The accordion's close association with folk and popular music has historically caused conflicts, but new music has provided an essential opening for the instrument.
Interpretation
Stefanie Schumacher commissions new works for the accordion to integrate the emotional expression found in folk and popular music into contemporary 'serious' music.
Performer Biography
Stefanie Schumacher was honored with the City of Munich Music scholarship in 2009 and has performed as a scholarship recipient of the 'Live Music Now' Yehudi-Menuhin-Foundation.
Performer Biography
Stefanie Schumacher, the accordionist on this album, studied accordion and piano at the Richard-Strauss-Conservatory in Munich and deepened her accordion skills with Teodoro Anzellotti at the Academy of Arts in Bern.
Interpretation
Stefanie Schumacher chose Leoš Janáček's music as the central work for this CD because its 'linguisticality' provides a focus for contemporary accordion music, especially its dramatic, lyrical, and song-like elements.
Interpretation
Stefanie Schumacher believes the accordion is the most human of harmony instruments because its nature involves 'inhaling and exhaling' and it can approach spoken language most directly.
Performer Biography
Stefanie Schumacher has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in various formations, including with the Munich Symphony and the Gärtnerplatz State Theater Orchestra, and is a member of 'Ensemble Zeitsprung'.
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