Josef Tal, the composer, was a student of Paul Hindemith, a significant composition teacher at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Josef Tal believed that in modern music, the connection between emotion and intellect must be actively created and integrated into a whole.
Composer Biography
Josef Tal was a trailblazer in electronic music, establishing the Center for Electronic Music in Israel at the Hebrew University Jerusalem in 1961.
Performer Biography
Hartmut Rohde, the violist, plays a viola by Giuseppe Fiorini or Ivo Iuliano.
Performer Biography
Christian Seibert, the pianist, has won international competitions including the Busoni Competition and the Robert Schumann Competition.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in March 2014 at the WDR Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal in Köln (Cologne).
Performer Biography
Hartmut Rohde, the violist on this album, has been a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts since 1993 and is a founding member of the Mozart Piano Quartet.
