AACE - Austrian Association for Cultural Encounters

Thu. 19. Dec. 2024

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Piano recital with Vincent Gatke
 

Selected works by L. v. Beethoven

Place: Gesellschaft für Musiktheater Wien, Türkenstraße 19, 1090 Vienna
Start: 19.00 (End ca. 20.30)
Tickets: € 25 (Tickets are valid for all other events of that same month)
 

Wed. 29. Jan. 2025

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Piano recital with Vincent Gatke
 

Selected works by L. v. Beethoven

Place: Gesellschaft für Musiktheater Wien, Türkenstraße 19, 1090 Vienna
Start: 19.00 (End ca. 20.30)

Tickets: € 25 (Tickets are valid for all other events of that same month)

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Wed. 26. Feb. 2025

Concert with Vincent & Jing Gatke
 

Selected works by L. v. Beethoven and pieces for cello and piano by F. Chopin, G. Fauré

Place: Gesellschaft für Musiktheater Wien, Türkenstraße 19, 1090 Vienna
Start: 19.00 (End ca. 20.45)

Tickets: € 25 (Tickets are valid for all other events of that same month)

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About the musicians

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Vincent Gatke

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Vincent Gatke began to learn piano at 5 years of age with Irina Auner. After that he studied with Prof. Elisabeth Dvorak-Weisshaar from 2012-2018, and since October 2018 he is studying at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Prof. Stefan Vladar. In June of 2023 he was awarded his bachelor’s degree in piano performance with distinction. He is currently continuing his master studies with Prof. Stefan Vladar. Prizes and awards include the 1st prize at the Prima La Musica national competition in Austria for solo piano 2012, the 1st prize of the international category at the 5th piano competition Macau 2016, the special prize and audience prize at the 2nd Lang Lang Futian Shenzhen International Music Festival & piano competition 2017 and the 1st prize of the Prof. Dichler Competition of the Wiener Musikseminar 2022. Appearances as soloist and with orchestra have lead him into venues such as the Vienna Musikverein, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Munich Gasteig, as well as concert halls in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Taipei and Tokyo. As of 2017 he has been going on yearly tours through China, Japan, and Taiwan. Vincent also plays frequently with his mother Jing Gatke as a cello & piano duo.

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Jing Gatke

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Mag. Jing Gatke is a graduate of the Beijing Central Conservatory and University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. At the age of 15, she was invited to perform on China Central Radio and CCTV and participated in the recording of the first cello album after China's cultural revolution, released by the China Record Corporation. At the age of 21 she won first prize at the I. China National Cello Competition. She was a student of Prof. Song Tao, Zong Bo and Prof. Tobias Kühne, and also took part in master classes with Paul Tortelier, Andre Navarra, Daniil Shafran, Karine Georgian and Arto Noras. She served as principal cellist of the 1st Austrian Women's Chamber Orchestra for over ten years. In 1994 the orchestra went on tour through China with the invitation of the Chinese government and the International Women's Conference United Nations. She has performed at the Salzburg Festival, the Wiener Festwochen, the Weimar Festival and the Blois Festival and performed at other festivals in Italy, the Czech Republic and Hungary. She has toured Great Britain, Spain and Germany. In 1995 she performed the American Composer David Fetherolf's Cello Concerto, premiered with the Czech Moravian Philharmonic. The CD recording was released under the Vienna Modern Masters label. The legendary Austrian pianist Prof. Jörg Demus was one of her mentors. In 1998 they  toured China together with great success at the invitation of the Chinese Ministry of Culture. Her chamber music partners include Prof. Luz Leskowitz, Tibor Kovac, Elisabeth Kropfitsch and Peter Ritzen. In 1994 she was granted the Austrian citizenship by then mayor of Vienna, Dr. Helmut Zilk, thanks to her musical ability and with strong recommendations from several famous Austrian Musicians and artists. Since 2015 she has been planning and organizing the Salzburg music camp for Chinese youths, the Vienna piano master classes for students of the Shenzhen Lang Lang Music World and other projects. She has taken part in numerous music and arts projects ion invitation by the Austrian state cultural institutions.

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