Tal & Groethuysen

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The Israeli pianist Yaara Tal and her German partner Andreas Groethuysen have formed one of the world’s leading piano duos for nearly four decades, performing in the most prestigious concert venues around the globe. Just to name a few: Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie Berlin, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Cologne Philharmonie, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Philharmonie Munich, Radio France, Frick Collection New York, Forbidden City Concert Hall Beijing, La Roque d’Anthéron Piano Festival, Ruhr Piano Festival, Salzburg Festival, Musikverein Vienna, Tonhalle Zurich, Lucerne Festival, Kissinger Sommer, Schwetzingen SWR Festival, and the Leipzig Bach Festival.

A major component of Tal & Groethuysen’s international success is their long-standing collaboration with the record label SONY CLASSICAL, which has produced around 40 albums over the past 30 years—many of which have won prestigious awards. These include eleven Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Cannes Classical Award, five ECHO Klassik awards, the OPUS Klassik in 2021, the Schwabinger Kunstpreis, and the Prix Caecilia. In 2022, the duo was also awarded the esteemed annual prize of the Ruhr Piano Festival.

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From the outset, Tal & Groethuysen have made it their mission to not only interpret the core piano duo repertoire (Schubert, Mozart, Brahms, Dvořák, etc.), but also to shed light on unjustly forgotten works. In the orchestral realm, they have championed double concertos by Jan Ladislaus Dussek, Anton Eberl, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Dinu Lipatti, and Sándor Veress, as well as Carl Czerny’s spectacular concerto for piano four hands and orchestra.

The duo’s creativity is perhaps best expressed in their piano recitals. In recent years, these have included the Goldberg Variations in the version for two pianos by Joseph Rheinberger and Max Reger, excerpts from Wagner’s Götterdämmerung in the astonishing transcription by Alfred Pringsheim (Thomas Mann’s father-in-law), and Reinhard Febel’s Opus Magnum, 18 Studies on J.S. Bach’s Art of Fugue.

Tal & Groethuysen have also long devoted themselves to the French repertoire, performing works by Claude Debussy, Reynaldo Hahn, Théodore Gouvy, Camille Saint-Saëns, and most recently Théophil Ysaÿe, including a premiere of a rediscovered composer: Marguerite Mélan-Guéroult. Their album Avec esprit was released in March 2023.

In recent years, they have also increasingly integrated chamber music into their duo work, performing large symphonic works such as Beethoven’s 4th Symphony or Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, as well as overtures by Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga, Emilie Mayer, and W.A. Mozart in transcriptions for piano four hands, violin, and cello. They also regularly collaborate with string quartets—such as the Artemis and Minguet Quartets—performing works written for these ensembles, including a remarkable version of Mendelssohn’s Octet.

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News

T&G 40 Jahre

Tal & Groethuysen Celebrated Their 40th Anniversary at the Beethoven House Bonn

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Biography Published for the Duo’s 40th Anniversary

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Tal & Groethuysen’s Orchestral Duo at Bachwoche Ansbach

Fiery Musicianship and Virtuosic Playing

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Sensual Delight and Inner Peace – Schwetzingen SWR Festival 2025

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Unity for Four Hands – Tal & Groethuysen on WDR 3 Klassik Forum

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Schwetzingen SWR Festival: Fiery Musicianship and Virtuosic Playing

Chamber Music Intensity Meets Creative Freedom

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Musical Mastery, United at the Piano

For the 70th birthday of pianist Yaara Tal

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Bach, colorful and sensual

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Rubbish or reference?

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Bach for two

Tal & Groethuysen CD release

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Shown in a new light through gripping reductions

Tal & Groethuysen at Erstklassisch with Mischke

Tal & Groethuysen: J.S.Bach transcriptions

OPUS Klassik 2024

OPUS nominations

„Prix Caecilia“ for the album „1923“ by Yaara Tal

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Farewell to Franz Xaver Ohnesorg Gala concert with world stars

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1923 on the best list of Schallplattenkritik

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Yaara Tal nimbly navigates the shifts in stylistic terrain

Yaara Tal releases her new album "1923

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Tal & Groethuysen at BR Klassik

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„Avec Esprit“ with Tal & Groethuysen

Piano Duo Tal & Groethuysen as guests in Glarus

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Tal & Groethuysen release their new album „Avec Esprit“

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Tal & Groethuysen at the Rungis Piano-Piano Festival

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Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen celebrate beautiful success at the Ruhr Piano Festival 2022

Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen receive the annual prize of Klavier-Festival Ruhr 2022

Tal & Groethuysen at the Cartagena Festival Internacional de Música

Projects

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    Tal & Groethuysen (Klavierduo)

    Bach meets Mozart - Transkriptionen für zwei Klaviere

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    Program:

    J.S. Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 6 B-Dur (Transk.: Gustav Clemens Felix Krug 1844-1902)
    W. A. Mozart - Variationen über „Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding“ F-Dur KV 613 (Transk: Joseph Rheinberger)
    J.S. Bach - Präludium und Fuge Es-Dur BWV 552 (Transk.: Christopher le Fleming 1908 - 1985)
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    W. A. Mozart - „Sonata facile“ C-Dur KV 545 (Fassung für 2 Klaviere: Edward Grieg)
    W. A. Mozart - Fantasie c-Moll KV 475 (Fassung für 2 Klaviere: Edward Grieg)
    J.S. Bach - Passacaglia c-Moll BWV 582 (Transk.: Gino Tagliapietra 1887 – 1954)

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    Yaara Tal (Klavier) - Christoph Prégardien (Tenor)

    Werke von Schubert, Liszt, Mahler

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    Program:

    Franz Schubert:
    Fischerweise D. 881
    Die Forelle D. 550
    Auf dem Wasser zu singen D. 774
    Das Fischermädchen D. 957,10
    Des Fischers Liebesglück D. 922
    Ständchen D. 957,4
    An Silvia D. 891
    Alinde D. 904
    Die Mutter Erde D. 788
    Totengräbers Heimwehe D. 842
    Wanderers Nachtlied D. 768
    ~
    Gustav Mahler:
    Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen:
    Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
    Ging heut’ Morgen über’s Feld
    Ich hab ein glühend Messer
    Die zwei blauen Augen
    Franz Liszt:
    Freudvoll und leidvoll
    Der du von dem Himmel bist
    Es war ein König in Thule
    Im Rhein, im schönen Strome
    Die Lorelei

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    Tal & Groethuysen (Klavierduo)

    TransBach (2 Klaviere)

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    Program:

    TransBach 1

    Transkriptionen für zwei Klaviere:
    - Präludium und Fuge Es-Dur BWV 552 (Christopher le Fleming 1908-1985)
    - Passacaglia c-Moll BWV 582 (Gino Tagliapietra 1887 – 1954)
    - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 6 (Gustav Clemens Felix Krug 1844-1902)
    Auswahl aus Choral-Vorspielen für zwei Klaviere:
    - "Jesus, joy of man's desiring" Choral auf der Kantate Nr. 147 (Victor Babin 1908-1972)
    - Andante - aus der Sonate d-Moll BWV 964 (Cyril Scott 1879-1970)
    - Adagio - aus der Orgel-Toccata in C-Dur BWV 564 (Alexander Kelberine 1903-1940)
    - "Es ist vollbracht" - aus der Kantate Nr. 159 (Roy Douglas 1907-2015)
    - "Schafe können sicher weiden" - aus der Kantate "Was mir behagt ist die muntre Jagd" BWV 208 (Mary Howe 1882-1964)
    - "Ich habe genug" - aus der Kantate Nr. 82 (Ludwig Lebell 1872-1968)
    - "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" BWV 659 (Alexander Kelberine 1903-1940)
    - "Wir glauben all' an einen Gott" BWV 740 (William Henry Harris 1883-1973)

    TransBach 2

    J.S. Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 6 (Transk.: Gustav Clemens Felix Krug 1844-1902)
    R. Febel - Aus 18 Studien über Bachs Kunst der Fuge Nr. 1-3
    J.S. Bach - Präludium und Fuge Es-Dur BWV 552 (Transk.: Christopher le Fleming 1908-1985)
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    J.S. Bach - Andante - aus der Sonate d-Moll BWV 964 (Transk.: Cyril Scott 1879-1970)
    R. Febel - Aus 18 Studien über Bachs Kunst der Fuge Nr. 7, 8, 12, 17
    J.S. Bach - Passacaglia c-Moll BWV 582 (Transk.: Gino Tagliapietra 1887 – 1954)

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    Tal & Groethuysen (Klavierduo) – Daniel Dodds (Violine) – Raphaela Gromes (Violoncello)

    Symphonisches Programm

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    Program:

    Juan Crisostomo de Arriga - Overture No. 3 in D Major
    Franz-Xaver Mozart - NN
    Emilie Mayer - Faust-Ouvertüre op. 46 (arr. Julian Riem)
    W.A. Mozart - Figaro-Ouvertüre (arr. Julian Riem)
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    Beethoven - Symphonie Nr. 5 c-Moll op.67 (arr. C. Burchard)

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    Tal & Groethuysen (Klavierduo)

    Beethoven und Schubert im Spiegelbild (Kl 4 Hd.)

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    Program:

    Beethoven: Drei Märsche Op. 45 (1802)
    Schubert: Variationen über ein französisches Lied in e-Moll D. 624 (1818)
    Beethoven: Große Fuge B-Dur Op. 134 Fassung für Klavier zu 4 Händen vom Komponisten
    (1826)
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    Schubert: Trois Marches Héroiques D. 602 (1815 – 1818)
    Beethoven: Sechs Variationen („Ich denke Dein“) D-Dur WoO 74 (1804)
    Schubert: Fantasie in f-Moll D. 940 (1828)

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