Matinee at Lustspielhaus München

Andreas Martin Hofmeir Concertante Appropriation — A Musical Audacity Audaciously pilfered masterpieces for tuba and piano, including lampoons from Hofmeir's utterly vile Instrumentology. Every musical instrument is proud of its best solo works. Rightly so. Tubists know this particularly well, because they have hardly any. So, the most famous of all tubists, Andreas Martin Hofmeir, accompanied by pianist Barbara Schmelz, steals the best from the competition. An outrageous concertante appropriation! And that's not all: With lampoons from his brand-new “Utterly Vile Instrumentology,” he also finishes them off verbally. Look forward to a special concert for your laughing muscles and discerning ear canal. Press Quotes: “A delicate balancing act between genius and the grotesque. (…) What sounds like an ironic footnote in music pedagogy turns out to be a literary-musical fireworks display – amusingly situated somewhere between a Dadaist music lexicon and cultural polemic. (…) As entertaining as the satire, so virtuosic the playing. (…) The hall roars – and barely notices how much it is becoming part of a musical-literary boundary walk. (…