The Viennese pianist Paul Wittgenstein lost his right arm in battle in 1914 and was faced with an impossible choice: Give up or persevere? In a special staging by Ellen Blom with texts by Herman van Tongerloo and a decor by Hans Jeths our concert program Van mijn hand (From my hand) lets you relive Wittgenstein's life story through music. Four Dutch composers are writing new work. Audiences react elated: ‘This music touches my soul.”
Van mijn hand
Photo: Zsolt Szederkényi
(Concerts; dates and venues...)
Van mijn hand, Paul Wittgenstein, his legacy and the future
On the program a choice of works by: Ernest Walker, Josef Labor, Hans Gál, Prach Boondiskulchok, Jeppe Moulijn, Marlijn Helder, Primo Ish-Hurwitz, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Schubert and Franz Schmidt
Prisma Trio
Antonii Baryshevskyi, piano left hand
Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer, clarinet
About the project
Photo: Foppe Schut
The discovery of chamber music written for Paul Wittgenstein lead to this extensive project. Wittgenstein refused to share these works with others during his life; they remained hidden in his library until 2001. Slowly but surely Wittgenstein's treasures are being discovered everywhere, but this all-encompassing Wittgenstein Project is unique in the world. In addition to a series of 21 concerts, it includes two albums (to be ordered here), four new works by Dutch composers and a five-part podcast documentary by Lex Bohlmeijer: The pianist with one hand.
The Wittgenstein Project could not have been realised without the financial support of: Performing Arts Fund NL, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Fonds 21, Cultuurfonds, NORMA Fonds, SENA Performersfonds, Gravin van Bylandt Stichting.