Felix Hell, Concert Organist, to perform the entire organ works of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
The 23 year old German organ virtuoso Felix Hell is a phenomenon in several ways. Hailed as “one of the most well known young concert organist worldwide” (Dr. John Weaver), and “undoubtedly one of the major talents of the century” (Dr. Frederick Swann, President of the American Guild of Organists), he “sets standards that many established and honored older players would struggle to equal” (Michael Barone in “The American Organist”).
A Curtis and Peabody graduate, Felix Hell has already given more than 600 recitals in his native Germany, as well as in Australia, Canada, France, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Russia, and the United States, where he performed more than 450 recitals in 44 states.
As the year 2009 will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix Hell will perform Mendelssohn's complete organ works twice: in February in three concerts in New York City, and in June 2009 in his hometown Frankenthal, also three concerts in a row.
The dates and location of the New York performances:
February 1st, 7 pm
February 2nd, 7 pm
February 3rd, 7 pm
Church of the Transfiguration
One East 29th Street
New York, NY 10016
For any questions contact Dr. Claudia Dumschat, Director of Music
Phone: (212) 684 6770
e-mail: [email protected]
or visit Felix Hell's website: www.felixhell.com
