performs at home and abroad as a soloist on the fortepiano, on the organ or with her chamber music ensemble Elsewhere. Els Biesemans is known as a brilliant interpreter of famous composers as well as a discoverer of music that has fallen into oblivion.

Laura Sophia Becker grew up in Switzerland, Adliswil, Mexico and Germany and works as an author, actress and director. She studied acting at the University of Arts London and dance in Berlin. Engagements have taken her to the Edinburgh Festival, Hampstead Theatre London, Schauspielhaus Zurich and Theatre de la Ville Paris, among others. In addition to her work on stage, she gives workshops for acting, interaction and creative writing, most recently at Theater Soleil in Burkina Faso and at Teatro Komos in Mexico.

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