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6 November, Siegburg: world premiere of Humperdinck’s Piano Trio
Trio Alterna gives the world premiere of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Piano Trio in G major on his own 1901 Glockenflügel (Stadtmuseum Siegburg, 7:30 pm).
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Trio Alterna plays Fanny Hensel (Schloss Weißenbrunn, 2025) and Brahms, plus recordings for the PTNA Piano Encyclopedia.
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Trio Alterna – Beethoven Piano Trios (GENUIN)
Beethoven’s piano trios op. 11 and op. 70, recorded on an 1824 Conrad Graf fortepiano in cooperation with the Beethoven-Haus Bonn and WDR.
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Takahiko Sakamaki
Four keyboards,
four centuries of music.
Clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano and modern piano – guided by the instruments and sound of each work’s own time, from Frescobaldi to Brahms.
“For me, he is one of the most convincing ‘keyboard players’ of the younger generation.”
Prof. Gerald Hambitzer, University of Music and Dance Cologne
- Beethoven-Haus Bonn
- House pianist
- HfMT Köln
- Lecturer, Institute of Early Music
- Trio Alterna
- 2nd prize & Beethoven-Haus Prize, “Beethoven in his Time”
- GENUIN classics
- Beethoven: Piano Trios (2023)
Selected engagementsBeethoven-Haus Bonn · Pianomuseum Haus Eller · Robert-Schumann-Haus Zwickau · Beethovenfest Bonn · Piano Trio Fest Bern · Salon des Pianos Basel · Schloss Weißenbrunn · FORUM Alte Musik Köln · ZAMUS Köln · Takagi Klavier Tokyo
Born in Yokohama and based in Germany, Takahiko Sakamaki is a keyboard player on the piano, fortepiano, harpsichord and clavichord. As house pianist at the Beethoven-Haus Bonn he performs throughout Europe and in Japan. He teaches at the Institute of Early Music of the University of Music and Dance Cologne and at the Jugendmusikschule Heinsberg.
He has a secure stylistic feeling, high articulation and phrasing ability, a wonderful sense of sound and a high touch. His quick comprehension as well as his great development show his high intellectual and intelligent understanding. His individual and always artistic interpretation skills are remarkable. - Prof. Andreas Frölich, The Cologne University of Music and Dance (HfMT Köln)