Concert: 19.10.2026
Program
Asya Fateyeva & Severin von Eckardstein
Saxophone & Piano “Flowers of Silence”
The detailed program will follow shortly.
Asya Fateyeva, saxophone
Asya Fateyeva is one of the outstanding representatives of classical saxophone and, with her artistic vision and versatility, places the instrument at the center of the music scene. Born in Crimea, she inspires audiences with innovative programs that combine a wide variety of styles and eras—from Baroque and Classical to Romantic, contemporary compositions, jazz, and world music.
Her playing is characterized by technical brilliance, emotional depth, and an unmistakable sound. Asya Fateyeva attracted international attention early on: in 2014, she made history by becoming the first woman to reach the final of the prestigious International Adolphe Sax Competition in Belgium, where she took third place. Since then, she has been regarded as a pioneer who has firmly established the saxophone in the classical music scene.
Her concert activities have taken her to renowned stages and festivals worldwide. She has performed with orchestras such as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the SWR Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Ensemble Resonanz, the Kammerakademie Potsdam, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, and the MDR Symphony Orchestra. Under the baton of renowned conductors such as Robin Ticciati, Bar Avni, Nil Venditti, Vladimir Spivakov, Joseph Bastian, Dirk Kaftan, and Michael Sanderling, she has performed at venues including the Vienna Musikverein, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, and the Lucerne Festival.
Highlights of the 2025/2026 season include her return to the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and debuts with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna at the Brucknerhaus Linz, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, and the Staatsorchester Darmstadt. She is also continuing her successful collaboration with the Lautten Compagney Berlin; with whom she has already released her second CD, Dancing Queen, featuring works by ABBA and Rameau, which won the Opus Klassik award in 2025. Her new CD, Nutcracker Unwrapped, an adaptation of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker by Wolf Kerschek, will be released in fall 2025.
Her path also leads her back to the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, where she was artist-in-residence in the summer of 2024.
In addition to her work as a soloist, Asya Fateyeva is passionate about chamber music. She develops original projects, such as arrangements of Bach's Goldberg Variations for violoncello, accordion, and saxophone, programs featuring music from the 1920s, and cross-genre experiments with jazz and world music. Her creative versatility and openness make her a multicultural artist who combines different influences in her music.
She began her musical training as a junior student at the Cologne University of Music and Dance with Professor Daniel Gauthier. She received decisive inspiration during study visits to France with Claude Delangle (Paris) and Jean-Denis Michat (Lyon). She also completed a postgraduate course in chamber music at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater.
Today, she passes on her knowledge as a professor of classical saxophone at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater and at the Lübeck University of Music.
Further information at Asya Fateyeva
Severin von Eckardstein, piano
Severin von Eckardstein is one of the most important German pianists of his generation and has long been at home on many of the world's major stages with solo and orchestral concerts.
He has performed with orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, NHK Orchestra, and Mariinsky Orchestra under conductors including Paavo Järvi, Jaap van Zweden, Marek Janowski, Valery Gergiev, and Philippe Herreweghe. Until its conclusion in 2020, von Eckardstein played a total of eight recitals in the “Meesterpianisten” series at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam; in 2022, he appeared for the seventh time at the Klavier Festival Ruhr.
Von Eckardstein is a prize winner and winner of numerous international competitions. Among other awards, he received the Grand Prix at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2003, third prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2000, and second prize (with no first prize awarded) at the ARD Competition in Munich in 1999.
The artist received significant inspiration for his artistic training from Prof. Barbara Szczepanska, Prof. Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, and Prof. Klaus Hellwig, and gained further inspiration through studies at the International Piano Academy Lake Como, Italy. In the winter semester of 23/24, he was appointed professor at the HfMT Cologne.
Chamber music also plays an important role in his repertoire. He has performed at festivals such as the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland and, together with cellist Heinrich Schiff, at the Risør Chamber Music Festival in Norway. Artists such as Sophia Jaffé, Isang Enders, Isabelle van Keulen, and Igor Levit are among his partners. Together with Franziska Hölscher, he founded the chamber music series “Klangbrücken” at the Berlin Konzerthaus several years ago.
His CD recordings, including works by Schubert, Scriabin, Medtner, Wagner, and Schumann, have received numerous awards. The CD released in 2018 with works by Debussy and Dupont received the Diapason d'Or. His latest album, “Vers la flamme,” was released in the fall of 2023.
Further information at Severin von Eckardstein