Feine Musik in St. Nicolaus - Mirror Strings

• World Music

Saturday, June 14, 2025

7 p.m.

DEDICATION

MIRROR STRINGS

Luisa Marie Darvish Ghane, Johann Jacob Nissen – guitar

Samuel Selle, Phillip Wentrup – cello

Music by Gulli Björnsson, Astor Piazzolla, Sebastian Sprenger and others

"The instrumentation of the Mirror Strings makes many things possible – from elegiac melodies to wild, rhythmically driven pieces. The combination of cellos and guitars proves to be highly flexible and also sonically very attractive. One is once again amazed why no one has thought of it before" – this is the conclusion reached by the classical music blog "Ouverture" in its review of the CD "Dedication" (2020) by the Hamburg ensemble "Mirror Strings," founded almost 10 years ago!

Dedication – depending on the context, this English word can be translated into German as "dedication" or "commitment." Both aspects are equally important for the performance of the "Mirror Strings": Composers from a wide variety of countries have been inspired by the ensemble's unique line-up and joy of playing, dedicating new works to it. The ensemble continually brings the resulting sounds to vibrant life in its concerts with its dedicated playing. All of this comes together in the "Mirror Strings" programs—along with individual arrangements of older compositions, for example, by Edvard Grieg or Astor Piazzolla—to create a musical journey around the world in which diverse styles and traditions enter into a fascinating dialogue.

Church of St. Nicholas

Sengelmannstraße/corner of Dorothea-Kasten-Straße

22297 Hamburg

Free admission, donations requested

Getting there by public transport:

U1, stop “Sengelmannstraße”

Bus 179, stop “Stiftung Alsterdorf”