About the Narziss und Goldmund Pianotrio

Founded in Belgium in the fall of 1999. Narziss und Goldmund is referring to Herman Hesse's brilliant novel (1930), about Narziss, an ascetical, devoted to spirituality through real disipline and ratio, while Goldmund, a mere emotional being, though profoundly profoundly admiring Narziss, search the same goals midst a wordly life, as an artist. Antipoles yes, but both are truly devoted to each other.

Such alike the Narziss und Goldmund Pianotrio, honestly believe they can achieve in their musical insights the same balance in emotion and intellectual approaches as the Hesse's protagonists did.

The Narziss & Goldmund Pianotrio is becoming quite prominent. They had therefore been coached by JJ. Kantarow, Maria Meerovitch and Viviane Spanoghe. During a master class in Brussels (Palais des beaux arts, fall 2000) they have been selected by Valentin Erben and Thomas Kakuska, members of the Alban Berg string quartet, to perform on the final day of the master class. Not a surprise, the trio has consequently been selected for a two year course at Köln Hochschule by the same Alban Berg Quartet.

The trio followed master classes with the "Altenberg Trio Wien" in Austria.

Their first CD-recording appeared in January 2003.

“Euch gehört die Fülle des Lebens,
Euch der Saft der Früchte, euch der
Garten der Liebe,
Das schöne Land der Kunst.
Eure Heimat ist die Erde, unsere die Idee.
Eure Gefahr ist das Ertrinken in der Sinnenwelt, unsere das Ersticken im Luftleeren Raum.
Du bist Künstler, ich bin Denker.
Du schläfst an der Brust der Mutter, ich wache in der Wüste.”

 “Narziss und Goldmund“, Hermann Hesse 
 

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