Upcoming lecture recitals
(176) Thursday, 15. October 2026, Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikclub, 20 UhrExpelled from Germany, a continued career in Japan and the USA. The composer and conductor Joseph Rosenstock (1895-1985)
Joseph Rosenstock, born in Kraków in 1895, was a piano prodigy. In 1912, he began studying composition in Vienna under Franz Schreker, subsequently becoming his conducting assistant. He served as General Music Director first in Darmstadt, then in Wiesbaden (1927) and Mannheim (1930). This promising career came to an abrupt end in 1933 with the Nazi seizure of power, which drove the "non-Aryan" conductor from his post. Rosenstock initially rebuilt his career with the Jewish Cultural Association (Jüdischer Kulturbund) in Berlin. From 1936 onwards, he pioneered new musical ground in Tokyo as head of the New Symphony Orchestra, before going on to work in the United States after the war - directing the Metropolitan Opera in New York, for example.
Vladimir Stoupel will perform works including Rosenstock's Piano Sonata, Op. 3. In conversation with Ralf Eisinger, Albrecht Dümling explores the life and work of this musician, who is largely forgotten today.
Concert supported by Bareva Foundation
Following lecture recitals
(177) Thursday, 17. December 2026: Persecution in West and East: Gustav Lewin and Lev Abeliovich
Entrance fee: 8 Euros
Reservations: Konzerthaus Berlin [www.konzerthaus.de]
Tel.: (030) 20309 - 2101
