Overview

• Herbert Grönemeyer conducts three performances of the Bochumer Symphoniker from June 13 to 15 at Musikforum Ruhr in Bochum and Essener Philharmonie.
• Ensemble spokesperson Christiane Peters reports that rehearsals have proceeded smoothly, with a relaxed atmosphere ahead of the concerts.
• Each program features Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto with award-winning pianist Anna Vinnitskaya at the piano.
• Audiences will hear an orchestral suite arranged by Alfred Kritzer alongside a finale of selected Grönemeyer songs with orchestral or solo piano accompaniment.
• Grönemeyer’s long-standing ties to the orchestra include a 2009 benefit concert for Bochum’s concert hall and his 2017 conducting debut, and the Saturday concert in Essen will be broadcast outdoors in the Stadtgarten as a free public listening event.