Mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff is an artist who is definitely worth discovering! She won the SWR "Young Opera Stars" competition in 2022 and was awarded the Opus Klassik for her recording of Eisler's "Hollywood Songbook" in 2024. She is now giving her debut concert at the Heidelberger Frühling Liedfestival. Eickhoff regularly collaborates with pianist Elenora Pertz, whose association "Lied the Way" is dedicated to creating a strong network of women in the art song scene. The two have put together a program of modern songs with a view to the USA, which also includes works by female composers such as Alma Mahler and Hindemith student Ruth Schonthal.

Valerie Eickhoff

Mezzo-Soprano

Elenora Pertz

Piano

Arnold Schönberg
Erwartung

Hanns Eisler
Vom Sprengen des Gartens

Alma Mahler
Ich wandle unter Blumen

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Das Ständchen

Alma Mahler
Bei dir ist es traut
Laue Sommernacht

Arnold Schönberg
Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Liebesbriefchen

Ruth Schonthal
Manchmal
Eine rote Rose

Igor Stravinsky (Arr. Vladmir Leyetchkiss)
"Augures printaniers - Danses des adolescentes"
from: Le sacre du printemps

Benjamin Britten
Funeral Blues
Johnny

Kurt Weill
Nannas Lied
September Song

Hanns Eisler
An den kleinen Radioapparat
Hollywood Elegy No. 7
Die Stadt ist nach den Engeln genannt (Hollywood Elegies II)
Über den Selbstmord

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Sommer

Aula of Alte Universität
Grabengasse 1
69117 Heidelberg

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